At Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta (UNY), initiatives that support women’s access to higher education and academic advancement are integrated in their access various scholarship opportunities, mentoring initiatives, and student development activities. In Mentoring and Professional Development, for example, UNY has organized programs that specifically target women’s advancement, such as the STEM-Power Symposium in collaboration with the British Council. This program aimed at strengthening the role of women researchers and leaders in STEM fields through mentoring, networking, and professional development. Such initiatives enhance women’s participation in areas where they are underrepresented, while also building confidence and research capacity. Further, UNY also provides a variety of scholarships, including the Partially Funded Master’s Program (50% tuition waiver) in the Faculty of Languages, Arts, and Culture. While not exclusive to women, these scholarships increase opportunities for female students—who make up the majority of UNY’s graduates—and help ensure equitable access to postgraduate education. In addition, UNY regularly conducts workshops, such as those in the Education Non-Formal Studies (PNF) program, that provide guidance on scholarship applications (e.g., LPDP, Beasiswa Unggulan) and postgraduate pathways. Given that women represent the majority of UNY’s student body, these guidance and mentoring systems function as important access measures that disproportionately benefit women.

At Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta (UNY), women’s access to underrepresented fields—particularly STEM—is encouraged through a range of collaborative outreach initiatives with diverse partners at national and international levels. A strong example is the STEM POWER: Empowering Women STEM Researcher & Leadership project, launched in 2024 in partnership with the British Council and London South Bank University, which provides mentoring, leadership training, and networking specifically for women researchers in STEM. UNY has also collaborated with UNESCO’s Teacher Education Center (TEC) in organizing STEM strengthening workshops, which, although not women-exclusive, play an important role in shaping school-level teaching practices that can encourage more girls to pursue STEM fields. At the community and NGO level, UNY has worked with the Pertamina Foundation on programs that combine renewable energy research with women’s entrepreneurship and empowerment, creating pathways for women to enter technical and business sectors. In an international outreach effort, UNY’s Faculty of Primary Education (PGSD) collaborated with the Indonesian Embassy in Myanmar and Sekolah Indonesia Yangon to deliver culturally grounded STEM training for teachers, students, and parents, thereby broadening the representation of STEM education beyond Indonesia. Domestically, UNY’s Faculty of Vocational Studies has joined with UGM’s Vocational School, the Akademi Komunitas Seni Budaya, and government bodies like Disnaker DIY under an LPDP-funded “Ecosystem Partnership” program to strengthen vocational pathways, including technical fields often underrepresented by women. Collectively, these partnerships—spanning international universities, NGOs, government agencies, and community groups—illustrate how UNY embeds outreach and collaboration as a strategy to create more inclusive opportunities and to indirectly encourage women’s applications in underrepresented disciplines.

UNY affirms its commitment to the welfare and rights of women through its maternity leave policy, stipulated in Rector Regulation Number 16 of 2018, where female employees are entitled to full rest time before and after giving birth, without losing their rights to salary and benefits, and to employment protection during pregnancy and postpartum — this policy reflects that UNY makes support for women's dual roles (academic and mother) an institutional priority. In these regulations, maternity leave rules are contained in articles 72 and 73.

Other than Kinanthinastiti LAB, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta (UNY) also  provides accessible childcare support through TPA Dharma Yoga Santi, an early childhood care facility that has been operating since 1991. Although originally established for the broader UNY community, it functions as a childcare option for students, lecturers, and staff who require dependable care while attending academic or professional activities. This facility enables student mothers—particularly those with young children—to continue their studies without withdrawing from campus life, demonstrating UNY’s commitment to supporting women’s participation in higher education.

Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta (UNY) has demonstrated commitment to gender equality in education through its SDGs Center, which explicitly highlights the importance of tracking women’s graduation rates. The university collects graduation and alumni data and, in some cases, conducts tracer studies that include gender-disaggregated information. This indicates that UNY is aware of and measures women’s participation and outcomes in higher education. In terms of schemes to close any gap, UNY has several gender mainstreaming policies, women’s empowerment initiatives, and student support services that indirectly contribute to reducing potential disparities.

UNY treats the wastewater from the swimming pool. The wastewater is cleaned using a filtration system. The filter installed on the circulation pump functions to remove organic waste and small particles to keep the water clean.

UNY provides free drinking water for students, staff, and/or visitors through Smart Water Stations available in each work unit. The Smart Water Station utilizes technologies such as sensors, purification systems, and water quality monitoring to provide safe drinking water for users, while also promoting an environmentally friendly lifestyle at UNY through the use of tumblers and the reduction of single-use plastic bottles.

UNY plants landscapes with the aim of minimizing water usage by growing drought-tolerant plants such as bungur, ketapang, longan, and red shoots. The landscaping efforts not only enhance the beauty of the environment but also serve ecological functions, such as reducing water usage, preserving groundwater reserves, and providing green open spaces.

UNY measures water reuse through the utilization of ablution wastewater. The volume of ablution wastewater is estimated based on the number of users, calculated by multiplying the number of people performing ablution by the average water consumption per person.