Foundation for the Support of Women’s Work (KEDV) is an organization based in Turkey. It works with grassroots women’s cooperatives around the country. It aims to increase the leadership skills of local women to act collectively for their priorities, support them to develop and implement solutions, build partnerships and advocate for themselves, and facilitate peer learning and networking. Additionally, the organization facilitates expanding the access of grassroots women groups to local and national decision-making in order to change the development agenda and to integrate the vision, concerns and strategies of grassroots women.
KEDV provides support to grassroots women to develop their strategic plans and access resources and development material. KEDV also supports their advocacy, finance, and peer exchanges, regional and annual meetings, accessing markets and strategic expertise and in building partnerships with other institutions.
