Diversity work area

Aidshilfe Bielefeld e.V. has been offering various support services and projects for HIV-positive people and women* since 1985. We also offer various projects ending dates for queer people with and without experience of flight/migration. We promote self-help and the reduction of stigmatisation and discrimination.

Find out about the legal protection against discrimination, the areas of life in which it applies and who it protects.

Discrimination is prohibited in Germany and the General Equal Treatment Act (AGG) is a set of regulations that protects against discrimination on racial grounds or on the grounds of ethnic origin, gender, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual identity in working life and in everyday transactions.

The Anti-Discrimination Office for Bielefeld at the Municipal Integration Centre is a contact and advice centre. The service is aimed at people with a migrant background in the event of discrimination or harassment on the grounds of

• ethnic origin,
• skin colour,
• language,
• religion or
• ideology.

It is open as a contact and advice centre to all people who are discriminated against on these grounds - but also to witnesses who have observed a case of discrimination. Counselling is provided on the basis of the AGG and is subject to the following principles:

• Anonymity
• Duty of confidentiality
• Confidentiality
• Acting in consultation with the person seeking advice.

The Anti-Racism Information Centre, ARIC-NRW e.V. has been a practice-oriented contact point for anti-racist work for over 30 years. We have made it our mission to support committed people and initiatives in their work against discrimination and racism in a variety of ways. The aim is to establish measures and regulations for equality against racist discrimination in various areas of society.

We maintain an integration agency, a service centre for anti-discrimination work.

We encourage young people from non-academic families to study. We accompany you on your journey - from course start to career entry. Our network of several thousand volunteers in over 80 local groups is there to provide you with advice and support. Many of us were the first in our families to go to university ourselves - so we know what is important.

BackUp supports victims of right-wing extremist, racist and anti-Semitic violence - as well as relatives, friends and witnesses. Counselling is free of charge and can also be provided anonymously. It is also independent of whether charges have been displayed.

The advd is an umbrella organisation and does not offer advice itself, but refers you to a suitable advice centre of one of our member organisations. We will not process enquiries that contain inappropriate wording such as insults.

Our services are aimed at people with an international family history aged 16 and over who have experienced or continue to experience discrimination or racism. We also welcome relatives of those affected - regardless of gender, religious affiliation, sexual identity or residence status.

The Frauenennotruf Bielefeld helps women and girls aged 16 and over who have been victims of sexualised violence. All women are welcome here and we always find a solution, even if there are barriers that need to be overcome. In a safe environment, we will advise, support and accompany you in everything that is necessary and that you would like.

This is where cultural diversity meets commitment: the Integration Council is committed to respectful coexistence, equal opportunities and active participation for all citizens - regardless of origin, language or religion.

• Committees & meetings
• Participation & commitment
• Events & encounters
• Information & counselling

iXNet empowers and supports disabled academics with network knowledge, information events and a counselling team for career planning. The "Inclusive Expert Network (iXNet)" is a digital service offered by the Federal Employment Agency's Employer Service for severely disabled academics.

The man-o-mann men's counselling service in Bielefeld offers support for men in psychological conflict situations such as relationship problems, burnout, depression, identity crises or violence. It helps through individual counselling, therapy, coaching and men's groups, among other things.

We support and advise scientists and science communicators in the event of attacks and unobjective conflicts in science communication.

Central office for counselling and monitoring anti-Semitic incidents at universities in North Rhine-Westphalia.