Web-Talk on Sexual Harassment at Higher Education Institutions
News from Apr 18, 2023
In cooperation with MPG India Office and the New Delhi Branch Office of Heidelberg University the Liaison Office of Freie Universität Berlin in New Delhi organized a Web-Talk on 22nd November 2022 that aimed at furthering the awareness for Sexual Harassment at Higher Education Institutions and how students can be empowered to be vocal about their own body and their right. The Managing Director ǀ Internationalization, Gender and Diversity in Teaching at the Margherita von Brentano Center at Freie Universität Berlin Dr. Heike Pantelmann participated as a speaker along with Dr. Ulla Weber (Max-Planck-Gesellschaft) and Prof. Christiane Schwieren (University of Heidelberg) and exchanged experiences, research results, thoughts and ideas for a deeper understanding of the context and foster insight to bring refined changes in perception and actions around the people themselves. The Web-Talk was moderated by the fourth speaker Dr. Sheela Suryanarayanan, Head of the Centre for Women's Studies at the School of Social Sciences, University of Hyderabad. It was the second part of a Web-Talk Series in the field of Gender Studies which will be followed by an offline event that the three German institutions are aiming to organize in the second half of 2023.