Ayşegül Taşıtman

Experience

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  Plato Filmes

  Sept 2010 - Sept 2011

  Deputy Editor

  •To prepare books by proofreading and translating

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  Amargi Women’s Solidarity Foundation

  Nov 2011 - Nov 2012

  Project Coordinator

  •To coordinate the administrative work of the association, to monitor and report on all of the projects•To collaborate with national and international NGOs and other women's organizations

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  Genç Hayat Foundation

  Feb 2012 - Jun 2012

  Monitoring and Evoluating Expert

  Voices From the Dorms Project: To work with girls living in small districts of Turkey who want to continue their education after primary school, and who need to attend high schools in bigger districts where they have to stay in dormitories. The project showed immense need for extracurricular activities and social trainings which support the social and psychological development of the girls.

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  Eğitim Reformu Girişimi (ERG) - Education Reform Initiative

  Sept 2013 - Feb 2016

  Research ve Communication Assistant

  Assignment: Promoting gender equality in education and influencing public policies, conducting research and doing advocacy on qualified education for teachers and students, proposing solutions for problems related to the education system, developing new projects •To communicate with and enable coordination among stakeholders of the project, including the Ministry of Education, high schools, academics, NGOs, and other gender-based initiatives•To collect and analyze relevant statistical data and to prepare regular reports•To prepare newsletters, e-bulletins and to organize and update the website content •To participate in the staff meetings and project-related activities of the education centers•To conduct research, and to prepare information notes related to topics in education policies and practices in various fields•To collect data from national and international academic and official publications, public agendas, media channels, etc regularly; to share the results in the required format with project specialists, analysts, and/or other ERI staff•To contribute to creating and updating project dissemination instruments (e.g. web sites) and activities, to support material production by proofreading, and to maintain communications between creative agencies and ERI•To support institutional development in different fields such as research, organization, etc.•To represent ERI in national and international communications and collaboration networks, and to inform ERI personnel about these networks•To organize the “Good Practices in Education” Conferences in Turkey Show less

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  Sabancı Üniversitesi

  Feb 2016 - Nov 2018

  Program Coordinator

  Creating a culture of gender equality and fostering gender awareness among high school teachers and students; promoting the integration of gender equality into high school curricula via the preparation of teaching materials, promoting gender equality in the education system in general through public policies.•To coordinate and implement the Purple Certificate Program in Sabancı University Gender and Women’s Studies Center of Excellience•To continue networking to provide and sustain cooperation with stakeholders within the Program, including public and private institutions •To create a culture of gender awareness and to organize gender trainings&workshops among high school teachers and university students since the specific aim of the Program is to challenge gender inequality in high school education in particular •To organize and conduct workshops, follow-up and supervision meetings in 17 cities where the project is implemented; to introduce and disseminate gender sensitive education materials•To conduct research and to survey national and international literature concerning gender sensitive materials and various pedagogical methods; to prepare training materials for the Program •To systematically follow national and international academic and official publications, public agendas, media on certain topics•To contribute and update project dissemination instruments and activities, to prepare educational materials for workshops, trainings & projects•To represent Center in national and international networks and collaboration spaces•To prepare monitoring and evaluation reports of the Program; to create and implement annual activity plans; to prepare, manage&report on the project budget•To organize the gender equality certificate program for NGO representatives working with/for disadvantaged groups, especially in the field of education•To implement all related activities at the local and national level; to collaborate with local actors involved in the program Show less

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  UNICEF

  Feb 2017 - Nov 2017

  Expert and Consultant for Gender Equality

  Assignment: Working as gender expert in the Gender Equality in Education Project supported by UNICEF and conducted by the Ministry of National Education•To organize teacher trainings; to prepare gender sensitive training materials and activity booklets

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  Kodluyoruz

  Jan 2019 - Dec 2019

  Measurement and Evaluation Specialist

  Assignment: To measure and evaluate all detailed projects of the Kodluyoruz Foundation.•To develop training content for coding and gender trainings geared towards secondary school students.•To measure and evaluate all detailed projects (secondary school students and bootcamps for university students and graduates) of the Foundation.•To prepare annual activity and impact report of Foundation.

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  Yaşama Dair Vakıf (YADA Foundation)

  Apr 2019 - Sept 2019

  Gender Equality Consultant

  Consultancy for gender mainstreaming in private sector

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  Medipol Üniversitesi

  Apr 2019 - May 2019

  Visiting Lecturer in Department of Visual Communication Design

  Assignment: It is aimed to give students visual sociology and methodology perspective. In addition, the aim of the department is to train designers who understand communication problems and who can deal with them systematically and who have the expertise to create innovative solutions with theoretical knowledge. In the Department of Visual Communication Design, it is aimed to train designers who can produce solutions to all media tools, communication technologies, and design problems among the product and target audience.•To give a lecture on following topics: Visula Sociology and Methodology, Introduction to Sociology, Research Methods, Gender Equality Show less

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  UNDP

  Apr 2019 - Jun 2020

  Gender Equality Consultant

  Assignment: Consultancy for gender mainstreaming in Municipalities•Conduct a comprehensive needs assessment of capacity needs, expectations and perceptions from gender mainstreaming perspective •Develop a strategy and road map on mainstreaming gender in policies and programs of Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality. •Develop and deliver training gender equality for the key staff of Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality •Develop a gender mainstreaming strategy plan and road map •Provide strategic guidance, coaching and mentoring, and hands-on support to Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality for gender mainstreaming Show less

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  Koç Üniversitesi

  Jun 2019 - now

  Social Impact Specialist and Analysist

  Assignment: Coordinating various projects about social impact measurement•Contribute to fund rasing and capacity development of KUSIF; to follow the current project applications and to evaluate its suitability; developing a research project on social impact management; to cooperate with different institutions and organizations•To organize and conduct social impact management trainings for NGOs and the private sector•To support communication tools of the web site about social impact portal Show less