Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
Education and training of women
Men and boys
The girl child
Violence against women
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| Geographic scope: |
International
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| Millennium Development Goals: |
Achieve universal primary education
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: |
2003 |
| Organizational structure: |
The principal office of the corporation shall be located in the State of North Carolina, County of Wake, or such other location as the Board of Directors (BOD) may from time to time determine. All corporate powers shall be exercised by or under the authority of and the business and affairs of this corporation shall be managed under the direction of the BOD. The BOD shall provide policy oversight to the operations of the corporation and shall have all powers provided in the North Carolina Non-Profit Corporation Act to carry out directly and indirectly the mission and purposes of the corporation as set forth or implied in the Articles of Incorporation. Regular meetings of the BOD shall be held in December of each year. Special meetings of the BOD may be called by or at the request of the President or any two directors. This corporation shall be managed by a board of not fewer than six directors. A majority of the total number of members of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the BOD. No member may vote by proxy. A director shall perform his duties as a director in good faith. A majority of BOD shall have the power to nominate candidates and fill vacancies. A vote of two-thirds of the members of the Board of Directors at a meeting in which a quorum is present shall have the authority to remove members of the BOD with or without cause at any time. Members of the Board shall not be entitled to receive a salary for serving on the board of the Corporation. However, members of the Board shall receive reasonable reimbursement for travel and subsistence expenses incurred on behalf of the corporation upon request. The officers of the corporation shall be the President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer (the Secretary and Treasure may be the same person). The officers shall be elected by and shall serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors and in addition to such powers, duties and authorities prescribed by state law, the officers shall have such authorities and responsibilities as hereinafter provided. The officers of the corporation shall be elected by the BOD for two years terms. Any officer or agent may be removed by the BOD whenever in its judgment, the best interests of the corporation will be served thereby. A vacancy in any office because of death, resignation, removal, disqualification or otherwise, may be filled by any person appointed by the BOD for the unexpired portion of the term of the vacated office. The President shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the corporation and shall have all authority and power as would be conferred by law upon the office of the "President" of a corporation in accordance with N.C.G,S. $55 in the general and active management of the corporation. The Vice President shall assume the responsibilities and duties of the President under the President is absent. The Vice President shall assume such other duties or from time to time may be assigned to him by the President or BOD. The Secretary shall have the duty and responsibility to:(a) keep the minutes of the proceedings of the BOD in one or more books; (b) see that all notices and agendas for meetings are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these By-laws or as required by law; (c) be the custodian of corporate records; (d) perform all duties incident to the office of Secretary and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him/her by the BOD. The Treasurer shall: (a) have charge and custody of and be responsible for all funds of the corporation; (b) receive and give receipts for money due and payable to the corporation from any source whatsoever, and deposit all money in the name of the corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositories as selected by the BOD. |
| Number and type of members: |
Executive Committee Emin Pamucak - President (Cary, North Carolina) Ayşe Çağlayan Üstündağ - Vice President (Bethesda, Maryland) Sibel Karakus, Ph.D. - Vice President (Cambridgeshire, England), Ela Eskinazi - Vice President (Charlotte, North Carolina), Vicdan Babaloğlu Akyürek- Vice President (Montclair, New Jersey), Ismail Arslan - Treasurer (High Point, North Carolina) Nevin Altunyurt - Secretary (Ann Arbor, Michigan) Board of Directors Bülent Ender, M.D. - Chair of the Board (Raleigh, North Carolina) Gül Bahtiyar, MD, MPH - Director (Brooklyn, New York) Gül Yanmaz-Karsligil, CFA - Director (Boston, Massachusetts) Hande Can Uzun - Director (Mountain View, California), Michelle Deniz Drousé Woodhouse - Director (Troy, Michigan) Sevda Küpoğlu Aleckson - Director (Charlotte, North Carolina) Şule Kivanç-Ancieta - Director (Oak Park, Illinois) Tugba Ozturk Aslan- Director (Seattle, Washington), Nurgul Dogan - Director (Portland, Oregon). |
| Affiliation with NGO networks: |
Cagdas Yasami Destekleme Dernegi (Association for the Support of Contemporary Living) |
| Funding structure: |
Donations and grants from domestic sources
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