The project aims to raise women's awareness, increase their participation in the public sphere, employment and entrepreneurship, develop participatory community development models appropriate to local conditions.
In this context, 13 women's associations and 3 cooperatives were established, 47 centers became operational. Between 1995 and 2021, 50 women started their own businesses and 500 women were employed in different sectors.
The project reached more than 1 million women, became a model both inside and outside Turkey. It was included in secondary school textbooks, was the subject of academic studies and won various awards. It raised awareness on the need to include women in development projects and developed a multi-stakeholder governance model within the development ecosystem.
ÇATOMs were transferred to the Ministry of Family and Social Services in November 2021 with a protocol signed between the Ministry of Industry and Technology, the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Ministry of Family and Social Services.
