Equal opportunity and diversity

All chemists are welcome at the GDCh. Our mission statement states, among other things: "We live diversity and equal opportunities". We represent a diverse range of people from different cultures, backgrounds and diverse traits and experiences. We want to act equitably, respectfully and inclusively towards our diverse community and are determined to work against all forms of discrimination."

In 2016, the GDCh Board set up the Commission for Equal Opportunities in Chemistry. One of her activities was the development of the GDCh mission statement for equal opportunities in chemistry, which was adopted by the GDCh Board in 2018. In December 2021, the GDCh Board adopted the guidelines for gender-sensitive language in the GDCh.

The GDCh strives for gender-sensitive language for all texts it publishes. Since January 2021, the GDCh membership magazine ' magazine "Nachrichten aus der Chemie" has been using gender-sensitive language to address and depict all genders. ( to the interscript ). In addition, in its corporate design manual, which was updated in March 2021, the GDCh asks all employees in the office and volunteer members to use gender-neutral language for all publications. The manual is available to all employees and officials.

In December 2021, the GDCh Board also adopted guidelines for gender-sensitive language in the GDCh.

 

• The GDCh is a co-signatory of the statement on inclusion and diversity in the chemical sciences of June 8, 2020.
• GDCh Executive Director Prof. Wolfram Koch is a co-signatory of the Statement on Diversity & Inclusion at ChemRxiv of June 10, 2020.
• Our partner publisher Wiley-VCH updated their author name change policy in January 2021. This makes it easier for scientists to change their name based on gender identity, religion or relationship status. For researchers, publications are the basis for their professional Career. Transgender scientists have so far been forced to indicate when applying for a grant, for example, if a name in their publication history did not match. The new name change policy ensures that an individual's entire bibliography is associated with the same name. This change can be made without automatically making corrections or notifying co-authors.
• The GDCh advocates an appreciative and unprejudiced working environment that values talent based on their performance - regardless of age, gender and gender identity, ethnic origin and nationality, religion and world view, sexual orientation and identity or physical abilities. That is why we signed the Diversity Charter in March 2021.

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The GDCh awards high-ranking prizes and awards to all ages and career levels in various fields of chemistry and related sciences. According to the award guidelines, all eligible scientists can be nominated, regardless of gender, (ethnic) origin, nationality or age and regardless of whether they are members of society or not. For several years, the Board of the GDCh has expressly ensured that selection committees are staffed in a gender-equitable manner. (Note: Since commission members are appointed for several years, the composition of commissions only changes gradually.) The commissions are informed that the promotion of equal opportunities for men and women in chemistry is one of the statutory purposes of the GDCh and that therefore more deserving women chemists should be nominated. The committees will be asked for a justification when nominations have been submitted for women who have not been proposed by the committee for the award.

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