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NGO
training completed
UNJP has passed another important treshold
Non-govermental Orgizations capacity enhancement program
finalized at a meeting organized in Şanlıurfa on June 1-2, 2006.
 At
the workshops organized by the Association for Training and
Supporting Women Candidates or KA-DER Ankara, focused on
inspiring women's associations operating in the programme cities
(namely İzmir, Kars, Nevşehir, Şanlıurfa, Trabzon ve Van) to be more
active in gender sensitive policies and informed them on the latest
reforms in the Turkish judicial system in regards to women's
rights.
KA-DER Ankara also conducts a campaign, "Act Today For Tommorrow", to make
local governments more gender sensitive, to encourage women friendly
local action plans, to seek the ways to enhance the cooperation between
local governments and the women's associations.
Workshops orginized by KA-DER Ankara within the framework of
the UN Joint Programme, were very instrumental to outline the problems
and increase the capacity of the women's associations to make them part
of the solution for women issues.
 KA-DER
Ankara officials point out that qualities of the women's
organizations differ from one city to another and that in addition to
well organized and active women's associations some of them do not have
sufficient experience and resources to operate effectively.
The outcome of the workshops tells us that scope of most
of the women's organizations on issues related to gender is very
limited. Their activities generally involve in prevention of violence
against women and unemployment. However, women do
not pay same amount of attention into urban problems and involvement in
the local politics. KA-DER Ankara workshops also witnessed that many women's
rights associations actually operate as charity organizations.
Workshops focused on outlining the problems and challenges and what to
do to find desired solutions to the problems faced by female population. Another important
focal point was to attract the women's associations into advocacy
programmes and enhance their capacity for future participation in
projects related to the Joint Programme.
Joint Programme also forsees a training programme for local government
officails to outline the responsibilities of the governors' offices and
municipalities to facilitate women's more active participation in the
decision making process.
Output
of these capacity increase efforts will be finalized when the Local
Action Plans would be prepared by NGOs and local governments with the
participation of private sector companies. |
