Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
Capacity building
Human rights of women
Institutional mechanisms for the advancement of women
Millennium Development Goals
Policy advice
Violence against women
Women in power and decision-making
Social Development:
Social policy
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| Geographic scope: |
National
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| Country of activity: |
Türkiye
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| Millennium Development Goals: |
Promote gender equality and empower women
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| Mission statement: |
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| Year established: |
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| Year of registration: |
2011 |
| Organizational structure: |
the Association is the only organisation today in Turkey, that can build a sufficiently wide watchdog/monitoring network of more grass-root CSOs, each of them in different areas of the country. This is one of the pre-conditions for the successful implementation of this project and the only way in which the EU can reach out to small organisations on the ground/at local level. Through their knowledge and expertise regarding gender issues, the members of the Association gather the exclusive combination of competencies and experiences that are necessary for the success of this project in the field of gender equality in Turkey. It should be clearly understood that each of the member is specialised in different segments, geographical locations and or themes of gender equality issues. Each member of the Association works in various areas, including employment, violence against women, local administrations, gender budgeting, women in Islam, legal rights in different organisations/institutions dealing with gender equality, which de facto gives monopoly situation to the Association. Therefore, the Association has a monopoly insofar each member covers a different/specific focal area and work for different organisation/institution in the area of gender equality. Without awarding a grant to the Association, the action could not be performed by any other organisation, be that individually or collectively. The Association is the only organisation currently existing in Turkey that is capable of operating fully and effectively in the field of activities and in the geographical areas required by the project and thanks to its highest specialisation, capable of providing the skills and services required by the project. All the founding members of the association have been engaged in gender equality monitoring related activities through their activist involvements in women's movement, academic involvement or both. In fact, five of the founding members have been members of The Executive Committee for NGO Forum on CEDAW-Turkey, which has been undertaking the responsibility of writing up the CEDAW shadow report since 2003 and wrote two shadow reports. The Executive Committee for NGO Forum on CEDAW-Turkey represents more than 130 women’s CSOs from all over Turkey. Besides, the founding members have been participated “United Nations Joint Program to Promote and Protect Human Rights of Women and Girls in Turkey”, while one of them has been responsibility of developing, organizing and conducting local governments training program and developing “Local Gender Equality Action Plans” and “Local Service Models” in six program provinces within framework of the program. Although, these provinces (İzmir-Kars-Nevşehir-Şanlıurfa-Trabzon-Van) will be taken as selected provinces in order to organize workshops, to establish regional monitoring platforms and to prepare “Local Monitoring Action Plans” within the scope of the Proposed Project. |
| Number and type of members: |
The founding members organized two meeting in October 2010 and June 2011 to which 30 women who are members of women’s CSOs being located in various parts of Turkey and who are both well known and influential in their fields (See list of participants attached). The aim of the meeting was to discuss the need for monitoring of implementation of gender equality policies, priority areas of monitoring, methods of monitoring, and the need for a separate formal organization which can guide, coordinate and work as a noodle point for monitoring. In short, the association in question has been established upon reaching at consensus on the issues mentioned above, getting consent from the participants of the meeting, and receiving promised intentions to actively participate in the monitoring processes. In addition to the founding members’ experience in the CEDAW process, each of the founding members has long and enduring experiences in women’s CSOs. Most of them have been actively involved in women’s movement and CSOs since 1980s when second wave of feminist movement emerged in Turkey. Furthermore with one exception, all the founding members either hold at least a masters degree in a relevant field such as gender studies, law and political science, or academically involved. One of them is a professor and the director of the Women’s Studies Centre of Ankara University, and three others lecture in various universities in Ankara. This is of importance especially when though in relation to the need for a juxtaposition of academic and practical knowledge while developing monitoring indicators. Against the background briefly mentioned above, it can be said in short that the Association for Monitoring Gender Equality is a new CSO, but all the founding members and prospective members have long been involved in gender equality related issues both locally and transnational/internationally. |
| Affiliation with NGO networks: |
TACSO, STGM (Civil Society Development Center), CEDAW Turkey, Shelter and Consultation Centers Convention |
| Funding structure: |
Membership fees or dues
Foreign and international grants
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| Funding structure other: |
European Union Projects, Grants from Embassies for Projects |
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