Building Mentoring Frameworks as Part of an Effective Equal Opportunity Ecology

Abstract

Educational institutions, government agencies, corporations, and other organizations can help build mentoring frameworks for women and men. This paper discusses five major points in building institutional devices that can help women find the multiple sources of help which many people think of as mentorship and which are now seen by many people as indispensable for career success. Each of these points may be seen as necessary, but not sufficient by itself, to establish the supportive ecology in which excellent mentorship is available to women (and men).