On the Centennial of the Turkish Republic, we are grateful to Ataturk and the founders for establishing the foundations for gender equality in Turkiye…   read more

  Turkish Women’s Initiative (TWI) board members Ayca Altintig and Sema Basol were prominent participants at the Assembly of Turkish American Associations (ATAA) conference on read more

What began as a simple fundraising idea has grown into a fun way to prepare and share well-known Turkish cuisine with friends old and new. read more

TWI’s sister organization in Turkey DLD has just concluded another successful Sparks Program,  its signature leadership development program for university women. DLD also now has read more

    As with the rest of the world, we watched with shock and sadness at the revelation of the devastating February 4 earthquake in read more

    On January 4, we launched the pilot program of Sparks USA for immigrant women at Alliant University in San Diego.  Using the signature read more

  This is the theme of six short videos created by Turkish Women’s Initiative. Each video features an inspirational story of what it takes to read more

TWI’s ongoing Ignite programs are designed for immigrant professional women. The goals are to help the women develop greater understanding of U.S. culture; gain deeper read more

You are invited to join us for a free pilot program as a participant in an initiative to help immigrant women thrive. Are you a read more

First Virtual Summit on FacebookLive watched by over 3,000 peopleYear #11 for TWI’s “Sparks” leadership program for university women in Turkey culminated with its customary read more

Early this year, the stories of TWI’s Sparks program history and some of its many successes were printed and published in book form. The authors are read more

Beginning November 2019,  donors to TWI can now contribute via Global Giving (www.globalgiving.org), the largest global crowdfunding community connecting nonprofits, donors, and companies in nearly every country. This is another read more