Discrimination describes various forms of disparagement, disadvantage, (sexualised) harassment, stigmatisation, derogation or exclusion based on the following actual or assumed characteristics:
- Racist attributions concerning appearance, assumed or actual origin and/or religion, name etc.
- Religious affiliation or belief
- Sex and/or Gender
- Sexual orientation and/or identity
- impairments of health, chronic conditions, disabilities
- Age
- Social background and familial educational background as well as social and financial
status
- Care responsibilities within the family
Goethe University is committed to ensuring that no one is discriminated against, disadvantaged, disrespected or belittled in university life. It does not tolerate any form of discrimination, in particular of a racist, ethnicising, anti-Semitic or anti-Muslim nature, as well as discrimination related to gender and sexual identities and attributed or assumed or actual characteristics such as age, religion or ideology, disability, socio-economic background or status and other social stigmatisation.
