Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 49.83
Liaison YOLANDA MENDOZA CAVAZOS
Submission Date June 30, 2022

STARS v2.2

Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas
PA-5: Diversity and Equity Coordination

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.33 / 2.00 Yolanda Mendoza
MSc.
Sustainability
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Part 1 

Does the institution have a diversity and equity committee, office, and/or officer tasked by the administration or governing body to advise on and implement policies, programs, and trainings related to diversity, equity, inclusion and human rights?:
Yes

Does the committee, office and/or officer focus on students, employees, or both?:
Both students and employees

None
A brief description of the diversity and equity committee, office and/or officer, including purview and activities:
1. CODISUAT is the Coordination of Care for People with Disabilities from the STUDENTS PARTICIPATION Department at UAT. This Coordination is focused on the promotion and practice of values; promoting the inclusion of people with disabilities (faculty, staff or students) at the University,

This Coordination has been encouraging a cultural change in all students, faculty or staff because they are accepted although they had a disability. Some services offered by this coordination are:

• Management of disabilities' students scholarships
• Physical infrastructure guidance for different faculties, academic units and offices corresponding to UAT.
• Vocational guidance to ensure their permanence at UAT.
• Awareness workshops that promote inclusion in the University community.
• Disability in higher education Forums and Conferences
• Orientation teachers from different schools, colleges and academic units for curricular adjustments in areas offered by UAT.
• Adapted technology to improve teaching and learning through information technology.

2. IGUALDADES UAT ( equity program)
3. Equity and people´s right Office (EQuity Office)

Part 2 

Estimated proportion of students that has participated in cultural competence, anti-oppression, anti-racism, and/or social inclusion trainings and activities:
Some

Estimated proportion of academic staff that has participated in cultural competence, anti-oppression, anti-racism, and/or social inclusion trainings and activities:
Some

Estimated proportion of non-academic staff that has participated in cultural competence, anti-oppression, anti-racism, and/or social inclusion trainings and activities:
Some

If trainings are made available, provide:

A brief description of the institution’s cultural competence, anti-oppression, anti-racism, and/or social inclusion trainings and activities:
Gaps of Inequality and Political Violence workshop.

Aim to promote a culture of awareness in the university community about the various types of discrimination and violence against women, as well as about the existing inequality gap between men and women, linked to access to opportunities in labor, social, educational, economic, political, cultural, among other dimensions.

Optional Fields 

Website URL where information about the institution’s diversity and equity office or trainings is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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