OBJECTIVES:
The aim of the Solution-Oriented Women's Issues Research and Application Center is to support research that will serve to investigate the sources of the problems experienced by women in Turkey with a broad perspective from individual to social effects and to develop solutions, to contribute to the increase of women's research to be conducted within Üsküdar University and to develop planning and strategy on the subject. The Center also aims to contribute to the implementation of research, education, policy development and implementation projects that aim to prevent violations of women's human rights and to solve the problems underlying the unrecognized labor of working women at the level of consultancy or expertise. The Center aims to prepare special training programs for managers, experts and implementers of policies, plans and projects that aim to embed the solution of women's problems in public policies.
FIELDS OF ACTIVITY:
In order to achieve the objectives stipulated in Article 5 of this Regulation, the Center carries out activities in the following areas
a) Carrying out, commissioning, participating in and supporting research and investigation projects on all direct or indirect issues related to women's issues in Turkey and abroad,
b) To carry out studies that will contribute to the protection and development of women's rights,
c) To organize courses, seminars, conferences, congresses and similar activities at national and international level on issues related to women, and to encourage participation in these activities, based on the acquired rights of women and their status as members of modern society,
d) To encourage the provision of courses and seminars on women's issues at the undergraduate, graduate and doctoral levels at the University and to encourage student participation in these activities,
e) Conducting examinations and researches, providing training and consultancy services in line with requests from public institutions and other legal entities,
f) To publish, commission and encourage publications, to create a library and archive on this subject,
g) To cooperate with local and foreign organizations in relation to its activities,
h) To organize social and cultural activities in cooperation with the University and relevant institutions and organizations in line with the objectives of the Center,
ı) To evaluate and provide assistance to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people as individuals, regardless of their sexual orientation, in cases where they pose a problem for the mental health of communities and individuals,
i) To publish academic articles on the subjects specified in article "ı",
j) To carry out other activities to be decided by the Board of Directors.
