As Salih Tatlıcı Foundation, on the occasion of “8 March International Women’s Day“, we have donated to the “Foundation for Women’s Solidarity“, which has the vision of creating an equal and free world, is committed to combating all kinds of violence against women based on gender inequality, strengthening and spreading women’s solidarity in the face of violence.

“Happy Women’s Day to All Women Who Make the World Beautiful”

Regarding the donation, Uğur Tatlıcı, Executive Board Member of our Foundation, said: “Women are the most important values of society. All women in the world and our country deserve to be carried on the shoulders rather than being subjected to violence, excluded, belittled, and marginalized. Women are symbols of power, love, and tolerance. We must provide all kinds of support to increase the value and success of all women. As the Foundation, we wholeheartedly celebrate this meaningful day of all women.”

Foundation for Women’s Solidarity

Since its official foundation in 1993, the Foundation for Women’s Solidarity is an independent women’s organization that aims to combat all kinds of violence against women through women’s solidarity, builds solidarity with women who have been subjected to violence, and works with feminist principles.

The foundation has its origins in the “Women’s Debate Group” formed by a group of activist women in Ankara in 1987. This group is of great importance in the history of the women’s movement as it regularly came together in consciousness-raising meetings, shared experiences of womanhood, and helped raise awareness about the prevalence of violence against women. Following the experiences accumulated at these meetings, steps were taken to address the need to open a Women’s Counselling Centre where women exposed to violence could receive free support. The first of these steps was the first “Women’s Counselling Centre” in Ankara, which opened in 1991 in cooperation with a municipality.

The Foundation for Women’s Solidarity contributes to social change to end the legitimacy of violence against women by creating pressure on women’s human rights through its public and media activities. It also carries out awareness-raising activities on combating violence against women through various training programs for women who apply to the Women’s Counselling Centre, volunteers of the Foundation, and professional staff. The Foundation generates financial resources through donations and member contributions from various institutions, organizations, and individuals, sustains its existence with the support of volunteer employees and carries out public information and advocacy activities on violence against women.