The basis of the equality efforts is the Implementation Agreement on Equality (AV-Glei) of the Joint Science Conference, to which Senckenberg has committed itself in an individual agreement with the Hessian Ministry of Science and Art. An gender equality plan also sets out how the under-representation of women in the relevant areas can be reduced and how the compatibility of career and family can be improved.

The goals of the gender equality policy are:

• to achieve equality between women and men,
• to eliminate existing gender discrimination, especially against women, and to prevent it in the future, and
• to improve the compatibility of work and family for all employees.

Senckenberg offers a variety of measures in order to implement these goals.