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Young people may need to change careers more often, foundation leader says
At a conference in Istanbul for the International Day of the Girl, foundation leader Arzuhan Doğan Yalçındağ said young people may have to change jobs and careers more often than earlier generations.
The event was part of the Strong Girls, Strong Futures project, which is supported by the European Union and has reached 7,652 young women.
Yalçındağ said scholarships are not enough: young people also need guidance on choosing a university course, planning a career and adjusting to change.
She said ongoing learning and emotional resilience will matter as technology changes jobs and workplaces.
The conference said 91.4% of young women surveyed saw economic hardship as a major barrier to leadership, while 76.7% cited gender norms.
In Turkey, one in three women aged 15 to 24 is neither studying nor working, and women's employment rate is 32.1%.
Yalçındağ called for greater private-sector involvement and said young people should receive support beyond their education.
Aydın Doğan Foundation President Arzuhan Doğan Yalçındağ said young people may have to change careers often and adapt to changing conditions.
She said rapid changes in working life could make the career paths of younger generations different from those of previous generations.
Yalçındağ said young people need support beyond scholarships, including guidance on university choices and career planning.
The foundation’s project has reached 7,652 young women, according to information shared at a conference in Istanbul.
A needs analysis found that young women identified economic difficulties and gender norms as major barriers to leadership.
- Who
- Arzuhan Doğan Yalçındağ, president of the Aydın Doğan Foundation, discussed the issue.
- What
- She said young people may need to change careers often and adapt to new conditions.
- When
- At a conference for the International Day of the Girl on October 11; the article was published on October 11, 2026.
- Where
- Istanbul, Turkey.
- Why
- Yalçındağ said working life and technology are changing rapidly, requiring young people to keep learning and adapt.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
I am not very sure these children will have such a future.
Everything is changing so fast that they may have to change professions often and adapt themselves to new conditions.
We want to be their companions on the road now.
I am stubbornly hopeful. This is a way of life; you too should be stubbornly hopeful.
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- Project reach
- 7,652 young women
- Economic difficulties
- 91.4% of young women identified them as a major barrier to leadership
- Gender norms
- 76.7% identified them as a major barrier to leadership
- Young women not in education or employment
- One in three people aged 15–24 in Turkey
- Women’s employment participation rate
- 32.1%
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