The Union of Women of Turkmenistan ( Turk. Türkmenistanyň zenanlar birleşigi ) is an officially registered socio-political organization in Turkmenistan , represented in the Mejlis of Turkmenistan - the country's parliament. Members of the Women's Union of Turkmenistan occupy 16 out of 125 seats in the Mejlis of Turkmenistan. Advocates for women's rights .
| Union of Women of Turkmenistan | |
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| Turkm. Türkmenistanyň zenanlar birleşigi | |
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| Leader | Govher Bayramova |
| Established | is unknown |
| Headquarters | Ashgabat , Turkmenistan |
| Ideology | moderate feminism statism national conservatism |
| Places in the Mejlis of Turkmenistan | 0/175 (I convocation - 1990-1994) 0/50 (II convocation - 1994-1999) 0/50 (III convocation - 1999-2004) 0/50 (IV convocation - 2004-2009) 0/123 (V convocation - 2009-2013) 16/125 (VII convocation - 2013-2018) |
| Site | zenan.gov.tm |
Prior to the death of the first president of Turkmenistan, Saparmurat Niyazov , the Union of Women of Turkmenistan bore the name of the mother of Saparmurat Niyazov, Gurbanzoltan-edzhe , who was considered the national heroine of Turkmenistan during the reign of Niyazov, a number of objects such as streets and other geographical objects were named after her (for example, the city of Gurbanansoltan -Eje ), the eponymous order , the name of the month is April in the Turkmen calendar .
Following the results of the 2013 parliamentary elections , the organization for the first time, like the other parties and organizations (not counting the Democratic Party of Turkmenistan , which has dominated the country since 1991) entered the Mejlis of Turkmenistan.