My Social Commitments and Memberships

Certificate

Dr. phil. Afsar Sattari

Thanks and appreciation from the city of Cologne.

Cologne, 26. August 2021

Henriette Reker, Lord Mayor of the City of Cologne

Sabine Stiller, District Mayor of the Porz District

My social commitment include the following ones.

Social Commitments
Since 2023, Deputy Auditor of “UN Women Deutschland e. V.
Since 2023, Deputy Auditor of “Deutscher FrauenRat NRW
Since 2021, Board member of the European Platform of Women Scientists (EPWS)”
Since 2020, Board member of the “Electrotechnical Association (ETV) Cologne”
Since 2020, Representative of “Women in Sciences and Technology (NuT e. V.)” at “European Platform of Women Scientists (EPWS)”
Since 2020, Coordinator of the working group “Graduate Female Refugees and Migrants (AKAD FM-FM) AKADemikerinnen Flucht/Migration Frauen/Mädchen” of the association “Human Rights in 21st Century (Menschenrechte-Einundzwanzig e. V.)” and Women in Science and Technology (NuT-Frauen in Naturwissenschaft und Technik e. V.)
Since 2020, Generating and maintenance of the Facebook page of AKAD FM-FM [Graduate Female Refugees and Migrants (AG AKADeimikerinnen Flucht/Migration Frauen/Mädchen)]
Since 2016, Generating and maintenance of the Facebook page of MINT FM-FM (the working group STEM Female Refugees and Migrants (MINT Flucht/Migration Frauen/Mädchen) of the German Association of Women Engineering (deutscher ingenieurinnenbund e. V.)
Since 2015, Coordinator of the Project „STEM Female Refugees and Migrants
AG MINT Flucht/Migration Frauen/Mädchen (MINT FM-FM) Köln“ of the German Association of Women Engineers [deutscher ingenieurinnenbund (dib e. V.)], with focal points education, career (re)entry and approval of the certificates, target grorups: female refugees and migrants. From 2020 on is this project carried out mainly in Cologne
Since 2015, Representative of “Women in Sciences and Technology (NuT e. V.)” at the “Kompetenzzentrum Diversity & Chancengleichheit e. V.”
Since 2010, Co-founder of the predecessor institution of “Human Rights in 21st Century (Menschenrechte-Einundzwanzig e. V.)” and co-management of its activities
Since 2010, Board member of the association “Women in Sciences and Technology
„NUT-Frauen in Naturwissenschaft und Technik e. V.
Since 2010, Board member of the “Initiative for trendsetting researches to establish democracy in Iran”
Since 2009, Generating and maintenance of the bilingual and multimedial site, named: “The Citizen´s Solidarity, Die Solidarität der Bürger” in Persian and German
Since 2006, Generating and maintenance of the multilingual and multimedial site, named Constitutional Revolution of Iran in Persian, German, English and French
Since 2005, Generating and maintenance of the multilingual and multimedial site on Dr. Mohammad Mossadegh named: “Dr. Mossadegh´s Life and Struggle“, in Persian, French, Spanish and Arabic

