Roundtables for Democracy: Young Women’s Active Participation in Local Governance

The project we are conducting in cooperation with Matra, Roundtable Meetings for Democracy: Active Participation of Young Women in Local Governance, which we are implementing in cooperation with Matra, is to build a bridge between young women citizens and young women politicians in three provinces (Kırklareli, Adana and Istanbul) and to ensure the emergence of women-friendly projects with a
common mind based on dialogue. The local stakeholders of our project are the city councils in the relevant provinces.
We will organize face-to-face workshops on good governance for young women citizens in Kırklareli, Adana and Istanbul to raise their awareness on local decision- making mechanisms.

Young women politicians in Kırklareli Adana and Istanbul will then be mentored by former women politicians to support them in designing women-friendly policies. Following the mentoring and training programs, face-to-face roundtable meetings will be organized in each city to discuss the needs of young women citizensFinally, an online meeting will be organized where all parties from all provinces can present their projects. Finally, the project will end with the preparation of a "Guide for Young Women's Participation in Local Governments" The main objective is to provide a context for women citizens and politicians to negotiate and give birth to inclusive women-friendly projects in cities.