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Responsibilities
The Gender Equality and Anti-Discrimination Committee (GEADC) at the Ionian University has the following responsibilities according to Article 218 of Law 4957/2022 (Government Gazette A’ 141):
1. By decision of the Governing Council, a Gender Equality and Anti-Discrimination Committee is established in each Higher Education Institution (HEI) as an advisory body to the institution and its governing bodies. The mission of the Committee is to promote gender equality and combat discrimination based on gender, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, health status/disability, age, or sexual orientation at all levels of operation and in all processes and activities of academic life. The Committee contributes to the prevention and handling of all types of discrimination, as well as the prevention and handling of sexism, sexual harassment, and any other forms of harassing behavior within the institution.
2. The Committee consists of nine (9) members: six (6) faculty members, one (1) member from the Special Educational Personnel (EEP), Laboratory Teaching Personnel (EDIP), or Specialized Technical Personnel (ETEP), one (1) administrative staff member, and one (1) student. Members serve a three-year term and are appointed following a public call for expressions of interest, published by the Rector. The Rector may delegate this responsibility to the relevant Vice-Rector. Applications are assessed by a three-member committee formed by the Senate, which drafts a ranking list and submits it to the Senate for approval. The Senate considers the candidates’ work and overall contribution in the fields of gender equality and combating discrimination and harassment when selecting members.
3. The Gender Equality and Anti-Discrimination Committee has the following responsibilities: a) Develops action plans to promote and ensure substantive equality and combat discrimination in the educational, research, and administrative processes of the institution, and prepares an annual report to be submitted to the Senate and the Governing Council. b) Recommends measures to the competent bodies for promoting equality and combating discrimination, addressing sexual harassment, and other forms of harassing behavior. c) Monitors and evaluates the implementation and effectiveness of the aforementioned measures and suggests modifications, revisions, or supplements as necessary. d) Provides information and training to members of the academic community on gender equality, LGBTQ+ issues, combating all forms of discrimination, and addressing sexual harassment and any type of harassing behavior. e) Promotes the development of curricula, seminars, and lectures focused on gender studies, LGBTQ+ issues, anti-discrimination, and addressing sexual harassment and other forms of harassing behavior. f) Encourages the conduct of studies and research on issues related to its field of competence. g) Records reports and complaints regarding incidents of discrimination and sexual harassment or harassment due to gender and forwards them to the competent authorities. h) Provides support to victims of discrimination, sexual harassment, and harassing behavior when reporting discriminatory treatment or harassment.
4. The Gender Equality and Anti-Discrimination Committee may be supported in its work by a Unit of the Institution for implementing the action plans outlined in paragraph 1, as specified in the University’s Organizational and Internal Regulations.
5. The University’s Internal Regulation set out in detail the matters concerning the promotion of gender equality, combating discrimination, and supporting victims of discriminatory treatment and sexual harassment by the Committee.
Members
On November 7, 2024, the Senate constituted the nine-member unpaid Gender Equality and Anti-Discrimination Committee, which has a three-year term:
Dalila HonoratoDalila Honorato is an Associate Professor of Aesthetics and Semiology of Image at the Department of Audio and Visual Arts of the Ionian University and a Fellow at the Center of Philosophy of Science, University of Lisbon, Portugal. One of the founding members of the Interactive Arts Laboratory, she is the head of the steering committee of the conference "Taboo-Transgression-Transcendence in Art & Science" and a member of the editorial team of the academic journal Technoetic Arts. She is also, together with Marta de Menezes, responsible for the conception and development of the "FEMeeting: Women in Art, Science and Technology" network.
Vilelmini SosoniVilelmini Sosoni is tenured Associate Professor at the Department of Foreign Languages, Translation and Interpreting at the Ionian University in Greece. She has taught Specialised Translation in the United Kingdom at the University of Surrey, the University of Westminster, Roehampton University and the University of Wolverhampton, and in Greece at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Metropolitan College and the Institut Français d’ Athènes. She also has extensive professional experience having worked as a professional translator, editor and subtitler. She studied English Language and Literature at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and holds an MA in Translation and a PhD in Translation and Text Linguistics from the University of Surrey.
Maria TsigouDr Maria Tsigou is Associate Professor at the Department of Foreign Languages, Translation and Interpreting at the Ionian University. She holds a BA in Classics from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (1988), and a PhD (Hons) in Language Studies - General Linguistics and Phonetics from Paris 5 - René Descartes Sorbonne University (2000). She has taught Linguistics at undergraduate level at René Descartes University, French as a Foreign Language at postgraduate level at the Hellenic Open University, Linguistics and Translation, and French at both undregraduate and postgraduate levels at the Ionian University. She has also worked as an EU legislation analyst at the EU office of the Greek Ministry of Education, reviewing proposals and policy decisions (2003-2006). She was appointed as Greece's representative in the EU Committee for Multilingualism Policy (2004-2006), maintaining her interest to the good practice of teaching foreign languages.
