Center for Civil Society and Democracy

The Center for Civil Society and Democracy (CCSD) is an independent, non-profit, non-governmental organization. CCSD has branches which support its work in the US, Turkey, and the Netherlands. CCSD seeks to build a stable and just society where peace and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms prevail. Since being established in 2011, CCSD has worked to build a stronger, more pluralistic civil society by supporting organizations and individuals. In order to promote cohesive and tolerant societies where justice and equality prevail, they seek to promote human rights, and to make them the primary and main drivers of the diverse societies which we target through their work.
In their work, they adopt a human rights-based approach to women’s rights and gender equality, as CCSD strongly believes that democracy cannot be achieved without equality and gender justice.