Mission
The VWI strives to promote gender equality and diversity in its organizational structure, academic and programmatic work as well as in its representation and external communications.
Building on International, European, and national legislation, the VWI will:
Organization and Administration
Academic and programmatic Work
Vision
The VWI champions non-discrimination, gender equality, and diversity by its academic performance, work-environment, and outreach to a wide international audience by a skilled, supportive organizational team. In doing so, the VWI builds on the legacy of the work of Holocaust survivors. These survivors represent a diverse group of individuals in terms of religious traditions, ethnicity, class, gender and professions, who immediately after liberation from Nazi rule founded documentation centers and projects across Europe. Simon Wiesenthal, his team and their collaborators, were part of these transnational, Jewish grassroot initiatives.
Action
Reference Documents
International
UN Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
UN Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDG)
UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD)
EU legal and policy tools
EU Council Directive 2000/43/EC (Anti-Racism Directive)
EU Council Directive 2000/78/EC (Equal treatment in employment and occupation) occupation)
EU Council Directive 2002/73/EC (on implementing the principle of equal treatment of men and women as regards access to employment, vocational training and promotion, and working conditions)
EC Council Directive 2004/113/EC implementing the principle for equal treatment between men and women in the access to supply of goods and services
Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025
EU Anti-racism Action Plan 2020 -2025
EU Strategy combating antisemitism and fostering Jewish life 2021-2030
Gender Equality in Horizon Europe (https://h2020.genderaction.eu/gender-equality-in-horizon-europe/)
National laws
National legislation:
Equal Treatment Act for the Private Sector (Gleichbehandlungsgesetz)
Act on Equal Treatment Commission and the Ombud for Equal Treatment
Anti discrimination legislation
Constitution:
-Art 2 Austrian Basic Law (1867, general equality principle)7(2)
-ART 7 (1) und (2) Federal Constitutional Act (1920, equal treatment of men and women
Others:
FAIR-Principles: https://www.go-fair.org/fair-principles/);
Open-Access-Policy: https://openaccess.mpg.de/Berliner-Erklaerung