The Equal Commission of the UAB has been created

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The UAB has approved the formation of the Equal Commission, representative of the Governing Council and composed by several members of the UAB community. Its purpose is to coordinate the preparation, implementation, tracking and evaluation of the University’s Equality Plans, as well as promoting and supervising the prevention and intervention university policies at possible discriminatory situations and behaviours.

13/11/2019

The last Governing Council of Universitat Autònoma, which was held on the 23th of October, has approved the formation of an Equal Commission representative of the Governing Council. This has been planned in the IV Action Plan for gender equality at UAB.

The Equal Commission is going to ensure compliance of the current legislation with regard to equality, and the principle of equality in all areas of university life. Its function is also promoting and supervising the prevention and intervention university policies at possible discriminatory situations and behaviours; promoting the gender mainstreaming in university policies and raising awareness and educate about equality among the university community.

The commission is going to propose activities related to equality, give information and advice about the activities and institutional decisions with regard to equality policies and compile suggestions by different institutions of the University. It’s also going to approve and solve the call for proposals with regard to equality; approve issues related to the application of equality regulations set by the Governing Council, and interpret and develop unforeseen issues, in accordance with the established general principles.