March 1, 2013
Dear donors, supporters, wishful thinkers and idealists, This update comes to you with great happiness and pride to prove small moves make huge changes. KEDV (Foundation […]
Women Empowerment
January 30, 2013
Turkey’s top female executives are making strides for gender equality. Of Turkey’s largest companies, 26% of the top executives are women. This figure sounds meager, but […]
January 11, 2013
Where you want TPF to go in 2013 The results are in! We asked you to give us your opinion on what programs we should prioritize […]
January 3, 2013
On Jan. 2, thirteen powerful decision makers in Turkey met over a new year’s lunch. Not one of them was a woman. “Half the population has […]
October 29, 2012
By: Melis Figanmese Appalling is the only word. What else can you say about a country, whose economy is reporting record-breaking highs, has been ranked last […]
October 15, 2012
Natural disasters do not only destroy buildings, roads and infrastructure, they upend human life; forcing many to suffer post-traumatic stress. That is what happened in Van […]
August 20, 2012
By: Melis Figanmese The 2012 Olympics were quite an event for women. As we at TPF fight for gender equality in all parts of the world, […]
March 7, 2012
We can’t stop at TPF. At the end of January we rolled out a campaign focused on Empowering Turkish Girls. Wow, were we pleased to see […]
February 27, 2012
Many corporations are celebrating Corporate Philanthropy Day today. Started by the Committee for Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy it is “intended to build awareness of corporate-community partnerships.” We […]
February 8, 2012
By Elmira Bayrasli Engaging men, focusing on childcare options and educating women were some of the suggestions made during our Twitter chat on empowering Turkish girls […]