2020-2022, Board member of the association “Human Rights in 21st Century (Menschenrechte-Einundzwanzig e. V.)”
2020-2021, Mentor of the Programme “Mentegra” of “Competentia, Competence Center Women & Work” of the City of Cologne
2019, “Head of the election team of the European Election on June 25th, 2019 in an election district in Cologne”
2017-2020, Representative of the “German Association of Women Engineers (dib) e. V.” by the “German Committee of UN Women” “UN Women”
2018-2019, Internal annual auditor of the umbrella organization “DaMigra e. V.
2016-2018, co-maintenance of the facebook of the German Association of Women Engineering (deutscher ingenieurinnenbund (dib) e. V.)
28.09.2018, Co-organizer of a stand of the project ”Magical Physics with the help of some party experiments” for all school grades at the Night of Science Ruhr in DASA exhibition of the working environment, Dortmund
2011-2019, Regional leadership of the association „tekom e. V. in North Rhine Westphalia
2016, Implementation of vocational field exploration in my own company
2015-2017, Internal annual auditor of the “German Association of Women Engineers” „deutschen ingenieurinnenbund (dib) e. V.”
2012-2015, “Coordinator of International Relations of the “German Association of Graduate Women „Deutschen Akademikerinnen Bund (DAB) e. V.”
2012-2015, “Board member of the “German Association of Graduate Women (Deutscher Akademikerinnen Bund (DAB) e. .)”
2012-2015, Representative of the “German Association of Graduate Women (DAB e. V.)” by the “German Committee of UN Women”
2014, Representative of “Women in Sciences and Technology (NuT e. V.)” by the migration working group of the „German Women’s Council (DF)”
2013 and 2015, Representative of the “German Association of Women Engineers (dib) e. V. at the “Congress of Female Immigrants” of the “Umbrella Association of Women Migrants (DaMigra) e. V.”
2013, Co-initiator of the implantation of the “Tree of Freedom and Human Rights in Iran” in the Human Rights Park in Cologne
2012, Organization of the Girls` Day in own company Goal EPMTS
2010-2014, Responsible for the website of the association “German-Iranian Friendship Association MEHR e. V.”
2010, Sponsor of the sports fundraising campaign of “Johann Amos Comenius School in Cologne”
2006, Organizer of a stand on “”Current situation of women in Iran” at the 32nd FiNuT Congress in Cologne
2005, Co-organizer of the “UNICEF Fundraising Campaign” at “Basketball Bundesliga Allstar Day” in the Cologne Arena
2004-2010, Founding member of the Fifty-Fifty e. V. for the purpose of organizing the 32nd FiNuT Congress in 2006
2004-2006, Co-organizer of the 32nd interdisciplinary congress of “Women in Science and Technology (FiNuT) at Cologne University of Applied Sciences (TH Köln), which took three days long.
2004, Co-organizer of the Girls´ Day at Cologne University of Applied Sciences
2004, Participation in a one-week course in Beijing organized by the Association of German Engineers (VDI) in cooperation with the Association of Beijing Engineers
2001, Generating the primal website of the German Committee of UNIFEM (nowadays UN Women)
1992-1993, offered English workshops at the Friedrich List Elementary School in Cologne
1990-2008, Involvement in councils, committees or conferences at kindergartens, elementary schools and high schools of my own children
1983-1986, Colaborating with women’s institutions in Tehran, organization of research groups on social situation of women and the role of Iranian women in the society

The alphabetical List of my 30 memberships since 1995, in national and international associations as well as in professional societies is as follows.

Memberships
Amnesty International
Association of German Engineers (VDI) e. V.**
Association for Informatics (GI) e. V.**
Competence Center Technique, Diversity & Equal Opportunities e. V.
Congresses of Women in Sciences and Technology (FiNuT)
Electrotechnical Association Cologne (ETV)
European Association for Technical Communication – tekom Europe e. V.
European Platform of Women Scientists (EPWS)
Fifty-Fifty e. V. **
German Association of Graduate Women (DAB e. V.)
German Association of Women Engineers (dib e. V.)
German Committee of UN Women (+ its predecessor Unifem)
German Iranian Friendship Association (MEHR e. V.)**
German Women´s Council
GeStiK, Gender Studies in Cologne
Human Rights in 21st Century
(Menschenrechte-Einundzwanzig e. V., + its predecessor institution)
Initiative for trendsetting researches to establish democracy in Iran
International Association of Indian Translators (ITA INDIA)
International Federation of University Women (IFUW)**
International Network of Women in Engineering and Science (INWES)
Iranian P.E.N. Center
Mentegra program of Competence Center Women & Work of the City of Cologne
Network Companies Integrate Refugees
Organization of Iranian Secular Democrat Artists, Poets and Writers (Peyvand Sara)
Research Association for Iranian Oral History (RAIOH)
tekom Europe e. V., tcWorld, The European Association for Technical Communication
tekom Germany e. V.
Trade union, banks, firms and insurance (HBV) e. V.**
Unicef
Umbrella Association of Migrants´Organization (DaMigra) e. V.
University Women of Europe (UWE)
Verdi **
Women in Sciences and Technology (NuT e. V.)
Women´s Council in North Rhine Westphalia
Working group: Cologne Women’s Associations
Working group: Politics of the Cologne Welcome Initiatives

Meanwhile I have resigned from the 7 above mentioned associations or societies marked with **.