Recognizing women whose efforts have advanced the economic empowerment of women locally, regionally or worldwide, TIAW, based in Canada, named Onanç among 57 recipients of the award on its Web site.
“For the past two years, Gülseren has spearheaded KAGİDER’s engagement with the European Union through the opening of a new office in Brussels to engage EU leaders on issues of gender equality,” the group stated regarding Onanç.
“In addition, Gülseren is the founder and general manager of Ticketturc, Turkey’s second largest online entertainment and sport online ticketing company.”
The TIAW statement also said that Onanç had used her role at KAGİDER to expand women’s entrepreneurship training, provide leadership support for women and establish Turkey’s first women’s business incubation center.
“The association has also conducted research to increase awareness and information about women’s entrepreneurship,” the statement concluded. Onanç, who received her award in Washington, said Turkey lags behind many countries in the World Economic Forum’s Gender Gap Index and this shows there is a long way to go and much work to do.
