Common use of Institutional Context Clause in Contracts

Institutional Context. At DESY, gender equality is managed by the gender equality officer which is a staff position subordinate to the board of directors. Additionally, a committee of women representatives is responsible for equal opportunities for women. Generally speaking gender equality work is mostly directed at women. Gender equality is an important topic at DESY at this time. One focus of the gender equality work is recruitment procedures. With the introduction of the cascade model in 2012 DESY has set targets for the participation of women in groups with different status, which should be reached in 2017. These targets are monitored on annual basis and the results are discussed by monitoring group consisting of high-level representatives of different departments, and the management. New targets for 2020 have been set in coordination with the gender equality officer, the board of directors and the foundation council. To reach the 2017 and the 2020 targets, a set of measures has been developed and implemented. Although gender equality is considered relevant for DESY to present itself as an attractive employer and a modern research organization, some interviewees mentioned that DESY still does not realize its full potential and that not everyone is highly committed to improve the status quo of gender equality.