ICANN participation

Application for "At-Large Structure" (ALS) Designation
TERRE DES FEMMES e.V.

Contact Information

1. Organization's Name: TERRE DES FEMMES e.V.
2. Organization's email address: tdf@xxxxxx
3. Organization's phone number (include country/city codes): +49/7071/7973-0
4. Organization's address (location and postal address, if different):
   Location: Konrad-Adenauer-Str. 40, 72072 Tübingen, Germany
   Postal address: Postfach/P.O. Box/ B.P. 25 65, 72015 Tübingen, Germany
5. Organization's website (URL) (if available): http://www.frauenrechte.de
6. Organization's contact for ALS application (email, phone, address):
   Dr. Heike Jensen, dr.heike.jensen@xxxxxx, +49/30/32764674
   Sybelstr. 6, 10629 Berlin, Germany

Description

7. Is your organization constituted so that participation by
   individual Internet users who are citizens or residents of countries
   within the Geographic Region in which your organization is based will
   predominate in your organization's operation?
   Yes.
8. Describe your organization's constituents/membership (number,
   citizenship/location, defining characteristic - e.g. profession for
   professional societies):
   TERRE DES FEMMES has about 3,000 members. The members are predominantly
   German, but there is also a sizable number of other German-speaking members,
   i.e. Swiss and Austrian. Active membership is restricted to women and women
   are the majority of members, while men hold passive membership.
9. Explain the eligibility requirements (if any) for your
   organization's constituents/membership (if you provide a written
   application for admission as a member, you may attach a copy):
   Every person who subscribes to our organization's goals can become a member.
   There are no particular eligibility requirements, but there is an annual
   membership fee.
10. In what language/s does your organization conduct its business?
    Largely in German, but also in English as called for.
11. Provide support for the statement that your organization is
    self-supporting (by answering "yes" you confirm that it will not rely
    on ICANN for funding):
    Yes.
12. Describe your organization's structure (e.g. governing and
    decision-making bodies and processes):
    The general assembly of all members is the highest decision-making body. It
    elects the executive board. The board members elect one representative among
    themselves who is the representative of the organization before the law. The
    board employs an executive director to supervise and run the organization's
    daily business. The executive director may attend the board meetings in an
    advisory function. City groups receive city group status upon successful
    application with the board and are chaired by coordinators.
13. Does your organization commit to supporting its individual
    constituents'/membership's informed participation in ICANN?
    Yes.
14. Describe how your organization keeps its constituents/membership
    informed about, and enables them to participate in, decisions
    regarding issues of interest:
    There are multiple communication channels: Mailing lists are run on the city
    group level as well as on an organization-wide level. There is a web site
    that is constantly updated (address see above). And there is a quarterly
    print publication, entitled "Menschenrechte für die Frau"
    (ISSN 1432-4563). Fundamental decisions are made by the general assembly of
    all members as described in 12., decisions of lesser import are made on the
    lower organizational levels, as appropriate.
15. Does your organization post on the Internet publicly-accessible,
    current information about your organization's goals, structure,
    description of constituent group(s)/membership, working mechanisms,
    leadership, and contact(s) (if this information currently is
    available, provide URLs)?
    Yes, go to http://www.frauenrechte.de.
16. Provide information on your organization's leadership (leaders'
    names, positions, emails):
    Christa Stolle, executive director, geschaeftsfuehrung@xxxxxx

Objectives

17. What is your organization's primary goal or mission (please attach
    any mission or policy statement for your organization, if in writing,
    or provide a URL, if posted):
    TERRE DES FEMMES as a non-profit organization works to fight all forms of
    discrimination against women and all infringements on women's human rights
    that are perpetrated on the grounds of sex/gender, irrespective of the
    religious, political, ethnic and national background of the women. The
    organization furthermore undertakes to inform and educate the larger public
    about discrimination against women and to engage in direct aid initiatives
    on behalf of women. (For more details, go to http://www.frauenrechte.de.)
18. What ICANN-related issues currently are of interest to your
    organization's constituents/membership:
    TERRE DES FEMMES has actively participated in the UN World Summit on the
    Information Society. With respect to Internet Governance, ICANN and the new
    Internet Governance Forum, we are interested in building the capacity of
    women to understand the issues and thus to raise the number of women who
    involve themselves in them. Concerning recent ICANN-related issues, the
    debate around the creation of the ".xxx" TLD has been of most interest to
    our organization's members.
19. If formed, will your organization commit to assisting the Regional
    At-Large Organization (RALO) for the region in which your organization
    is based in performing its function?
    Yes.

Signature

Christa Stolle
Executive Director
TERRE DES FEMMES e.V.