# Supportive services
**Source**: https://www.tuwien.at/en/tu-wien/a-university-for-all/committee-on-equal-treatment/supportive-services
**Parent**: https://www.tuwien.at/en/tu-wien/a-university-for-all/committee-on-equal-treatment
## Overview
### Contact centers at TU Wien
- [Accessibility at TU Wien](https://www.tuwien.at/en/tu-wien/a-university-for-all/tuw-barrier-free)
- [Gender Equality Office](https://www.tuwien.at/en/tu-wien/organisation/central-divisions/gender-equality-office)
- [Psychological counselling for students at TU Wien](https://www.tuwien.at/en/studies/student-support/psychological-counselling-and-mental-health)
- [Work council for general staff](https://tiss.tuwien.ac.at/adressbuch/adressbuch/orgeinheit/4940?suchtext=betriebsrat)
- [Work council for scientific staff](https://tiss.tuwien.ac.at/adressbuch/adressbuch/orgeinheit/4939?suchtext=betriebsrat)
- [Workplace Health Promotion and Sports](https://www.tuwien.at/en/tu-wien/organisation/central-divisions/hr-development/workplace-health-promotion-and-sports)
### Contact and information centres against online discrimination
- [Counselling Centre Against Online Hate ZARA Civil Courage and Anti-Racism-Work](https://zara.or.at/en/)
- [Information about the advisory centre against online hate](https://www.oesterreich.gv.at/de/themen/onlinesicherheit_internet_und_neue_medien/internet_und_handy___sicher_durch_die_digitale_welt/3/3/Seite.1720230) (german only)
- [No Hate Speech](https://www.nohatespeech.at/) (mainly german)
- [We Can! Manual](https://www.nohatespeech.at/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/WeCANmanual_FINAL_MAJ17032017.pdf)
- [Online hate – how can I defend myself?](https://www.saferinternet.at/news-detail/hass-im-netz-wie-kann-ich-mich-wehren/) (german only)
### Contact centres, counselling institutions, legal protection for individuals
- [Anti-Discrimination Office of the City of Vienna](https://www.wien.gv.at/zusammenleben/antidiskriminierung#page) (german only)
- [Asylum in need](https://asyl-in-not.org/) (german only)
- [Counselling centre for migrants](https://www.migrant.at/en/)
- [Counselling centre for same-sex and transgender life styles](https://www.courage-beratung.at/english-2/)
- [Counselling for men](https://www.maenner.at/) (german only)
- [ENAR - European Network Against Racism](https://www.enar-eu.org/)
- [EOG - Marriage without borders](https://ehe-ohne-grenzen.at/)
- [ESRA - Psychosocial centre specialising in trauma counselling](http://www.esra.at/) (german only)
- [Initial legal advice from a lawyer](https://www.rakwien.at/) (german only)
- [Lambda Legal Committee](https://www.rklambda.at/) (german only)
- [LEFÖ - advice, education and support for migrant women](https://lefoe.at/en/home-en/)
- [Ombud for Equal Treatment](https://www.gleichbehandlungsanwaltschaft.gv.at/english.html)
- [Orient Express - Counselling, education and cultural initiative for women](http://www.orientexpress-wien.com) (german only)
- [Peregrina - Counselling centre for women](https://www.peregrina.at/peregrina-en/) (various languages available)
- [Signs of life for endangered communities](https://lebenszeichen-international.at/) (german only)
- [Sprungbrett](https://sprungbrett.or.at/en/) (various languages available)
- [Sunwork](http://www.sunwork.at/) (german only)
- [Women's Centre of the City of Vienna](https://www.wien.gv.at/en/living-together/women-centre)
### Archives, libraries, information centres
- [Ariadne](https://www.onb.ac.at/en/more/ariadne-the-women-and-gender-specific-knowledge-portal)
- [Berta - Books and Products](http://zwanzigtausendfrauen.at/2011/03/berta-bucher-und-produkte/) (german only)
- [biografiA - Biographical database and encyclopaedia of Austrian women](http://www.biografia.at/) (german only)
- [frauen\*solidarität - feminist, development policy information and educational work](https://frauensolidaritaet.org/en/)
- [FRIDA - Women-specific information and documentation facilities in Austria](http://www.frida.at/) (german only)
- [Kreisky-Archive](http://www.kreisky.org/mission.html) (german only)
- [Stichwort - archive the of women's and lesbians' movements](https://www.stichwort.or.at/english/frames-e/index-e.htm)
### Associations, initiatives and projects promoting equal treatment
- [Amnesty International](https://www.amnesty.org/en/)
