Gender Equality

Dear donors, supporters, wishful thinkers and idealists, This update comes to you with great happiness and pride to prove small moves make huge changes. KEDV (Foundation for the Support of Women’s Work) has recently submitted their final project report. In October of 2011, we at TPF were quick to grant KEDV $25,000 to build a Women […]

Women and girls of all ages gathered in various squares around Istanbul and other cities, some carrying “no to violence against women” banners as they danced.  

Turkey’s top female executives are making strides for gender equality. Of Turkey’s largest companies, 26% of the top executives are women. This figure sounds meager, but it is, above the EU average. However, when we take a step back and compare this number with Turkey’s overall female workforce, our positive reaction disappears. “Turkey’s total female […]

  Today is TPF’s 6th birthday! We’re off to a great start with donations pouring in. Thank you all! TPF’s matching funds has now increased to $10,000 thanks to a special gift from a generous donor. With your participation we now have the possibility of giving $20,000 in grants.Please join us in our celebrations to […]

Where you want TPF to go in 2013 The results are in! We asked you to give us your opinion on what programs we should prioritize in 2013 to have a positive impact on Turkey and you’ve responded! Read on to hear top results. When we asked our readers what they thought was the greatest […]

On Jan. 2, thirteen powerful decision makers in Turkey met over a new year’s lunch. Not one of them was a woman. “Half the population has not even one voice over a lunch of 13.” Says Murat Yetkin in his Hurriyet Daily News Article. Female participation in the Turkish workforce has dropped from 34 to […]

By: Melis Figanmese Appalling is the only word. What else can you say about a country, whose economy is reporting record-breaking highs, has been ranked last in the World Economic Forum’s Gender Gap Index report in its region. Not only is Turkey ranked last in Europe and Central Asia, in terms of Gender Equality, it […]