Baskent Kadin Platformu Dernegi (Capital City Women's Platform

National Network
Türkiye
Address

Gulseren sok. No:22/4 MALTEPE
Ankara/
Turkey

Telephone
00 90 312 231 99 21
Telephone (other)
+90 312 332 03 16
Fax
+90 312 232 12 50
E-Mail
fatmabostanunsal@yahoo.com
E-Mail (2)
emel.brestrich@gmx.de
Mobile Phone
+90505 777 02 23
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
1995
Fields of Activity
  1. Gender
General Information
Capital City Women’s Platform (CCWP), is an NGO, based in Ankara, Capital of Turkey. Its main aim is to enhance women’s participation into social life through education, employment and political life. As our members are mainly women above 25, we try to keep them update as the technology has recently changed immensely. For that reason we have offered them technical education such as computer courses, language courses. In addition to our 50 students, we have a larger group around 400 hundred women, we come together regularly and we share our opinions on sensitivity on gender equality and that helps them refresh their world view. Although the main activites are supproted by it members, the CCWP made projects and supported by other organizations such as the Euroean union and the Islamic Bank.
Mission and Objectives

A aforementioned our main objecives are empowering women in social, political and economic life. We are questioning the gender gap in the society and support the gender equality.

Main Projects / Activities

To serve women's needs we organize some activities:
1. Trying to keep up with the global women movement, we come together and read books
2. Offering language courses
3. We carried out some projects, like "more active and participant women", supported by the European Union, Rehabilittaion of the mother of the Handicapped Children, supported by the Islamic Conference, preventive Health Care supported by Islamic Bank

Contact (1) Full Name
Fatma Bostan Unsal
Head of the organisation
Nesrin Semiz
Contact (2) Full Name
Emel Topcu