WE ACT – Women Empowerment and ACTion in Politics and Media
Timespan Countries involved
| 01/2023 07/2025 | Türkiye |
Funded by SDGs
| European Commission: NDICI - Thematic Programme on Human Rights and Democracy | 5, 16 |
At a glance
Initiated in January 2023, WE ACT project aims to strengthen the representation and participation of women in the political sphere at the local level in Türkiye. It is supported by the European Union Delegation to Türkiye under the Thematic Programme on Human Rights and Democracy, and is implemented by ALDA together with the two Turkish associations Ka.Der and Daktilo 1984 for a duration of 30 months within the 7 regions of Türkiye. To reach its final goal, the project is articulated through 3 strands of actions over a period of 30 months:
● Empowering women aspiring to run in the 2024 local elections in the 7 Turkish regions by providing them with capacity building, training and coaching to prepare and run effectively an electoral campaign, but also to perform a good local and participatory governance, if elected
● Supporting Turkish civil society associations working for women and/or LGBTIQ+ communities to strengthen them in their concrete actions and advocacy efforts towards policy making
● Supporting media actors to both ensure greater visibility for women politicians and counter and reduce sexist discourse and stereotypes in the media
Objectives
● General objective: Improve the exercise of political and civic rights for women and LGBTIQ+ persons, namely at the local level;
● Specific Objective 1: Increase the political participation of women in the upcoming local elections of Turkey (2024) in the 7 regions of Türkiye;
● Specific Objective 2: Improve conditions for a democratic debate on gender issues at the local policy level - making progress in all regions of Türkiye.
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WE ACT – Women Empowerment and ACTion in Politics and Media
Timespan Countries involved
| 01/2023 07/2025 | Türkiye |
Founded by SDGs
| European Commission: NDICI - Thematic Programme on Human Rights and Democracy | 5, 16 |
At a glance
Initiated in January 2023, WE ACT project aims to strengthen the representation and participation of women in the political sphere at the local level in Türkiye. It is supported by the European Union Delegation to Türkiye under the Thematic Programme on Human Rights and Democracy, and is implemented by ALDA together with the two Turkish associations Ka.Der and Daktilo 1984 for a duration of 30 months within the 7 regions of Türkiye. To reach its final goal, the project is articulated through 3 strands of actions over a period of 30 months:
● Empowering women aspiring to run in the 2024 local elections in the 7 Turkish regions by providing them with capacity building, training and coaching to prepare and run effectively an electoral campaign, but also to perform a good local and participatory governance, if elected
● Supporting Turkish civil society associations working for women and/or LGBTIQ+ communities to strengthen them in their concrete actions and advocacy efforts towards policy making
● Supporting media actors to both ensure greater visibility for women politicians and counter and reduce sexist discourse and stereotypes in the media
Objectives
● General objective: Improve the exercise of political and civic rights for women and LGBTIQ+ persons, namely at the local level;
● Specific Objective 1: Increase the political participation of women in the upcoming local elections of Turkey (2024) in the 7 regions of Türkiye;
● Specific Objective 2: Improve conditions for a democratic debate on gender issues at the local policy level - making progress in all regions of Türkiye.
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