New deputy Equal Opportunities Officer at DESY

Since August 1, 2023, Ms. Christine Halm has been appointed as the new deputy equal opportunities officer for the remainder of the current term of office until October 2025.

New Equal Opportunities Officer at DESY

The current Equal Opportunities Officer, Dagmar Schirmacher-Busch, leaves DESY and thus also gives up the task of the Equal Opportunities Officer.

At the proposal of the Women's Representative Council, the DESY Board of Directors appointed Christina Buban as the new Equal Opportunities Officer for the remainder of the current term of office until October 2025. She will take over the task as of July 1, 2023 already. Christina Buban is a long-time DESYan and most recently worked for PT-DESY.

Information for internal female applicants at DESY.

Now also available in English!

Flyer gender sensitive language - FAIR sprechen.gendersensible Sprache - FAIR sprechen.

Language is not neutral. Language is shaped by values, clichés, prejudices and in turn shapes consciousness and perception. In this way language and society influence each other. Gender sensitive language can make the genders equally visible and ensure that all genders are socially recognized.

In daily use, questions about the implementation always come up. The flyer is intended to provide answers and suggestions to these questions. The suggestions do not claim to be complete nor should they be "mandatory". They rather represent an invitation to deal with the topic and to adapt the own language of your own free will. In principle, we think it makes sense to promote a standardized use of language at DESY, and the flyer should offer a first possible step towards this.

If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact us at the Equal Opportunities Office.