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"Qadınlar Bələdiyyələrin İnkişafı Uğrunda" ictimai birliyi

Headquarters address
Organization's name:	"Qadınlar Bələdiyyələrin İnkişafı Uğrunda" ictimai birliyi
Organization's acronym:	WDMPU
Address:	Yeni Guneshli V 12/73 Surakhani Baku Azerbaijan
Phone:	00994503200669
Fax:	00994124274984
Email:	women.municipality@gmail.com
Organization type:	Non-governmental organization
Languages:	English Russian

Activities

Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Economic and Social: Family Human Rights Violence Volunteerism Women Women/gender Equality Gender Issues and Advancement of Women: Advocacy and outreach Capacity building Education and training of women Human rights of women Policy advice Research The girl child Violence against women Women in power and decision-making
Geographic scope:	Regional Not Specified
Country of activity:	Georgia Azerbaijan
Mission statement:	Women for Development of Municipality Public Union was founded on February 2005 on the initiative of a group of women elected members of the municipalities and association was registered by the Ministry of Justice on 19 April 2006. WDMPA is a non-governmental organization operating fully on the not-profit basis. The organization’s mission is to support and increase of women role-participation in the social-political life, as well in the local decision making process by enhancing women capacity and tackle with violence and other discrimination practices against women in the society. Being non-commercial, non-political and non-religious association is a non-profit organisation established on the bases of community of interests of the Republic of Azerbaijan, voluntaries, member’s rights equality, self-governance by the initiative of several physical persons joined on common interest’s basis. Activities of WDMPU surrounded all territories of country. Public Union is working closely with the central and local state authorities, including parliament and non-governmental organisations as well as international organisations.
Year established (YYYY):	2005
Year of registration (YYYY):	2006
Organizational structure:	WDMPU functions according to the NGO legislation of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Charter registered by the Ministry of Justice. The highest decision making body of the organization is the General Assembly where all members participate. The General Assembly gathers once a year and makes discussions on Charter and general line of the organization. It also elects the Board and chairman of Board for 2 years. The Board consists of 7 members. The Board meets on a quarterly basis and approves strategic goals, program directions and financial reports of the organization. Except the Chairman, other members of the Board cannot be a member of the Staff, but can serve as a consultant and expert within projects. The Board submits its report to the General Assembly. Both meetings of General Assembly and the Board are recorded. The current activity of the Board is implemented by Chairman of the Board.
Number and type of members:	WDMPU have 237 members consisted of mainly women and young girls who are active in their own communities. Women from remote areas and also with vulnerable backgrounds (IDPs, Disabled Women, divorced women and etc.) are also among the members.
Funding structure:	Grants from Governments Donations and grants from domestic sources Foreign and international grants

Additional Information

Sustainable Development

Major group affiliation:	Local authorities Women
Involvement in UN Partnerships:	Yes
If yes, explain in detail:	WDMPU has recently successfully completed a project called "Prevention and Response to Sexual and Gender Based Violence in Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) communities"; funded and coordinated by UNCHR office in Azerbaijan. WDMPU is realized many outreach campaigns and capacity building activities in the IDP communities located in Baku and other 5 regions of the Republic of Azerbaijan. All project activities implemented with the close cooperation of the local authorities. It taught police authorities capacity how to deal with the domestic violence and other violence forms against women. Training also involved active women and other community leaders from IDP communities. As a result of the training, WDMPU established informal networks between communities in order to facilitate information flow of the violence facts against women.
Publications:	WDMPU prepared following publications: Report on the Study Survey conducted within «Prevention and Response to Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) in Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Communities» project. 2017 The Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) on Sexual and Gender-based Violence are developed by taking into consideration most of the requirements of the same-name guidance of UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR). 2017.