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Organisational Structure

 

Brief Information
Turkish Cypriot Association Of University Women is an Turkish Cypriot NGO based in north Cyprus and working on women and gender issues. It was established in April 1991, mainly aiming to promote understanding and friendship among the university women, to promote cooperative work, to encourage participation of women in solving of problems arise at all levels of life, to empower and enable women to be come influential and effective in every field and all levels of public life, and to take active role in conservation of environmental and historical assets.
The Turkish Cypriot Association of University Women is associate member of IFUW, International Federation of University Women based in Switzerland
Adoption of Convention On The Elimination Of All Forms Of Discrimination Against Women (Cedaw) without any reservation and approval of the new family law in parliament are the results of hardworking towards these aims. Integration with global society and developing bi-communal understanding and relations are two other goals, which we are working towards.

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Budget Resources
The income of the Associations arises from: Membership fees, Income obtained through sales of things Funds obtained on the basis of projects of the Association Contributions and gifts from its members, donations from the public sector and private sector.

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Organisational Structure

The Organs of the Turkish Cypriot Association of Women are

1. The General Assembly- The General Assembly is the highest authority of the Association which decides on policy and is open to all members
2. The Board of Officers - The Board of Officers is the organ of executive decisions of the Association . The members of the Board of Officers are elected by the general assembly for a period of 2 years. No member, including the president shall serve for more than two consecutive terms
3. Board of Inspection - The Board of Inspection is responsible for inspecting all financial and other activities of the Association.
4. Honorary Committee. -The Honorary Committee is responsible for dealing with any dispute between members or between any member and the Board of Officers.

Coordinator Of International Relations - CIR - A active member shall be elected by the General Assembly as Coordinator for International Relations ( CIR) for a term not normally exceeding four years she is responsible for stimulating interest in international relations and for cooperating with the other national federations and associations and shall be the liaison between the Association and IFUW Headquarters.


Committees - The General Assembly shall establish standing committees as may be required, elect their members and shall lay down their terms of reference Special committees may be established as may be required and members appointed to them by the General Assembly and the Board of Officers. In June 2001 , the General Assembly established ,


- Committee of Education and Fellowship,
- Committee of Projects, Environment,
- Committee of Public Relations and Members, Committee of Finance and
- Committee of International Relations.


Board of Officers has appointed one of its own members to serve on each of these standing committee.

Staff - Currently the Association has three paid staff, one project coordinator for two UNDP/UNOPS funded project and two librarians.

 

Executive Board

Gülden Plümer Küçük gulden.plumer@kktcb.eu - President

Didem Erel aerel@kibris.net  - General Secretary

Deniz Birinci denizbirinci@superonline.com - Treasurer

Zekiye Turkoz turkoz@kibris.net – Active Board Member

Ece Ünsal ecems01@superonline.com  - Active Board Member

Sevilay Cangül sevcancy@yahoo.com Active Board Member

Berna Yılmazoğlu bernaylmazolu@yahoo.com Active Board Member

Ruhsar Vudalı – Reserve Board Member

Sultan Ünsal – Reserve Board Member

Tamay Uluğ – Reserve Board Member

Coordinator of International Relations

Ferdiye Ersoy fersoy@superonline.com

Board of Inspection

Berna Numan

İmren Feridun

Sümer Erkmen

Honorary Commitee

Fatma G. Lisaniler

Heybeti Balman

Zehra Lama

International Relations Commitee

. Ferdiye Ersoy
. Ece Ünsal
· Gülden Plümer Küçük
· Layik Mesutoğlu
· Sümer Erkmen
· Işıl Taşcı
· Nejla Nefesoğlu
· Berna Yılmazoğlu

Library Commitee

. Zekiye Türköz
· Gülden Plümer Küçük
· Sümer Erkmen
· Mine Egemen
. Işın Yılmaz
· Heybeti Balman
. Sultan Ünsal

Project Commitee

· Berna Numan - Başkan
· Gülden Plümer Küçük
· Layik Topcan Mesutoğlu
· Berna Yılmazoğlu
· Işıl Taşcı
. Işın Yılmaz
· Mehrübe Mehrübeoğlu

Health and Culture Comitee

Deniz Birinci

Contact Adresses

CONTACT ADDRESS

Turkish Cypriot Association of University Women,
Women’s Research Library
17 Derviş Paşa Sokak Nicosia (north),
Cyprus (Postal Code: Mersin 10 Turkey)
Tel: + 90 392 228 4766

ktunikd@gmail.com

Gülden PLÜMER KÜCÜK
President
Email : gulden.plumer@kktcb.eu

Didem Erel 
General Secretary
Email: aerel@kibris.net

Deniz Birinci
Tresurer
Email: denizbirinci@superonline.com

Ferdiye Ersoy
Coordinator of International Relations- CIR
Email : fersoy@superonline.com

Sevgi Genel
Coordinator of Project
Email:ktunikd@gmail.com