Our Story
The story of Lotus Women
With Lotus Woman, we set out with the dream where women are empowered, violence against women is ended and cities ensured gender equality. We were established in Kocaeli in 2017 with women who share this dream and want to transform the city they live in, from students to retirees. We got our name from Lotus, a flower that can endure harsh conditions and survive. We women aim to realize our strength and use it for an egalitarian transformation at the local level. Our primary goal is to establish solidarity networks to ensure the proper functioning of all mechanisms, initially at the local level, with the aim of ending violence against women.
Our Values
We act with certain principles while we maintain all of these.
Standing at an equal distance to women from all walks of life
Protecting our independence
Avoiding hierarchical relations between our members and volunteers
Basing on women's solidarity
Being in solidarity with women's organizations
Our Team
We are strong together!
We are a team that is based on women's solidarity, believes that we can build more livable cities and systems by strengthening each other, and that, above all, puts forth its labor in voluntary basis with this belief.
