- KA.DER has worked on ensuring adequate and equal representation of women and men in all elected and appointed decision-making mechanisms and political bodies in Turkey for the last 25 years, counting over a thousand members and four branches.
- Over the years, the country has been falling short of gender equality, ranking 113th out of 149 countries in the Global Gender Gap Report of the World Economic Forum, and performing even worse than countries with a similar level of Islamic influence, economy, or the governance length of one head of state.
- The initiative aims “to make women the women leaders and politicians of the future, to raise their political awareness, to empower them in this field and to enable them to be individuals with a female perspective”.
Turkish women must fight for a place in politics, expert says
