Gender Diversity

Proportion of women

Our aim is to achieve an appropriate gender ratio at all levels. There is still a lot to do, especially when it comes to the proportion of women in management - we have set ourselves clear targets for this:

For example, the proportion of female senior physicians should be 25% by 2029. Individual clinics (e.g. Urology) have already drawn up concept papers with specific targets and measures on the topic of gender equality.

Equal pay

Although the principle of "equal pay for work of equal value" is enshrined in the Federal Constitution and the Gender Equality Act, according to the Federal Statistical Office and the Federal Office for Gender Equality, there is still a pay gap between men and women in Switzerland.

At the University Hospital, we ensure equal pay with a transparent and gender-neutral pay system so that there is no structural pay inequality (gender pay gap) in any occupational group.

This was confirmed by the equal pay analysis based on the system of the Federal Office for Gender Equality, which we carried out in 2017.

Promoting young doctors

There is a great need for action to promote women in the medical profession - although there are significantly more female medical students than male students, the number of practicing female doctors is much smaller than that of male doctors, especially in management positions.

We want to counteract this by offering services such as mentoring, coaching and family-friendly working time models and childcare.