Description

CWU members live largely in rural regions. Their focus is mostly on community development, active participation on local / regional level (e.g. social issues and policies, political participation, culture, environment, health).

On national level the CWU current main focus is on e.g. gender based violence and related issues (goal: “Istanbul Convention” ratification); social issues (incl. pension gap, informal care givers and support services for families, services for children and the elderly, single parents), women´s employment and WLB; networking and cooperation.

Competence and Expertise Offered

Our organization has managed and led number of national and international projects incl. 2 major projects under CIP Equal round 1 & 2 (focus: WLB policies, women’s empowerment, establ.of regional information & counselling / training centres for women); currently we run a 3-year regional project focused on social inclusion of disadvantaged women; since 2014 we have also participated on a continuous Instanbul Convention awareness campaing (i.a.)

Expertise sought

We currently consider several types of activites / focus areas/ needs: a) bringing women living in rural areas back to the focus; b) combating (online) hate speech, fake news and related isues; c) GBV & Istanbul Convention; d) effective networking and capacity building (crosscutting theme).