1. WEP’s
LEADERSHIP
BPW-TURKEY

2. UNWOMEN UNGLOBAL COMPACT
Women Empowerment Principles are the
result of colloboration between
UN WOMEN and UN GLOBAL COMPACT

3. We-as BPW Turkey- are working for
Women Empowerment Principles that
are a set of Principles for business
offering guidance on how to empower
women in the workplace, marketplace
and community till 2010.

4. The EU-funded Project SİSAM was
prepared in the framework of WEP’s
The methodology has been developed which
consists different 7 modules in order to
ground all relevant stakeholders such as
Turkish Women Organizations, women
entrepreneurships at different levels in
Women Empowerment Principles one by
one.

5. The 1st international event
realized in Turkey for to
increase awareness for
WEPs in May 2011 under
the care of Minister of
Education Ms. Nimet
Çubukcu.

6. 1st International Conference for WEP’s in
May 2011, we have many speakers from
BPWI; President of BPWI Liz Benham; 1st
President of BPWI Freda Miriklis; Past
President of BPWI Antoinette Ruegg; Past
President of BPWI Tuulikki Jusela
Lauren Gula from UNGC;
Meg Jones from ITC…..

7. The second 2-days long international event
to discuss the «Women Empowerment
Principles» with the valuable participation of
relevant stakeholders such as NGO
Leaders, academicians, member of
parliaments and bureaucrats from different
countries in April 2012 in Ankara.

8. SPEAKERS
• Freda Miriklis / President of International
Federation of Business and Professional
Women
•

9. • Ketty Tzizicosta / The President of the Hellenic National
Commission for UNESCO and the President of the UNESCO
Center for Women and Peace in Balkan Countries
Dora Zarzavatsaki Taka / Vice President of
UNESCO Center for Peace and Women in
Balkan Countries.

10. Vanessa Erogbogbo from
ITC
Amany Asfour from BPW Egypt

11. And Many guests from different BPW Clubs and other organisations all over
the World
Cristina Visconti / BPW International UN Representative at FAO
– Rome, Coordinator of the Ad hoc Group of International
NGOs Representatives at FAO.
Elena Fedyashina / Executive Director, The Committee of 20
Betti Cannova / Speha Fresia,
Deborah D'Agostino, BPW- Italy
Sam Shee, BPW-Fellow

12. At the end of the 1st Day, we have an
award ceremony for the people who
contributes to the success of “Gender
Equality” in Turkey

13. PRIZETAKERS
• Güldal Akşit / The Past Minister of State / The Past
President of the Commission of the Turkish Parliament of
Equal Opportunities of Women and Men.
• Dr.Serdar Çam / President of the Turkish International
Cooperation and Development Agency (TİKA)
• Hülya Koçyiğit , Turkish Movie Star

14. In the 2nd Day of the 2nd International
Conference, there were workshops to
increase capacities of women vendors
in tourism, construction, health, textile
sectors in the framework of WEPs
Principle 5…

15. Another important duty of BPW-Turkey for WEPs is the translation of the
WEPs Booklet into Turkish with the sponsorhip of Turkcell....
In order to introduce WEPs Booklet and to create wide and strong
communication network among the stakeholders like the non
governmental organizations operating on social gender, relevant public
organizations, Parliamentary Commissions, business world, local
administrations and the decisive actors of the decision mechanism, Press
Meeting and High Level Lunch were realised in İstanbul in 31.10.2012.

16. Ex- Minister of Gender from Jordan
Ms. Nadia Hashemi, Deputy Minister of
TR Family and Social Policies Ms.
Aşkın Asan and Director of
International Organisations of Migration
(IOM) in Turkey Ms. Karim Gaber are
the honorary guests of our Event in
31.10.2012.

17. We-as BPW-Turkey- aim to raise awareness on
the UNWEPs in MENA (Middle East and North
Africa) countries to engage stakeholders from
business, government, civil society and
academia from the Region through the
collaborative efforts of Ms. Habiba Al Marash,
Network Representative and Chairman of the
Board, Gulf Countries Global Compact Local
Network, Ms. Sameera Altuwaijr, Director of the
UN-Women Regional Center in Cairo, Egypt,
Princess Fay Jahan Ara as Goodwill
Ambassador of BPW International and Turkish
WEPs Signatories in April 2013 under the care of
TR Ministry of Family and Social Policies with the
participation of Minister Ms. Fatma Şahin and
Deputy Minister Ms. Fatma Şahin.

18. We-as BPW-Turkey aim to give supports to New
Gender Task Force, launched in cooperation with
the Turkish, Japanese and Mexican Government,
business and civil society, aims to close gender gap
by 10% by 2015. As a member of working group of
WEF initiative will make surveying to enlight the
current situation of 28 Turkish Firms from different
regions and cities regarding to the WEPs together
with Soroptimist Turkey.

19. We-as BPW-Turkey aim to organise Exhibition and Fear for
Women Vendors in Tourism Supply Chain with the
cooperation of some of other women organisations in near future
in Turkey.

20. We-as BPW Turkey is going to mediate
Turkish Government and ITC to realise the
event of Global Platform for Action on
Sourcing from Women Vendors in 2014 or
2015 in Turkey.