With 2025 being declared the ‘Year of the Family’, it has become more important than ever to address the family institution in a multi-dimensional manner and to evaluate the role of women in all areas of social life on a scientific basis. International Symposium on The Empowerment of Women and Families, organised in this context, aims to address women and family issues with an interdisciplinary approach and to increase the accumulation of knowledge in this field.

   The symposium is open to participants from universities, non-governmental organisations, national education community, health and social service fields, environment and disaster management experts, migration and media workers, local administrations and all related fields and institutions from Turkey and other countries of the world.

    This  symposium, which covers every age group (child, youth, adult, elderly) and every field of science related to women and family, aims to produce common solutions by bringing together experts from different disciplines. 

    We invite all academics, practitioners, policy makers and interested parties who want to contribute to the empowerment of women and the family to contribute to this meaningful meeting.

      Let's think together, let's get stronger together.

***The symposium satisfies the criteria for associate professorship.

Topic Headings:

1. Women in All Aspect of Life

• Women Friendly Campuses

• Women Friendly Cities

• Women in Leadership and Decision Making Processes

• Entrepreneurship and Microfinance

• Women's Co-operatives and Social Impact

• Women and Sport

• Women and Literature

• Women and Art

• Women and Agriculture

• Women and Technology

• Women in the Context of Psychological Resilience

• The Role of Women in Society

• Health and Women

• History and Women in History

• Migration, War and Women

• Environment and Women

• Digitalisation and Women in the Age of Technology

• Politics and Women

• Women in Disaster Management and Crisis Periods

• Climate Crisis and Women

• Media and Women

• Women in the Turkic World

•Other: (Under this heading, all papers on women's issues are welcome)

2. Women in Education and Science

• Women Representation, Policies and Practices in STEM Fields

• Women in Lifelong Learning Process

• Girls' Access to Education

• Other: (Open to all professional groups, disciplines and women's studies within the scope of lifelong education)

3. Transformation of Family Structure and Social Policies

• Transformation in Family Structure and Population Dynamics

• Family Dynamics in the Age of Digitalisation

• Family Oriented Approaches in Social Services

• Family Courts and Family Mediation

• Family Support in Childhood and Raising a Strong Individual

• Family Communication and Conflict Resolution Skills

• Family Support Services and Social Assistance

• Family Based Preventive Approaches Against Child Neglect and Abuse

• Identity Development and Family Support in Adolescence

• Social Awareness and the Role of Media

• Crisis Management in the Family

• Individuals with Special Needs in the Family

• Transforming Roles of Masculinity and Fatherhood

• Other: (Under this heading, all papers related to the family are welcome)

4. Active Ageing

• Family and Social Support in the Active Ageing Process

• Family Solidarity in Elderly Care

• Intergenerational Solidarity

• Active Ageing and Universities

• Active Ageing and Inter-Institutional Cooperation

5. Women and Family in Religious Perspectives

• Traditional Values and Modern Approaches

• Faith-Based Family Policies and Social Reflections

• Women and Family in Sacred Texts

• The Place of Women in Religious Leadership

• View of the Child in Religious Texts*

Type: Hybrid - In Person and Online