Mezitli Producer Women's Market () is an open market initiative in

Mersin Mersin () is a large city and port on the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean coast of Mediterranean Region, Turkey, southern Turkey. It is the provincial capital of the Mersin Province (formerly İçel). It is made up of four district governorates ...

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

. Mezitli is one of the four second level municipalities in

. On 25 August 2014 Mezitli mayor Neşet Turhan established the first women’s producer market in Mezitli. The number of women’s producer markets is 9 in Mezitli city or in the villages of Mezitli as of September 2018.Ayşe Arman’s essay in Hürriyet newspaper
/ref> In these markets, only the women are allowed to sell the products they produce. These may be agricultural products, food, knitting work or bijouterie. The aim of the project is to ensure women’s financial independence. According to Guangzhou Award page "The project contributes to greater gender equality and helps strengthen policies and legislation".The municipality supports the producer women with tax immunity, playground for the children and even open-space-air conditioning.

Guangzhou Innovation Award

The

Guangzhou Guangzhou, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Canton or Kwangchow, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Guangdong Provinces of China, province in South China, southern China. Located on the Pearl River about nor ...

International Award for Urban Innovation (the Guangzhou Award) is co-sponsored by the United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), the World Association of the Major Metropolises According to Eurocities page "The objective of the contest is to award the innovations cities / local governments that implement ongoing or recently completed (within the past two years) initiatives, furthering city-to-city learning and exchange in support of the implementation of global agendas (especially the “2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” and the “New Urban Agenda”)".Eurocities page
/ref>.In 2018, Mezitli municipality participated in the contest among 313 others and Producer Women’s Market Project was awarded in Innovation category.Guangzhou Award winners page
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