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History of ETH Diversity

  • In June 1991, the ETH point of contact for women was created. Over the years, it's name changed several times: 1993 Office of Equal Opportunities for Women and Men, since 2008, it has been offering its services under the name of Equal! – Office of Equal Opportunities for Women and Men, and since 2019, the name was changed to Equal! - Office for Equal Opportunities and Diversity. By the strategical expansion of the diversity topics in 2021, it was renamed to ETH Diversity.
  • A programme with a large number of measures for the advancement of women at ETH (Förderungsprogramm 1996–1999) was compiled by Silvia Wyler, ETH’s first equal opportunity commissioner (75 %), and Professor Katharina von Salis (counselor, 25 %) in collaboration with different internal working groups.
  • In 2007, Katharina von Salis was awarded the Dr. Ida Somazzi prize in recognition of her great commitment to the advancement of women at ETH Zurich and other Swiss universities (Downloadlaudatory speech (PDF, 332 KB) german only).
  • In 2013, ETH Diversity commemorated its 20 years anniversary with an exhibition on the topic of stereotypes.
  • From 2007 to 2020, ETH Diversity has been affiliated to the ETH president’s office. Since 2021, it has been assigned to the Vice President for Personnel Development and Leadership, which is chaired by Julia Dannath.

History of Women at ETH Zurich

 

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