WEP’s LEADERSHIPBPW-TURKEY

Women Empowerment Principles are the result of colloboration between

UN WOMEN and UN GLOBAL COMPACT

UNWOMENUNGLOBAL COMPACT

We-as BPW Turkey- are working for Women Empowerment Principles that are a set of Principles for business offering guidance on how to empower women in the workplace, marketplace and community till 2010.  

The EU-funded Project SİSAM was prepared in the framework of WEP’s

The methodology has been developed which consists different 7 modules in order to ground all relevant stakeholders such as Turkish Women Organizations, women entrepreneurships at different levels in Women Empowerment Principles one by one.

The 1st international event realized in Turkey for to increase awareness for WEPs in May 2011 under the care of Minister of Education Ms. Nimet Çubukcu.

1st International Conference for WEP’s in May 2011, we have many speakers from BPWI; President of BPWI Liz Benham; 1st President of BPWI Freda Miriklis; Past President of BPWI Antoinette Ruegg; Past President of BPWI Tuulikki Jusela

Lauren Gula from UNGC; Meg Jones from ITC…..

The second 2-days long international event to discuss the «Women Empowerment Principles» with the valuable participation of relevant stakeholders such as NGO Leaders, academicians, member of parliaments and bureaucrats from different countries in April 2012 in Ankara.

SPEAKERS• Freda Miriklis / President of

International Federation of Business and Professional Women

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• Ketty Tzizicosta / The President of the Hellenic National Commission for UNESCO and the President of the UNESCO Center for Women and Peace in Balkan Countries

Dora Zarzavatsaki Taka / Vice President of UNESCO Center for Peace and Women in Balkan Countries.

Vanessa Erogbogbo from ITC

Amany Asfour from BPW Egypt

And Many guests from different BPW Clubs and other organisations all over the World

Cristina Visconti / BPW International UN Representative at FAO – Rome, Coordinator of the Ad hoc Group of International NGOs Representatives at FAO.Elena Fedyashina / Executive Director, The Committee of 20Betti Cannova / Speha Fresia, Deborah D'Agostino, BPW- ItalySam Shee, BPW-Fellow

At the end of the 1st Day, we have an award ceremony for the people who contributes to the success of “Gender Equality” in Turkey

PRIZETAKERS

• Güldal Akşit / The Past Minister of State / The Past President of the Commission of the Turkish Parliament of Equal Opportunities of Women and Men.

• Dr.Serdar Çam / President of the Turkish International Cooperation and Development Agency (TİKA)

• Hülya Koçyiğit , Turkish Movie Star

In the 2nd Day of the 2nd International Conference, there were workshops to increase capacities of women vendors in tourism, construction, health, textile sectors in the framework of WEPs Principle 5…

Another important duty of BPW-Turkey for WEPs is the translation of the WEPs Booklet into Turkish with the sponsorhip of Turkcell....

In order to introduce WEPs Booklet and to create wide and strong communication network among the stakeholders like the non governmental organizations operating on social gender, relevant public organizations, Parliamentary Commissions, business world, local administrations and the decisive actors of the decision mechanism, Press Meeting and High Level Lunch were realised in İstanbul in 31.10.2012.

Ex- Minister of Gender from Jordan Ms. Nadia Hashemi, Deputy Minister of TR Family and Social Policies Ms. Aşkın Asan and Director of International Organisations of Migration (IOM) in Turkey Ms. Karim Gaber are the honorary guests of our Event in 31.10.2012.

We-as BPW-Turkey- aim to raise awareness on the UNWEPs in MENA (Middle East and North Africa) countries to engage stakeholders from business, government, civil society and academia from the Region through the collaborative efforts of Ms. Habiba Al Marash, Network Representative and Chairman of the Board, Gulf Countries Global Compact Local Network, Ms. Sameera Altuwaijr, Director of the UN-Women Regional Center in Cairo, Egypt, Princess Fay Jahan Ara as Goodwill Ambassador of BPW International and Turkish WEPs Signatories in April 2013 under the care of TR Ministry of Family and Social Policies with the participation of Minister Ms. Fatma Şahin and Deputy Minister Ms. Fatma Şahin.

We-as BPW-Turkey aim to give supports to New Gender Task Force, launched in cooperation with the Turkish, Japanese and Mexican Government, business and civil society, aims to close gender gap by 10% by 2015. As a member of working group of WEF initiative will make surveying to enlight the current situation of 28 Turkish Firms from different regions and cities regarding to the WEPs together with Soroptimist Turkey.

We-as BPW-Turkey aim to organise Exhibition and Fear for Women Vendors in Tourism Supply Chain with the cooperation of some of other women organisations in near future in Turkey.

We-as BPW Turkey is going to mediate Turkish Government and ITC to realise the event of Global Platform for Action on Sourcing from Women Vendors in 2014 or 2015 in Turkey.