Equality women-men
The Equality Office implements a wide range of measures to promote gender equality on campus. These include support for up-and-coming scientists, training courses and collaboration with other educational institutions on specific issues. Equality can only be achieved by adopting a multi-dimensional approach.
In the Swiss legal and historical context, equality refers in particular to equality between women and men, in accordance with art. 8 of the Federal Constitution, as well as the federal laws on equality and on the promotion of higher education. These laws give the university, as an employer and educational institution, special responsibility for ensuring de facto equality and non-discrimination for women.
Equal recruitment
Several measures and tools exist to guarantee equality throughout the recruitment process.
Supporting the careers of women researchers and professors
The Equality Office offers a series of programmes to support women's careers at UNIL. Mentoring, subsidies, training workshops: these programmes offer participants opportunities to share experiences and learn about equality, career management, cross-disciplinary skills and leadership. The main aim is to increase the number of women in decision-making and management positions.
Research funding
The SNSF is proposing specific support measures for women and men pursuing careers in research.
For useful information about your academic career, including a list of funding opportunities (from PhD level upwards), visit the pages dedicated to UNIL researchers.
Faculties also offer specific scholarships to promote the equality of women and men.
Transition grants (FBM)
The FBM Transition Grants of the Faculty of Biology and Medicine (FBM) are designed to encourage the academic careers of women employed by the CHUV, UNIL and Unisantacute;. The grants will last for a maximum of two years and can raise up to CHF 100,000 over 24 months.- over 24 months, this financial support can be used to cover either part of the recipient's salary or costs associated with research or a stay abroad.
Bourse « Égalité » (FGSE)
The Equality Committee of the Faculty of Geosciences and Environment (FGSE), supported by the Décanat, has created the « Egality » fellowship, for a period of 3 years (1 year, renewable once for 2 years). This position, with the rank of first assistant, is designed to support people who have experienced a reduction or interruption in their research activities due to their family situation.
Mary Douglas Fellowship (FTSR)
The Faculté de théologie et de sciences des religions (FTSR) is making à funding available to Swiss and étrangères women researchers « Relève féThe funding is in reference to the British anthropologist Mary Douglas, one of whose subjects was the anthropology of religion. Open every two years, the post of Research Fellow is for a period of up to 12 months, with the academic title of Visiting Professor.
Hosted by UNIL since 2012, the Erna Hamburger Foundation provides financial support for women wishing to continue their education by entering postgraduate courses in the canton of Vaud.
These grants are intended to help women facing financial difficulties and whose scientific and professional merit justifies the support, in addition to a professional activity. Candidates must provide proof of advanced work and be accepted in their final year of theses.
Consult
Young academics
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Getting your thesis off to a good start 2023 (2,244KB, .pdf)
The aim of the guide is to provide doctoral students at the Lausanne university with advice on how to successfully complete the stages of a thesis. It is also aimed at people who are hesitant to embark on a doctorate. They will find information to help them make their decision.
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Beyond the doctorate (2,338KB, .pdf)
A guide for people who are nearing the end of their doctorate or who have already completed it.
The UNIL Commission for Young Academics supports the Direction in setting up a relève policy.
This policy aims to create favourable framework conditions for the career progression of those who remain in or leave the academic world.
Other workshops and training courses
The Graduate Campus is organising free workshops for doctoral students and postdocs from all UNIL faculties.
This cross-disciplinary programme to develop general skills is aimed at doctoral students enrolled in one of CUSO's doctoral programmes and offers various workshops to develop certain transferable skills that are essential for a doctoral career and integration into the professional world.
As the University of Lausanne is a member of the Réseau romand Conseil Formation et Évaluation (RCFE), you can take the following teaching courses:
Events
Every year, events are organised to raise awareness among the university community of the issues involved in promoting gender equality. Several symbolic dates linked to equality also punctuate the academic calendar.
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Day of action for women's rights
Every year, two dates serve as reminders of the current struggle for women's rights.
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Career Day
The "JOM" is an opportunity for pupils in Years 7 to 9 in the canton of Vaud to discover a profession that breaks with gender stereotypes.
Gender/digital project
The ‘Gender equality and digital transformation’ project is a collaboration between the UNIL Equality Office, EPFL, HES-SO and the StrukturELLE association. It was born of the observation that the promotion of equality and the digital transformation of our society are treated as institutional and societal issues with no point of contact between them, which significantly limits their scope in the short and long term.
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Ça vous est égal
The newsletter will keep you up to date with Equality Office news, upcoming events and training courses, as well as tools and resources on EDI issues.
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Equality publications
Equality Office publications dealing with the various facets of gender equality at university