Gender Equality in Turkish Higher Education

Autor/in	Çobanoglu, Fatma
Titel	Gender Equality in Turkish Higher Education
Quelle	In: International Journal of Higher Education, 7 (2018) 5, S.97-113 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1927-6044
Schlagwörter	Civil Rights; Females; Gender Bias; Sex Fairness; Womens Education; Higher Education; Employment Level; Access to Education; Participative Decision Making; Educational Attainment; Women Faculty; Foreign Countries; Undergraduate Study; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Bürgerrechte; Grundrechte; Zivilrecht; Weibliches Geschlecht; Geschlechterstereotyp; Sexualaufklärung; 'Women''s education'; Frauenbildung; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Beschäftigungsgrad; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Frauenakademie; Weibliche Gelehrte; Ausland; Grundstudium; Türkei
Abstract	The moulds of masculinity and femininity determined by society are not only determinants of the way in which individuals behave in society, but also determinants of the production and distribution of the resources. The steady development of societies can be achieved when men and women have the equal power with equal opportunities and resources to shape their own lives and to contribute to their families, societies and countries. The internationally recognized indicators of aforesaid gender mainstreaming are the areas of Economic Participation and Opportunity, Educational Attainment, Health and Survival, and Political Empowerment. In Turkey, even though the legal basis of equality of women and men in these areas have been strengthened through legislative regulations enforced, the need to overcome the obstacles women face when participating to social life as complete and equal individuals and taking all precautions for this is still ongoing. In this study, gender equality in the Turkish higher education system was examined. For this purpose, the schooling rates in higher education, employment rates and participation rates in decision making mechanisms in management of women were examined in the light of gender equality indicators. In this study, which was conducted by document reviewing among qualitative research methods, official websites and documents of international organizations and Turkish official institutions were examined in order to access reliable documents related to Turkish Higher Education and gender equality variables. The survey concluded that while the schooling rates in the Turkish higher education and employment rates of women are high, the proportion of female academicians decreased as the academic degrees increased and that the horizontal disintegration patterns between the scientific areas are more visible on the basis of sub-branches. Furthermore, it has been found out that women are not adequately represented in decision-making mechanisms, even though they provide the necessary conditions. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01