Main measures

Observatory of Equality

The Observatory of Equality is a resource whose objective is to draw up reports on existing inequalities in the university, the causes that provoke them and their consequences.  Having data presented and analysed from a gender perspective helps us to understand the need to implement equality policies.

The different reports are available below, organised by year:
 

The Distintivo de Igualdade

The Distintivo de Igualdade is an award that has been created to make visible and give public and institutional recognition to the efforts of many people who work every day to research, teach, transfer, manage and produce scientific knowledge, incorporating a gender and feminist perspective in our university. This pioneering initiative aims to recognise the work of the centres, schools and faculties to promote real and effective equality between women and men in order to build a more humane, egalitarian and just university.

• Resolución reitoral, do 30 de setembro de 2024, pola que se convoca a quinta edición do Distintivo de igualdade destinado a escolas, facultades e centros e institutos universitarios de investigación da Universidade de Vigo
• Resolución reitoral, do 20 de setembro de 2023, pola que se convoca a cuarta edición do Distintivo de igualdade destinado a escolas, facultades e centros e institutos universitarios de investigación da Universidade de Vigo
• Resolución reitoral, do 14 de setembro de 2022, pola que se convoca a terceira edición do Distintivo de igualdade destinado a escolas, facultades e centros da Universidade de Vigo
• Resolución reitoral, do 15 de setembro de 2021, pola que se convoca a segunda edición do Distintivo de igualdade destinado ás escolas, ás facultades e aos centros da Universidade de Vigo
• Resolución reitoral, do 7 de abril de 2021, pola que se convoca a primeira edición do Distintivo de igualdade destinado ás escolas, ás facultades e aos centros da Universidade de Vigo

Guide to good practice

Free access to menstrual products

From March 2021, Universidade de Vigo has provided free access to menstrual products on the three university campuses. Each school and faculty has a dispenser that is activated with the student university card. It allows you to choose between tampons and sanitary towels, which are distributed in boxes of three units, up to a maximum of three per month. 

With this measure, Universidade de Vigo has become a pioneer in Spain in providing free menstrual management products. Moreover, this action gives visibility and dignifies menstruation, a basic need that should no longer be treated as a taboo. 
 

Virtual training itinerary on gender

This training programme has been created to meet the gender training needs of the university community, and has been designed and developed by the Equality Unit and the Training and Educational Innovation Area of the Universidade de Vigo, with the financial support of the State Pact against Gender Violence.

Web do itinerario formativo virtual en xénero

Positive actions at UVigo

The Universidade de Vigo has approved two affirmative action to put an end to situations of inequality detected in the research career. 

These measures have been adopted to correct discrimination and gender gaps caused by a sexist and unequal social system.

• Resolución reitoral, do 18 de xaneiro de 2021, pola que se regula a acción positiva aprobada no consello de goberno do 29 de abril de 2019, para incluír nas convocatorias propias de docencia, de investigación e de transferencia na Universidade de Vigo
• Redución de docencia por parto ou por adopción, garda con fins de adopción ou acollemento
  Normativa de dedicación e recoñecemento docentes do profesorado (CG 01/02/2022 modificada no CG 11/03/2022 e no CG 28/07/2022) 

Aid for teaching and awareness-raising activities

The Equality Unit promotes an annual aid programme to finance teaching and awareness-raising activities with a gender perspective. 

This programme aims to raise awareness of gender inequality and the causes that lead to it, in order to involve the entire university community in achieving a fairer environment.  

Anyone in the university community can apply to organise awareness-raising activities. Teaching activities are aimed at teaching and research staff.

• Grants for teaching activities promoting gender perspective at the Universidade de Vigo (call for applications 2025)
• Grants for organising activities contributing to gender awareness transmitting equality values  at the Universidade de Vigo (call for applications 2025)
   

 Campaigns: 11F, 8M e 25N

The Universidade de Vigo should give continuity to the institutional awareness campaigns around the celebration of 11 February (International Day of Women and Girls in Science), 8 March (International Women's Day) and 25 November (International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women). It should also carry out awareness-raising campaigns on specific aspects of gender inequalities between women and men.