About
The Office of Diversity and Affirmative Action Policies was launched on June 12, 2018, with the aim of working across various themes of diversity through multiple actions in research, teaching, extension, management, and community engagement. By collaborating with other university sectors that also address specific themes (CERII, SAMA, NEABI, ACOLHER, among others), the Office aims to strengthen and interlink programs to promote the recognition of diversity.
This sector seeks to promote the reduction of attitudinal barriers within the university. It develops and implements policies aimed at ensuring diversity and equity in all spheres of academic life. Its actions encompass the promotion of human rights and a culture of peace, support for social minorities and vulnerable groups, addressing issues related to gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, people with disabilities, and other dimensions of human diversity.
In this way, it has been carrying out its activities with both internal and external audiences through methodologies based on the proposal of education for human rights and the dialectical learning process proposed by Paulo Freire. Thus, it conducts lectures, workshops, short courses, and training for teachers on topics related to diversity, engages in dialogue, and seeks to minimize attitudinal barriers while fostering a culture of respect among individuals. It identifies the unconscious biases behind attitudes that may cause psychological suffering to the social minorities served by the Office. It works on the implementation and monitoring of quota policies and other forms of affirmative action to ensure access and retention of historically marginalized groups in the university. It provides psychosocial support and referrals to students and staff, focusing on issues related to diversity.
Mission
► To promote the recognition of diversity and coordinate the creation of affirmative policies for building a culture of peace.
General Objective
► To create and strengthen an institutional policy that articulates actions of a transversal nature and the inseparability of teaching, research, extension, management, and community engagement, promoting the appreciation of diversity and a culture of peace in ongoing dialogue with the internal and external community.
Specific Objectives
► To encourage the creation of affirmative policies aimed at historically vulnerable populations understood within the intersections of race/ethnicity, disability, generation, class, gender, sexual diversity, among others, at the institutional level alongside various sectors and programs that work with human rights themes;
► To organize and make available a collection that gathers information about various projects, programs, and actions that promote diversity;
► To build dialogue with the Structuring Teaching Nuclei (NDEs) for the revision of course syllabi, proposing the inclusion of themes of diversity, human rights, education for human rights, and culture of peace;
► To promote the construction and creation of interdisciplinary research lines and groups on human rights, diversity, education in human rights, and culture of peace in strictu sensu graduate programs;
► To articulate the inclusion of themes of diversity, affirmative actions, and culture of peace in the university's permanent discussion spaces (forums, scientific events, committees, cultural activities, and others);
► To promote a culture of respect for diversity and affirmative actions among institutional sectors and programs, fostering a culture of peace;
►To promote spaces and encourage dialogues between institutional projects and programs that respect diversity, affirmative actions, and the promotion of a culture of peace, alongside the external community (rights councils, schools, social movements, among others).
