In 2024, Sakarya University (SAU) maintained a clear, in-force policy and practice framework supporting women-focused mentoring. The University’s Sustainability portal hosts a dedicated “Women’s Mentoring Schemes” page, which explicitly states that “at least 10% of female students participate” in these programmes. The schemes are coordinated by the Women’s Studies Application and Research Center (SAUKAM), which also identifies fields where women are underrepresented and works to increase women’s orientation toward those disciplines. This mentoring policy is clustered with the Student Access, Student Access Measures, and Student Access Policies pages, forming part of SAU’s equality and inclusion framework.
Implementation in the 2024 calendar year is evidenced through the “Women in Business” Micro-Credential Programme (also referred to as the Women Academy), coordinated by TOKAS and hosted at SAU Technocity’s Incubation Center. The programme ran on 4–5 May and 11–12 May 2024, with a mentor-supported format that included a Project & Interview Simulation Workshop on 15 May 2024. Official calls, participation requirements (female-only, GPA ≥ 2.0), and event reports were published through SAU News, TOKAS, and the SAU Events platform.
Beyond this flagship programme, SAU sustained a wide range of women-focused mentoring and leadership initiatives in 2024. These included activities such as the “Women Leaders in Management” events on the Career Center 2024 hub, and SAUKAM-coordinated sessions supporting women’s empowerment and protection: “Ailenin Korunması ve Kadına Yönelik Şiddetin Önlenmesi” training (23 July 2024), delivered with Sakarya Bar Association lawyers; “Kadın ve Aile Dostu Kent Çalıştayı” (4 June 2024); “İklim Adaletinde Kadın Sempozyumu” (13 May 2024); “Hukuk Mesleklerinde Kadın” panel (4 March 2024); TÜBİTAK-supported education for women’s cooperatives on Law No. 6284 (2024); and the “Türkiye Yüzyılında Yönetimde Kadın Liderler” symposium (19 December 2024), organised by TOKAS. Collectively, these policy documents and activities confirm that in 2024 SAU maintained both the ≥10% women’s mentoring policy and an active ecosystem of mentor-supported training, leadership, and empowerment programmes coordinated across SAUKAM, TOKAS, and the Career Center.
