Celebrating Women with Women

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In honor of International Women’s Day, TPF supporter, Seran Trehan hosted a luncheon. More than 50 professional women across many generations gathered to brainstorm about  the status of women in Turkey. We listened to some ground breaking NGOs from Istanbul such as Women for Women’s Human Rights, KAGIDER and Turkish WIN share their work on women…

Changing our understanding of philanthropy

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By Senay Ataselim Yilmaz Activist and fundraiser Dan Pallotta in his recent TED talk calls out the double standard that drives our relationship to charities, and how we have been undermining the causes we love. He raised the same question back in September 2012 in a Wall Street Journal article. Yet, his TED talk stirred…