Employees

Reconciliation of Work and Family

Career Development – Young Female Scientists

Networks and Databases of Female Scientists

Non-Scientific Career Development

Gender-Related Discrimination and Sexual Harassment

Reconciliation of Work and Family

Organizational and Legal Issues

• ETH Family Portal – ETH’s information portal on the reconciliation of studies/work and family
• mamagenda – Information portal containing useful advice for parents-to-be as well as their employers (in German only)
  

Non-Family Childcare

• Foundation for Childcare in the Zurich University Area (kihz) – daycare facilities run by ETH Zurich and the University of Zurich
• Family-supplementing Childcare of the City of Zurich – including FAQs and a hotline (in German only)
• Non-family Childcare: Parental and Subvention contributions brochure – by the City of Zurich, available in 10 different languages
• Daycare Facilities in the City of Zurich (in German only)
  
• Comparison of Municipalities with Respect to Non-Family Childcare – Canton of Zurich (in German only)
• nanny4you – Professional assistance in the search for a nanny 
• Liliput – Organizes and searches for childcare solutions in all of Switzerland (in German only) 
• Es geht auch so – Alternative childcare (in German only) 
• Childcare – Offers childcare solutions and assists companies in childcare-related issues

Further Information

• Kidscorner – overview of the organization of the Swiss school system as well as non-family child care, with many useful addresses and links for parents by parents (in German only)
• männer.ch – Umbrella Organization of Swiss Men and Fathers Organizations (in German only)
• Gender Equality in the Workplace – information on equal pay and sexual harassment in the workplace provided by the Swiss Federal Department of Home Affairs (FDHA)
  
• Fachstelle UND – Work-Life Balance for Men and Women (in German only)

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Career Development – Young Female Scientists

Career-Building Programmes

• Fix the Leaky Pipeline! A Career-Building Programme for Women in Science – ETH Domain

Research Financing and Awards

• Overview of Research Awards and Scholarships for Young Female Scientists (PDF)
• Marie Heim-Vögtlin Program – program by the Swiss National Science Foundation for the promotion of female scientists in their careers
• EURESEARCH News – newsletter on framework research programs by the EU

Networks of Young Scientists

• Life Science Zurich – Young Scientist Network (UZH/ETH)
• Zurich Graduate School in Mathematics (UZH/ETH)

Career Entry

• ETH Career Center – information and counseling regarding career entry
• ETH Human Resources – Career Consulting
• Swiss Women Experts Database "femdat"  – including job openings, career entry offers, newsletter subscription
• FachFrauen Umwelt – Swiss Association of female professionals in the environmental sector – office directory, training opportunities, mailing lists
• Swiss Association of Women Engineers (SVIN) – wide range of information on career entry (in German only)
• donna informatica – Network of female professionals in IT (in German only)
  

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Networks and Databases of Female Scientists

• Swiss Association of Female Academics (in German only)
• Swiss Association of Women Engineers (SVIN), (in German only)
• FachFrauen Umwelt – Swiss Association of female professionals in the environmental sector
• donna informatica – Network of female professionals in IT (in German only)
• Swiss Women Experts Database "femdat"
• AcademiaNet: Database of Female Scientists, initiated by the Robert Bosch Foundation
• FemConsult – Database of Female Scientists at CEWS (in German only)

Non-Scientific Career Development

• ETH Human Resources – Career Consulting
• ETH Human Ressources – Personnel and Organizational Development

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Gender-related Discrimination and Sexual Harassment

• Advice in Case of Discrimination or Sexual Harassment – Office of Equal Opportunities
• RESPECT campaign – ETH information portal on discrimination, sexual harassment, threats and violence, bullying
• ETH Human Resources – Conflict Management
• Ombudspersons – help in protecting the rights of ETH members in cases of conflicts
• Gender Equality in the Workplace – information on equal pay and sexual harassment in the workplace provided by the Swiss Federal Department of Home Affairs (FDHA)
  

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