Turkey – Million Women Mentors

Million Women Mentors (MWM) is pleased to announce Petrol Ofisi as the fifth founding member of Million Women Mentors-Turkey

“We are proud to support the Million Women Mentor program for women aiming for a career in STEM at Petrol Ofisi. This meaningful and special project will contribute to the social development of Turkey.”
Selim Şiper, CEO & Board Member, Petrol Ofisi

Million Women Mentors – Turkey is an initiative to create a network of mentoring programs supporting female high school students, university students, and young professionals seeking careers in STEM in Turkey. Million Women Mentors – Turkey’s goal is to establish 1 million mentoring connections within 10 years. While the initiative serves female mentees, both male and female mentors are welcome.

The program is a partnership with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s U.S.-Turkey Business Council, the Council’s Women in Business Initiative co-chairs Umran Beba, founder and partner at August Leadership, and Canan Özsoy, CEO, GE Turkey, TurkishWIN and TOBB.

Million Women Mentors, dubbed Milyon Kadına Mentor in Turkish, combines STEMconnector’s global leadership in supporting girls and women on STEM pathways with TurkishWIN’s expertise in mentor-matching, and its expansive network of private sector mentors in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) careers and early STEM career, female mentees in Turkey.

Goals

Amplify Million Women Mentors – Turkey

Amplify the efforts of MWM-Turkey to raise awareness of this important work and increase brand awareness of participating organizations.

Convene Leading Mentoring Organizations

Convene leading STEM mentoring organizations to create a network of mentoring programs that support female high school and university students on STEM pathways and early-career STEM professionals.