Equality and Diversity

Equal opportunities are an integral part of EPFL’s development and excellence policy. The Equal Opportunity Office is attached to the Vice Presidency for Responsible Transformation (VPT).

© Niels Ackermann / Lundi13 (2021)

EPFL’s equal opportunity policy is based on federal legislation, ETH Domain specific legislation, as well as on EPFL’s Development Plan and the agreement on objectives between EPFL and the ETH Board.

On this basis, together with its steering committee and in cooperation with faculties and services, the Equal Opportunity Office draws up action plans to foster equal opportunities.

Equal Opportunity Office

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Action Plan

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Data and reports

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Projects

Task Force Harassment, Respect @ EPFL, Safe Space & LGBTIQ+ @ EPFL, Inclusive Language, Female Leadership in Science exhibition

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Family and work-life

Child Care solutions, Financial Help, Parents Network and Legal Advice During Pregnancy

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Equality and careers

Courses, coaching, mentoring, events, for women. Dual Career Support, Biases seminars,…

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See also the press review

Equality News

Emma Lejal Glaude © EPFL 2022

How can we quantify diversity?

EPFL

Emma Lejal Glaude, an EPFL master’s graduate in Data Science, has gone on to tackle fairness in artificial intelligence and machine learning at the heart of Switzerland’s largest telecommunication operator, Swisscom.

nternational Women’s Day 2022 at EPFL © Alaiin Herzog / 2022 EPFL

Seven distinguished women scientists get their place on the EPFL map

EPFL

To mark International Women’s Day on 8 March, EPFL officially named squares and streets on its Lausanne campus after pioneering women in scientific and engineering fields.

© Anna Morales Melgares 2022

A shared passion for scientific communication

EPFL community

They are EPFL’s best ambassadors to the next generation. To celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we met with four young women who are inspiring the scientists of tomorrow.

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Events

Do Not Carry Your Flag Too Low / ARCHIZOOM

Actions from Matrix Feminist Design Co-operative Opening Monday 7 March, 6 p.m. An exhibition about the inclusiveness of our buildings and common spaces, showing the archive of the radical 1980s feminist architecture…

07-03-202220-05-2022

With: Tiago Borges, Teresa Cheung, Silvia Groaz, la-clique, Trojans
Place and room: SG 1212
Category: Exhibitions

IAEA Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship Programme

08-04-202230-06-2022

Category: Call for proposal

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Café-contact parents: La socialisation entre enfants, apprendre à jouer avec l’autre, à partager. Les relations entre enfants de 0 à 5 ans.

30-05-202230-05-2022

With: Aurélie Andriamialison, Coach de vie pour enfants chez SEEDS OF JOY Kids Life Studio®, psychologue, formatrice d’adultes FSEA.
Online: https://epfl.zoom.us/j/84650419395
Category: Miscellaneous

Lunchtime for Respect: "Harassment: what are we talking about?"

31-05-202231-05-2022

With: Intervention de crise et prévention
Place and room: CE 1 100
Category: Miscellaneous

REGARD Workshop: Increase your assertiveness in institutional power games

09-06-202209-06-2022

With: Lic.phil. Sibyl Schädeli, lecturer, coach ICF PCC, and consultant
Place and room: BI A0 448
Category: Internal trainings

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Lunchtime for Respect: "How to take care of yourself: self-protection mechanisms and resources"

16-06-202216-06-2022

With: Intervention de crise et prévention
Place and room: CE 1 103
Category: Miscellaneous

REGARD Workshop: Emotional intelligence: why it matters

16-06-202224-06-2022

With: Silke Mischke, cognitive psychologist and executive coach
Place and room: BI A0 448
Category: Internal trainings

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Lunchtime for Respect: "Sexual harassment: identification and clarification"

21-06-202221-06-2022

With: Intervention de crise et prévention
Place and room: CE 1 103
Category: Miscellaneous

Café-contact parents: À table !!! Mais…sans légumes et que du ketchup ! , Comment manger sainement! L’importance de la pyramide alimentaire. L’alimentation chez les 6-11 ans

27-06-202227-06-2022

With: Aurélie Andriamialison, Coach de vie pour enfants chez SEEDS OF JOY Kids Life Studio®, psychologue, formatrice d’adultes FSEA.
Online: https://epfl.zoom.us/j/84650419395
Category: Miscellaneous

Lunchtime for Respect: "Discriminations: what are we talking about?"

28-06-202228-06-2022

With: Intervention de crise et prévention
Place and room: CE 1 103
Category: Miscellaneous

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