Cinsiyet Eşitliği Politikası

Bahçeşehir University Gender Equality Policy 

Gender discrimination is a phenomenon that disrupts labor peace, eliminates academic and professional productivity and should not be tolerated. Providing equal opportunities and opportunities to everyone without gender discrimination is a fact within the management approach of the Bahçeşehir University (BAU) 

Gender equality and equal opportunities are fundamental principles for all parts of BAU.  

Purpose 

This policy presents a shared vision for integrating a gender perspective throughout BAU.  It provides a tool to ensure that gender equality is a core consideration in BAU's strategic plans, activities, programs, and procedures. 

Objectives 

• Developing an understanding of gender equality in the university. 
• Developing positive action strategies to create an egalitarian and inclusive corporate culture within the university and encouraging structural changes to realize these strategies. 
• Preparing and conducting supportive activities such as lectures, training programs, panels, workshops within the university for students and staff in order to raise awareness about gender equality, cultural diversity and types of violence. 
• Determining the ways students and employees can apply and taking the necessary precautions in order to create a nonviolent academic and working environment free from all kinds of coercive and discriminatory acts such as gender-based violence, discrimination, sexual violence and psychological violence. 
• Promoting an equitable and inclusive understanding of internal and institution-supported scientific research projects and academic publications. 
• Monitoring the studies on equality and inclusion within the university 
  
  
  Principles 
  
  BAU is committed to preventing and addressing all forms of gender discrimination and ensuring gender equality for university staff and students in all fields and enabling women to reach their full potential. The University does not discriminate in providing research grants, industry collaborations and faculty development programs, housing, campus facilities and wellness programs. 
  
  BAU accepts the fact that eliminating all kinds of discrimination against women within the framework of gender equality is not only a human right, but also of great importance for accelerating sustainable development, and carries out its goals and plans in this direction. 
  • BAU supports scientific studies carried out in different units regarding gender equality. 
  • BAU includes units and centers aimed at preventing violence against women and protecting women's rights in the context of gender equality. 
  • BAU supports the policy of non-discrimination within the framework of gender equality. 
  • BAU organizes national and international events related to gender equality, participates in the events, and cooperates with institutions and organizations. 
  • BAU supports the non-sexualization of professions. 
  • BAU carries out academic studies to spread gender equality awareness to the public. 
  • BAU supports increasing the number of senior academics, taking into account gender equality. 
  • BAU aims to promote gender equality in every unit of the university. 

Bauequal 

About 

Our university announced by issuing a declaration of intent in December 2019 that it would carry out studies to ensure gender equality and to prevent all forms of violence and discrimination, especially sexual harassment and violence in the workplace.
Following this declaration, the working group, which has the mission of developing an egalitarian and inclusive approach in all activities and processes carried out by our university, and which consists of academicians who are experts in their own fields, started its work as of October 2020. The working group, which we call the BAU Commission for Equality and Inclusion Studies (BAUEQUAL), has created a work program that it believes will have lasting results on what can be done about sexual harassment and gender-based violence, workplace violence and discrimination-based violence. 

To date, BAUEQUAL has studied local and international models to identify steps to be taken to create a nonviolent campus and an inclusive education/work atmosphere. In order to understand the current situation of Bahçeşehir University, a series of analysis studies were initiated for students and employees. It also developed a detailed internal research to identify the unique needs maps of BAU members and respond to those needs. With the internal research, it was aimed to determine the perceptions and attitudes of BAU staff and students regarding gender equality, living with diversity and inclusion. It was envisaged that this research would have the feature of a situation analysis for the institutional policies to be implemented. After the analysis of the data compiled by the survey method, it was planned to carry out in-house training programs, panels, workshops organized with student clubs, and activities that would cover the entire campus. 

BAU Equality and Inclusion Studies Commission (BAUEQUAL) aimed to take the initiative on how to proceed when such events occur as much as it has given importance to preventive education towards becoming a non-violent campus/workplace. In this context, BAUEQUAL Unit has been established, where anyone within the university can apply if they are exposed to an action that falls under the definitions of gender-based violence, discrimination, sexual violence and psychological violence. As BAUEQUAL, we hope that the solutions we will produce by adopting participatory methods will offer effective and sustainable practices for our university's vision of creating an inclusive, equal and non-violent campus life.. 

BAU Equality and Inclusion Studies Committee Members: 

Prof. Dr. Tunç Bozbura
Prof. Dr. Aslı Makaracı Başak
Prof. Dr. Pınar Melis Yelsalı Parmaksız 

Doç.Dr. Gül Şener
Dr. Nora Tataryan Aslan
Dr. Sinan Aşçı
Dr. Bahar Tanyaş
Dr. Güner Hande Ulutürk
Arzu Yüksel 

Bahçeşehir Üniversity Gender Equality Declaration  

Bahçeşehir University Gender Equality Action Plan (GEP) 

Prevention of Sexual Harassment and Assault Unit 

About  

Bahçeşehir University made a declaration in December 2019  to pursue institutional studies on gender equality and anti-harassment, especially in terms of sexual harassment and work-place violence, and prevention of all kinds of discrimination. Following this declaration, as of October 2020, a group of expert BAU faculty members started to work with the aim of bringing equality and inclusion-based-approach in all university-run operations.We are happy to announce that BAU Equality and Inclusion Committee (BAU EQUAL) has started working developing policies and procedures to prevent incidents of sexual harassment and gender based violence, as well as work-place violence and discrimination based violence. 

BAU EQUAL, so far, has examined national and international models to determine the steps of creating a non-violent campus and an inclusive learning/working environment. In this regard,  Sexual Harassment and Assault Prevention/Response Unit has been established and any BAU member(academics, administrative staff, students, staff) can contact in case of being the victim or witness of gender-based violence, discrimination, sexual or psychological violence.  

Click for the policy statement of Sexual Harassment and Assault Prevention/Response Unit