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EquOpp

If you care about equity and social justice, EquOpp is made for you!

EquOpp (short for Equal Opportunities) aims to raise awareness among students, and, in particular, within the bodies of the Fribourg General Students' Association (AGEF), such as the Student’s Council (CE) and the Executive Committee on issues relating to social justice and the various forms of discrimination.

EquOpp is a thematic commission of the AGEF, made up of engaged students with an intersectional vision. We deal with issues, such as: gender equality, the fight against racial discrimination and queerphobia, better inclusion of people with disabilities, and student precariousness.

EquOpp offers a range of activities to the student body.

Firstly, on the last Tuesday of each month, three times per semester, we organize Feminist Meet-Ups. These are get-togethers to discuss a theme (and have a drink!) with the chance to meet new people, all in a friendly atmosphere.

Several times a year, we organize conferences where we bring in speakers to tackle certain subjects from a more academic standpoint as well as more participative workshops (like the civil courage workshop offered by the association 1700, for example).

Every semester, we organize a queer party to provide a safe environment for everyone.

Once a month, we hold a plenary session to discuss current issues. It's open to people who aren't yet members of the committee, so if you're interested in EquOpp, it is a chance to find out more about how we work and how we're organized.

In recent years, EquOpp has been particularly involved in university life through two major projects.

Firstly, the discrimination reporting tool: a questionnaire that allows anyone to report any discrimination they have witnessed anonymously. You can find out more about this a little further down the page.
Our second project was the design, construction, and installation of menstrual protection boxes on campus. Thanks to the support of the AGEF and the help of the University, the boxes were set up at the start of the 2022 spring semester and are filled each month with tampons and sanitary towels. From 2024 onward, the State of Fribourg will take over the project and extend it to many buildings throughout the Canton. It's a great step forward!

Besides our various events and projects, politics play an important part in our activities. We work with the various university bodies, particularly the EDI (Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity) department, as well as with as many associations in the city of Fribourg as possible. We want to create a real change to make our university a safe, non-discriminatory and inclusive place for everyone.

All the dates of our events are published on our Instagram page, so don't hesitate to subscribe! If you'd like to join us or work with us, you can come along to our monthly plenary or contact us by email at equopp@unifr.ch.

Events

Agenda

13 May EquOpp - Plénière
Other | 19:00 | Onsite

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Committee

Composition

Boisset Sarah, President

Anthonin Félix, Secretary

Giriens Nicole, Cashier

Bryois Roxane, Politics

Pantucci Fabio, ORDU

Ghavami Anya, Feminist Meet-up

Esteves David, Conference

Lymann Marion, Communication

Widmer Zack, Party

Sieber Charlotte, Formation

Haizmann Arnaud, University Life AGEF

Discrimination reporting Tool

Have you experienced or witnessed discrimination? You can report it here!

Our discrimination reporting Tool was created at the instigation of EquOpp, the AGEF's thematic commission for equity and social justice. It is supported by the Student’s Council (CE), the School Board, and various university bodies; it was set up to enable anyone who is a member of the University of Fribourg to report situations that they have judged to be discriminatory both towards themselves and/or towards others.

This statistical tool is an entirely anonymous questionnaire, and the data collected is treated in the strictest confidence by a dedicated Working Group mandated by the Executive Committee.

For ease of access, the tool is available in 4 languages: French, German, Italian and English.

For more information, or if you have any problems with the tool, please contact us at: discriminations@unifr.ch

As students, we don't have the capacity to deal with the situations you might report. That's why, if you need to, we encourage you to talk about it! There are many resources available to you at the University of Fribourg, so don't hesitate to use them!

Finding help

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First name/pronoun change procedures

For official changes to civil status, all changes can be made directly on myunifr.ch. Should you encounter any difficulties with this procedure, please contact valentine.loye@unifr.ch or the Registration Office.

For a request concerning a first name or preferred pronoun not officially registered with the civil registry, please send your request directly to valentine.loye@unifr.ch with the following details: first name, surname and preferred gender, with or without modification of the photo on the student card. In general, all the accounts concerned (e-mail address, switch, card, moodle, etc.) will be adapted accordingly. Should this not be done automatically, please either inform Valentine Loye or write directly to the University's IT Department: Micromus.

Request for a gender-neutral diploma

For any request for a gender-neutral diploma, please contact diploma@unifr.ch. Since deadlines are set by the Faculties, the request must be made once the student receives confirmation of the final faculty certificate validation.

If you would like your preferred name to be used during the roll call at the ceremony, you must contact your Faculty - which is the body organizing the ceremony - to submit your request directly, prefeably when you receive the invitation to the ceremony (usually about one month beforehand). Please note that each Faculty has different deadlines and procedures, so it is best to contact the relevant Faculty or Faculties directly for any questions regarding the day of the ceremony.

If you receive a gendered-diploma and wish to have it changed to a gender-neutral version, you must submit your request to diploma@unifr.ch within a maximum of 30 days after the graduation ceremony.