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Network meeting in Istanbul

 

From September 27 till October 1 in Turkey, Istanbul there was held a meeting "Cross-border dialogue” with the support of women Swedish organization Kvinna till Kvinna. Participants of the meeting were women’s NGO representatives, including Fund "Sukhumi”.

For the first time participants of the network meeting were representatives of an NGO in Russia the Union "Don Women”.

The thematic of the five-day training was interesting: nationalism with an emphasis on peace and democracy, woman and violence, danger and security.

A representative form "Women in Black” Aleksandra Kovacheva was invited to the training. She carried out an interesting lecture about activity and experience of this organization.

- What kind of threat do women feel working for women's rights? – a representative from Kvinna Till Kvinna Eva Zillén tried to obtain answers to that question through group work.

A moderator of the meeting was Liz Phillipson (London School of economics and political sciences).

The programme of the meeting stipulated also study visit. Participants of the training visited Hrant Dink Foundation. During their visit they have found out that Hrant Dink was a journalist working on the rights of minorities. The Foundation was based after his death and is working on peace and democracy.

At the end of the meeting participants talked about future plans.
 
The project is implemented with the support of Kvinna till Kvinna, women’s Swedish Foundation.

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