Empower yourself against sexual harassment: Workshop for doctoral researchers and Postdocs

*** This event takes place in English ***

Empower yourself against sexual harassment: Workshop for doctoral researchers and Postdocs

Target group: Doctoral researchers and Postdocs without leadership tasks.

Part 1: Content of training:

Creating a supportive environment for everyone by rising the awareness for sexual harassment
o What is considered to be sexual harassment (definition and legal frame)
o Which circumstances increase the likelihood of crossing boundaries
o Escalation levels with concrete examples
o Cultural differences and awareness
o Body language and signals of persons affected and of aggressors (high/low status)
o Influencing personality factors
o Motives and profiles of aggressors
o Impact and consequences (short-term and long-term) of sexual harassment for the individual, the team and the company

Part 2: From theory to action

o How to prevent the arising of unpleasant situations
o How to behave in an acute situation: responding adequately
o Practical exercises to increase self-awareness and to set personal boundaries
o How we can support others in a constructive manner
o Persons and institutions of support and information
o Acting self-confident in ambiguous situations
o Handling the past: how to overcome stressing situations of the past and flashbacks to be free in the here and now

Please register here. This Event will take place at HARBOR (Campus Bahrenfeld).

This event is part of the accompanying program to the exhibition "What were you wearing?". The Action Month is presented in collaboration with our partner institutions: Universität Hamburg's personal counseling with a special focus on sexual discrimination and harassment, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, European XFEL GmbH, PIER - partnership between Universität Hamburg and DESY, Cluster of Excellence "Quantum Universe" and LGBTIQA* Network Science and beλond.