Your Gender Equality Officer can be contacted at HUS-Gender@homerton.cam.ac.uk. The role of the Gender Equality Officer is to ensure that all students of marginalised genders feel comfortable and represented in college. Please get in touch with any concerns and suggestions!
Role:
- Support students with any concerns or queries relating to college matters affecting marginalised genders.
- Respond to student suggestions to make college more welcoming for all.
- Work with other HUS equality officers to improve inclusivity at Homerton across the board.
- Sit on college committees to represent the voices of students of marginalised genders (e.g. Gender-Based Violence Working Group and the EDI committee).
- Help to run consent and relationships workshops for first and second years.
- Organise our annual International Women’s Day events and other activities throughout the year with Homerton FemSoc.
- Promote and organise the Women and Non-Binary hours in the gym (Thursday 6-7pm and Sunday 5-6pm).
Support, events and campaigns for gender equality in Cambridge
Support, events and campaigns for gender equality in Cambridge
- Follow @homfemsoc on Instagram to keep up to date your Homerton Gender Equality Officer.
- Cambridge Student Union has a VP for Welfare and Liberation, who leads SU campaigns including on gender equality (more information: https://www.cambridgesu.co.uk/aboutus/).
- If you have experienced harassment or sexual misconduct, the university’s Harassment and Violence Support Service (HVSS) can provide confidential practical and emotional support (more information: https://www.studentsupport.cam.ac.uk/harassment-and-violence-support).
- Information about the university’s action on harassment and sexual misconduct can be found here: https://www.studentsupport.cam.ac.uk/harassment-and-sexual-misconduct
- There are loads of student societies campaigning on gender equality issues, which can be great places to meet like-minded people and make a difference. Find them on the SU website: https://www.cambridgesu.co.uk/opportunities/societies/
- Trans students can find additional support information here: https://www.cambridgesu.co.uk/advice/supportfortransstudents/