'Equality Units Workshop' from Izmir

'Equality Units Workshop' from Izmir
'Equality Units Workshop' from Izmir

İzmir Metropolitan Municipality Social Projects Department, Women's Studies Branch, organized an "Equality Units Workshop" to strengthen the work on gender equality in district municipalities.

İzmir Metropolitan Municipality Department of Social Projects, Women's Studies Branch, continues its efforts to increase women's widespread participation in education, employment, decision-making mechanisms and urban services. Mayor of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Tunç SoyerIn line with the "equal citizenship" principle of . In the workshop attended by the representatives of the district municipalities, the issues of strengthening the Gender Equality Units in the municipalities, supporting the equality studies in the municipalities without equality units, and transforming the Local Equality Action Plans into effective and active plans came to the fore.

30 representatives from district municipalities attended

'Local Equality Action Plans' were analyzed in the first session of the Equality Units Workshop held in Örnekköy Social Projects Campus. In the second session, methods and strategies to ensure that Local Equality Action Plans are included in strategic plans were discussed. Balçova, Bayındır, Bayraklı, Bornova, Buca, Çiğli, Dikili, Gaziemir, Karabağlar, Karaburun, Karşıyaka30 representatives from the municipalities of , Kiraz, Menderes, Menemen, Narlıdere, Selçuk and Tire attended.