| Internal points of contact (MPG and MPI f. Informatics) | |
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| Your director or supervisor | If you experienced inappropriate behaviour at your workplace, or have been witness to such, your supervisor and your director can be a first point of contact. They are, even by law, obliged to protect you and your colleagues from such behaviour. If, for whatever reason, you do not want to talk to them, there are other points of contact at the institute (see below). These colleagues will treat your questions or complaint with every confidentiality and will not iniate a official complaint unless you want them to. |
| The Equal Opportunities Officers | You’re welcome to contact us in whichever way feels most comfortable to you: - by email to equal-opportunities(at)mpi-inf.mpg.de - by phone - by visiting our offices - via Zoom - we can come to your office - or we can meet in a neutral room at the institute |
| The Institute's Ombudsperson & PhD representative | Confidential counseling in cases of conflict, suspected academic bullying, or abuse of power. The current Ombudsperson and PhD representative can be found on the start page of our intranet. |
| The Central Gender Equality Officer of the MPG | Dr. Ulla Weber Central Gender Equality Officer Tel: +49 89 2108-1421 E-Mail: ulla.weber@gv.mpg.de |
| EMAP - Employee and Manager Assistance Program | Free immediate counselling services for employees and scholarship holders of the Max Planck Society. Do you need support in dealing with professional or personal problems that affect your well-being and mental health? If you would like support in dealing with professional or personal problems and issues that affect your well-being at work, an immediate counselling service (EMAP) is available through theFürstenberg Institut: by telephone, online or in person. This counselling service is free of charge for you. The relatives living in your household can also use this service free of charge. Further information: https://www.mpg.de/16344036/counselling-and-mental-health |
| Independent contact points | |
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| Womens' Emergency Hotline (Frauennotruf) Saarland | Tel: 0681 36767 www.frauennotruf-saarland.de/en/ |
| Emergency hotline "Violence against Women" | Tel: 116 016 https://www.hilfetelefon.de/en/ Can also be consulted in cases of mobbing or stalking. |
| Federal Anti-Discrimination Agency | Tel: 0800 - 546 546 5 https://www.antidiskriminierungsstelle.de/EN |
| Weisser Ring e. V. | https://weisser-ring.de Hotline (7 days a week between 7 am and 10 pm): 116 006 Free and anonymous counseling and support for people who have become victims of a crime. |
| Federal Coordination Office for the protection of male victims of violence | https://www.maennergewaltschutz.de/en/ |
| Deutsche Gesellschaft für Trans*- und inter*geschlechtlichkeit e. V. (dgti) | https://dgti.org/ |
| Hate Aid | Hate Aid is a non-profit organization that works for human rights in the digital space. It takes a stand against digital violence and its consequences, both at the social and political level. https://hateaid.org/en/ |