- [Austrian Development Agency](https://www.entwicklung.at/en/)
- [Black Women Community](http://www.schwarzefrauen.net/) (german only)
- [Counselling for deserters and refugees](https://deserteursberatung.at/) (german only)
- [FIBEL - Women's Initiative for Bicultural Marriages and Partnerships](https://www.verein-fibel.at/images/folder-2024-english-1.pdf)
- [FIT – Fem\* in Tech](http://www.fitwien.at/) (german only)
- [Frauenhetz](http://www.frauenhetz.at/) (german only)
- [HOSI Vienna](https://hosiwien.at/en/)
- [Human Rights Watch - Women's Rights](https://www.hrw.org/topic/womens-rights)
- [ILGA - International Lesbian and Gay Association](http://ilga.org/)
- [Klagsverband - Litigation Association of NGOs Against Discrimination](https://www.klagsverband.at/english)
- [NUT](http://www.nut.de/) (german only)
- [SOS Mitmensch](http://www.sosmitmensch.at/) (german only)
- [ÖH - Department for feminist politics](https://www.oeh.ac.at/en/departments/department-for-feminist-politics/)
- [The United Nations Foundation](https://unfoundation.org/)
- [w-fFORTE](https://w-fforte.at/)
### Databases, mailing lists and information pools
- [Association for Women in Science](https://www.awis.org/)
- [CEWS - Center for Gender Relations in Academia](https://www.gesis.org/en/cews)
- [Fem@le-L-Mailingslist](https://www.jku.at/gleichstellung-chancengerechtigkeit-und-vielfalt/female-l/) (german only)
- [Femconsult](https://www.gesis.org/en/femconsult)
- [femdat: Swiss expert database](http://www.femdat.ch/) (german only)
- [Femtech](http://www.femtech.at/index.php?id=expertinnendatenbank) (german only)
- [Gender and Developement - OECD](https://www.oecd.org/en/topics/gender-and-development.html)
- [German Association of Women Engineers](https://dibev.de/) (german only)
- [grassroots feminism](https://ggjalliance.org/our-work/grassroots-feminism/)
- [NUT Mailinglist](http://www.nut.de/index.php?page=Mailingliste) (german only)
- [ÖFSE - Austrian Foundation for Development Research](https://www.oefse.at/en/)
- [Women's Studies Programs, Departments & Research Centers](http://userpages.umbc.edu/~korenman/wmst/programs.html)
### Media and information projects
- [Augustin](http://www.augustin.or.at/) (german only)
- [CeiberWeiber](https://alexandrabader.wordpress.com/) (german only)
- [Der Standard](https://www.derstandard.at/) (german only)
- [Female:Pressure on Radio Orange](http://o94.at/radio/sendereihe/female-pressure/) (german only)
- [Frauen\*solidarität - magazine](https://frauensolidaritaet.org/en/magazine/) (mainly german)
- [Migrazine: by Migrant Women for Everyone](http://www.migrazine.at/) (german/english mix)
- [Südwind magazine](http://www.suedwind-magazin.at/) (german only)
- [Women's affairs and equality (Federal Ministry)](https://www.bmfwf.gv.at/frauen-und-gleichstellung/ueber-die-sektion.html) (german only)
### Counselling for women, bullying, sexual harassment, and more
- [African Women's Organization](https://www.support-africanwomen.org/en/)
- [Counselling centre for sexually abused girls and young women](https://www.maedchenberatung.at/) (german only)
- [Desert Flower Foundation](https://www.desertflowerfoundation.org/en)
- [FEM - health centre for women, parents and girls](https://fem.at/englisch-information-in-english/)
- [Fòs Feminista](https://fosfeminista.org/)
- [Frauenberatung - Counselling Centre for women and girls affected by sexual violence](https://frauenberatung.at/images/rz-Folder-FBN-allgemein-englisch-2025-web.pdf)
- [NINLIL - Empowerment and counselling for women\* with disabilities](http://www.ninlil.at/) (german only)
- [Self-defence courses (portal)](https://sozialinfo.wien.at/content/en/10/SearchResults.do?keyword=Self-defence) (german only)
- [Tamar - Counselling centre for abused and sexually abused women, girls and children](http://www.tamar.at/) (german only)
- [WAVE network - Women Against Violence Europe](http://www.wave-network.org/)
- [WHO - World Health Organization](http://www.who.int/en/)
- [Women's health centre dietrotula](http://www.fgz-dietrotula.at/) (german only)
- [Women's helpline](https://www.frauenhelpline.at)
- [Women's shelter Vienna](https://frauenhaeuser-wien.at/en/help/)
- [24 Hour Women’s Emergency Helpline of the City of Vienna](https://www.wien.gv.at/en/living-together/women-emergency-helpline)