KOGED at Program Advisory Council Meeting of the UN Joint Program for Promoting the Human Rights of Women

KOGED Chairperson Gülhan Bütün and assistant to the Chairperson,Ayşe Öztürk,participated in the Program Advisory Council Meeting of the United Nations Joint Program for Promoting the Human Rights of Women ,funded  by Sabancı Foundation on 23 February 2015,in Gaziantep.The programme has been  implemented by UNDP and UN Women along with Sabanci University and supported by the Ministry of Interior, Ministry of National Education, Ministry of Family and Social Policies and Union of Municipalities of Turkey.The main objective of the Program is to accelerate the implementation of gender equality commitments at the local level and to improve the capacity of local governments, public authorities and NGOs that work in the area of gender equality in order to contribute to the reinforcement of women’s rights.

Following the opening speeches of Ms.Güler Sabancı,Sabanci Foundation Chairperson of Board of Trustees,Fatna Şahin,the Mayor of Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality, Mrs. Ingibjorg Gisladottir, UN Women Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia and Representative to Turkey and  Mr. Kamal Malhotra, UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative to Turkey,a panel was organised where information about  three major accomplishments were shared with the audience.Mrs Gülhan Bütün,one of the panelists, gave information about KOGED’s project ‘’If the Subject is Woman..’ and about how the project increased the community’s awareness of the issue