Yasemin Bahar

Experience

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  Bilkent University

  Sept 2014 - Dec 2020

  Coordinated a type 3001 TÜBİTAK project in social developmental psychology. Supervised every aspect of the research and coordinated two teams of undergraduate research assistants. Provided assistance to developmental psychology professors through proctoring, grading, lecturing and organizational work. Performed literature review, task creation and modification, translation, task modifications, data collection data entry and cleaning, budget management and liaised with relevant institutions for three faculty members.

  • Research Project Coordinator

    Jun 2018 - Dec 2020

  • Graduate Teaching Assistant

    Jun 2018 - Dec 2020

  • Research Assistant

    Sept 2014 - Jun 2018
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  Koç University

  Jun 2015 - Aug 2015

  Summer Research Intern

  Assisted KOÇKAM’s Prof. Kağıtçıbaşı in literature review, data organization and cleaning as well as translation during this selective Summer Research Program.Assisted Koç Yayınları by editing KOÇKAM’s book chapters and liasing with authors.

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  Kadıköy Belediyesi

  Jun 2017 - Sept 2017

  Intern

  Assisted the Preventive Mental Healthcare Center for Children in research and organization by: - reporting on recent literature- observing intake and pre-assessment sessions of child therapy- writing monthly and annual activity reports- preparing and presenting a 6-year impact assessment report- designing and implementing organizational changes to reduce waiting periods by appr. 3 weeks

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  Pembe Hayat LGBTİ+ Dayanışma Derneği

  Oct 2020 - Dec 2020

  Media and Communications Program Coordinator

  Supervised all external communications such as inquiries for support from the association.Created daily written and visual content, including news articles. Tracked, reported on and archived LGBTIA+ related news and rights violations. Managed websites and social media accounts.Co-presented the Kaos GL Association’s “Online Masa Toplantısı” podcast with Aslı Alpar where we discussed LGBTIA+ issues and intersectional activism with various guests.

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  Kaos GL

  Jan 2021 - Nov 2023

  Monitoring And Evaluation Officer

  MEAL Expert of the oldest/largest LGBTI+ NGO in Turkey and their strategic partner 17th of May Association• Co-creating theories of change for the two organizations and their allies• Creating a 93-indicator monitoring plan and the necessary monitoring tools• Integration of the tools within 11 programs and 12 working groups spanning over 20 projects• Providing continuous monitoring support to over 40 employees• Monitoring over 1.950 activities annually• Carrying out and reporting on outputs' and projects' impact analysis• Performing ongoing and biyearly evaluation tasks• Preparing program- and association-wide narrative reports for internal and donor use• Writing monthly activity reports for the public for increased accountability and transparencyActive member of the advocacy, fundraising, and gender equality working groups• Representing Kaos GL and 17 May on national and international platforms• Liaising with international organizations and LGBTI+ rights associations• Co-writing of policies on the prevention of violence, anti-mobbing, and non-violent communication • Providing support to grant writing and reporting • Co-managing or aiding with longer projects Active member of the intersex rights working group• Director of the working group as the only known intersex employee within two associations• Taking on complete project cycles for various repeating one-year grants relating to intersex rights• Onboarding the first professional intersex rights coordinator in Turkey as of October 2022 Active member of the poverty working group• Monitoring and reporting of the intersectional issues around poverty and LGBTI+ people• Coordinating advocacy and personal empowerment work around poverty Show less

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  Yasemin Bahar Consulting (sole proprietorship)

  Apr 2021 - now

  Facilitating workshops and seminars for civil society participants, students and occupational experts on• LGBTI+ Terms 101• Re-thinking Gender Norms• Pathologization and Medicalization of Gender and Attraction in the 20th Century• Aromantic and Asexual+ 101• Intersex 101• Best Practices for Working with Intersex Persons and Families, • Intersex Case Study Sessions for Psychosocial Counseling Providers• The Past, Present and Future of the Modern Intersex Movement in Turkey• Queer Bio- and Necropolitics• Queer Vegan Intersectionality• LGBTI+ inclusivity Policies for the Workplace Show less

  • Advocacy and Research Consultant

    May 2021 - now

  • Human Rights Educator

    Apr 2021 - now
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  Inter Solidarity Initiative, Turkey

  Aug 2021 - Nov 2023

  Co Executive Director

  Planning, executing, and reporting on intersex advocacy projects through:• Co-founding and coordinating the first self-organized intersex initiative in Turkey, an OII Europe member• Developing human-rights monitoring and needs assessment tools for intersex people living in Turkey• Overseeing the monitoring of the rights of intersex people living in Turkey• Organizing community and capacity-building camps for intersex activists living in Turkey• Providing inclusivity training to professionals in the psychosocial, medical, or judicial fields• Translating and creating Turkish intersex-rights content• Increasing intersex visibility through media appearances• Coordinating with local, national, and international intersex rights initiatives• Organizing a social media campaign and more Show less

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  Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice

  Apr 2024 - now

  Program Associate, Intersex Human Rights Fund