Iakovos PanagopoulosDr. Iakovos Panagopoulos is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Audio & Visual Arts, Ionian University. His field is: “Film Production Specializing in Creating Audiovisual Narratives”. Iakovos’s pioneering work is a combination of practical filmmaking and academic research. His goal is to narrow the gap between the two. He is directing-writing films and academic research on Media Practice, Film Practice and Film Studies.His book “The Third Path in Cinema: The Academic Filmmaker Model”, is the first Greek book that deals with film practice research field in academia. Iakovos’s first degree in Audio Visual Arts at the Ionian University, was followed by an M.A. in Cinematography at Bournemouth University. At 2019 he completed his Ph.D. on the work of Theo Angelopoulos at the University of Central Lancashire. The title of his thesis is: “Reshaping Contemporary Greek Cinema Through a Re-evaluation of the Historical and Political Perspective of Theo Angelopoulos's Work”. He also completed his post-doctoral research in Panteion University of Social and Political Science with Prof. Seferiadis. The title of his research was: “Suspended spaces of memory: Heterotopic historical narratives and contentious politics in contemporary cinematic practice”.
Athanasia PetalaAthanasia Petala is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Environment, Ionian University. Her field is: “Synthesis and characterization of materials for pollutant degradation and electricity generation". Her research activities are focused on the field of Heterogeneous Catalysis and especially Photocatalysis as well as in the field of Advanced Oxidation Processes. Special emphasis is given to the synthesis and characterization of innovative catalysts and their application in the fields of environmental protection and energy production.
Naoum MylonasDr. Naoum Mylonas is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Tourism of the Ionian University in the field "Entrepreneurship in the Creative and Cultural Industries" (1504 / 08-07-2021, vol. C). He holds a PhD from the Department of Economics of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) in the field of entrepreneurship. His doctoral dissertation was funded by the NSRF Scholarship Act "Heraclitus II". He also holds the following degrees: BSc in Economics at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh), MSc in Development Management at the London School of Economics (LSE) and MSc in International and European Economic and European Economic Studies at the Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB).
Marily ArgyrokastritiMarily Argyrokastriti, Head of the Gender Equality Committee, is a member of the Faculty of Audio and Visual Arts of the Ionian University and a graduate of the Academy of Brera (Milan) with a specialization in painting. She has been teaching Visual Arts since 2001 and from 2005 until today painting - drawing at the Department of Sound and Visual Arts. She is a PhD on the mediation of Identity and Body in NET ART with a focus on women artists. She has also occasionally written articles on issues of sexism and the recruitment of women in the media.
Dimitra Evaggelia PapadatouThe administrative employee Dimitra - Evaggelia Papadatou works as Deputy Head of the Secretariat of the Academic Department with parallel duties in the Department of Teaching - Educational Staff of the Directorate of Administration of the Ionian University. She graduated from the Department of Accounting of the School of Management and Economics of TEI PIRAEUS. Postgraduate student of the Postgraduate Programme "Politics, Language and Intercultural Communication" of the Department of Foreign Languages, Translation and Interpretation of the School of Humanities of the Ionian University. Elected representative of the Administrative Employees in the Senate of the Ionian University from 01-12-2019 to 30-11-2021 and from 01-12-2021 to 31-08-2024 elected representative of the Administrative Employees as an alternate member in the Rectoral Council of the Ionian University. As a member of the University Community, she is interested in promoting and ensuring substantive equality and developing actions and events to inform, raise awareness and educate against any kind of discrimination.
Vasiliki ChelidoniVasiliki Chelidoni holds a Bachelor's degree in Translation Specialization from the DFLTI (2021), a Master's degree in Translation Science from the same Department (2023), and is a graduate of the Foreign Language Teaching Program, obtaining a Teaching Proficiency Certificate in English and French (2022). With Greek, English, and French as her working languages, as well as a good knowledge of Spanish, she has participated in university translation projects and worked as a subtitler in the private sector. She has also worked as a freelance professional in the fields of translation and editing. Additionally, she has written literary articles and served as the Membership Manager at the Greek Chapter of Women in Localization. From January 2024, she is a Ph.D. candidate at the DFLTI with her research focusing on the use of European and national corpora to study the adoption of inclusive language in the drafting and translation of EU administrative documents into English, French, and Greek.Contact GEC
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