Yükseköğretim Kurumları için Toplumsal Cinsiyet Eşitliği Planı Geliştirme: Caliper Projesi Deneyimi
Developing Gender Equality Plans for Higher Education Institutions: Caliper Project Experience

Author(s): Mehmet Gokay Özerim, Güldan Kalem, Burcu Kiper
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Social Sciences, Psychology, Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life, General Reference Works, Geography, Regional studies, Library and Information Science, Sociology
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: Cinsiyet eşitliği; cinsiyet eşitliği planı; yükseköğretimde cinsiyet eşitliği; Gender equality; gender equality plan; gender equality in higher education
Summary/Abstract: The aim of this research is to discuss the key elements of the gender equality plan (GEP) development process in the universities and other research institutions, based on the experiences of the Gender Equality Plan preparation process at Yaşar University within the scope of the Horizon 2020 project titled “Linking Research and Innovation for Gender Equality (CALIPER)” from the perspective of the effects of the European Union financial supports on the institutional change process. The scope of the research includes the analysis process of the data obtained from the semi-structured interviews, focus groups and surveys conducted within the scope of internal and external current situation analysis, using qualitative and quantitative research methods. Through the research, main gaps in institutional processes, practices and procedures related to gender equality were identified under six key areas: human resources, institutional governance, research, teaching, institutional communication and gender-based harassment. The result of the research highlights the importance of evaluating the institutional factors and procedures with a multidimensional perspective in the planning and implementation of the institutional change process with respect to gender equality.

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