Gender Equality Mechanisms and Examples of Institutionalization in Universities
November 9, Minerva Palas, Karaköy 9:00-9:30 Welcome and refreshment 9:30 – 10:00 Opening speeches
Şirin Tekinay, Vice President of Sabancı University
Ilhami Alkan Olsson, Director of Raoul Wallenberg Institute Turkey
10:00 – 11:00 Presentation and Discussion: “Gender Equality Actions in Higher Education Institutions in Turkey: A Baseline Evaluation Study”
Zeynep Gülru Göker, Sabancı University Aslı Polatdemir, Bremen University 11:00 – 11:15: Coffee break
11:15 – 12:15 Gender Equality in Higher Education: General Policies
Yıldız Ecevit, Middle East Technical University
Olcay Karacan, Ankara University and Çukurova University
12:15 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 15:00 Institutionalizing Gender Equality: EU Projects and Action Plans
Şevkat Bahar Özvarış and Türküler Erdost, Hacettepe University Ayşe Ayata, Middle East Technical University
Mary Lou O'Neil and Bahar Aldanmaz, Kadir Has University Alper Açık and Serhat Uyurkulak, Özyeğin University
15:00 – 15:15 Coffee break
15:15 – 16:45 Combating Sexism and Sexual Harassment in University: Types and Examples of Solidarity
Özlem Şahin Güngör and Dilek Bulut, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University, Leyla Kahraman, Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University
Selda Tuncer, Van Yüzüncü Yıl University Ayşe Gül Altınay, Sabancı University
17.00 – 18.00 Open Session: Gender Equality in Higher Education: Needs and Suggestions
