Gender Offiice

Gender office

It was first established by Volunteers as a Women’s Affairs Office in 1999 which later organized as gender office. The Gender Office of Dilla University was established in 1996 E.C. The office is fully responded and accountable to the president of the university. The Gender Office is Functioning in a centralized manner with coordination of each program affirmative action Coordinators. Now it is in progress to work in decentralized manner by enhancing its capacity to coordinate program affirmative action Coordinators of each campus and   to various activities of the office. Currently the office has three staff members namely Office head, one Expert, one secretary and Messenger.

Goals

 Effectively address gender issues and create gender friendly teaching and learning environment. 

• —  To ensure gender equality in the university.
• —  To enhance the academic performance of female students.
• —  To create well qualified and competent female professionals in different fields.
• —  To create conducive learning environment for the full participation of female students.
• —  To perform several activities to offer assistance for women employers and female students

Vision

—The gender office of the university wishes to see the success of female students in their education, empowered and assertive, so they will have equal participation in political, economical, social and hard science aspect of the country.

 Mission

• —  Increase the success rate and decrease the attrition rate of female students.
• —  Enhance women to take leadership positions.
• —  Create gender sensitive university.
• —  Enhance female students and staff of the university to enable them successful in their duty.
• —  Providing conducive environment and avoiding gender based violence in the university life.

Activities of the Office 

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Preparing wel-come and orientation program by senior, model students for first year female students joining the university.

Create awareness in the university on issues related to gender

Counseling service to female students  regarding academic, social, psychological and other problems

Organizing workshops,  discussion forums  and meeting on gender issues

Establish  system which Protects female students from sexual harassment and gender biased violence in the University

Capacity building programs such as establish women resource center.

Facilitate and network the activity of program affirmative action coordinators, student services, female  teacher , female students union and any university or surrounding community in aspects of gender issues

Training /advice and experience sharing (with female teachers and outstanding female students) on effective study skills

Motivating outstanding female students by giving award(like money, books)

Assertiveness training (most female students fail to succeed because there are not assertive or they are not free to express their ideas) this has got negative impact on their academic performance.

Training on reproductive health (RH), SISTA(Sister informing sister about topic AIDS)

Tutorial support for selected two courses

Special support including financial support for needy female students