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ELIMINATING VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN

UN SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN VISITS TURKEY

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan attends a press conference at the Prime Ministry, Ankara, September 2006.
Photograph by Rana Mullan © UNICEF Turkey 2006

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan visited Ankara on the 5th and 6th of September for talks regarding Turkey’s participation in the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). Immediately prior to the Secretary-General’s visit, the Turkish Parliament passed a resolution in support of the UNIFIL initiative. Turkey has subsequently agreed to send a peacekeeping contingent to the Lebanon in October.

The Secretary-General’s Study on Violence Against Children -- jointly supported by the Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR), UNICEF and the World Health Organisation (WHO) -- is featured in the latest issue of Say Yes. It is expected that the report, which is also to be published in a child-friendly version, will lead to improved legislation, policies and programmes to protect children the world over.

A NEW PARTNERSHIP FOR 2006-2010

UNICEF Representative, Edmond McLoughney and His Excellency Ambassador Hasan Göğüş, Director General of Multilateral Political Affairs, sign the new Country Programme Action Plan for 2006-2010 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 23rd August 2006. Photograph by Rana Mullan © UNICEF Turkey 2006

UNICEF’s new Country Programme (CPAP) agreement with Turkey for 2006-2010 has been approved and signed. The new CPAP aims to improve child health, education and protection for areas with low development indicators and families living on low income in urban and rural areas.

READ MORE IN THE SUMMER ISSUE OF SAY YES

Photograph by Rana Mullan
© UNICEF Turkey 2006

Incidence of violence in schools is becoming increasingly problematic around the world. Aiming to eliminate the problem in Turkey, the Ministry of National Education (MONE) hosted the First Symposium on Violence in Schools this Spring with UNICEF support.

Under the theme of Taking Preventive Measures against Violence towards Children in and around the School Environment, the Symposium sought to address the issue with the participation of various national and international academics, governmental and non-governmental organisations, the media, parents and children.

The findings of the First Violence and Schools Symposium have contributed to the United Nations Secretary General’s Global Study on Violence against Children which will be published during the next session of the United Nations General Assembly in October.

Read the Summer 2006 issue of Say Yes online or download it in pdf format. [PDF 752 KB]

UNICEF APPEALS FOR ASSISTANCE TO HELP CHILDREN AFFECTED BY WAR

Photograph © AP/Djansezian 2006

Of those who have lost their lives or have been wounded since the commencement of hostilities in the Lebanon, more than one in three are children. UNICEF’s Director of Emergency Relief Programmes, Dan Toole, has launched an appeal for assistance to help protect children affected by the crisis. Funding is urgently required from donors to help the tens of thousands of children and their families who have been forced to flee their homes since hostilities began in July.

Read the appeal for donor support from Alanor Olalı, General Director of the Turkish National Committee for UNICEF, in our Press Centre.

KUL GAUTAM PRAISES TURKEY’S EFFORTS FOR CHILDREN

UNICEF Deputy Executive Director, Kul Gautam
Photograph by Sema Hosta
© UNICEF Turkey 2006

UNICEF Deputy Executive Director and Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr Kul Chandra Gautam’s visit to Turkey between the 4th and 8th of July has proved to be a great success and a pleasure for all concerned.

On his arrival, Mr Gautam met young members of Turkey’s Children’s Rights Commissions and talked with them about UNICEF’s role in the promotion and support of children’s rights.

Mr Gautam commended the Government’s efforts to improve the situation of women and children throughout Turkey. Mr Gautam said that the Prime Minister’s statement in July, censuring honour killings of women was a vital step towards halting a terrible practice that results in the deaths of hundreds of Turkish women and girls every year.

Mr Gautam also met the Minister of Health, Dr Recep Akdağ, with whom he discussed Turkey’s ambitious programme of health reforms. Mr Gautam was later able to experience some of the improvements discussed when he visited the Eastern Province of Van and met with members of Mother’s Support Groups.

Travelling to Van in the company of Minister of Education, Dr Hüseyin Çelik, Mr Gautam visited one of the Ministry of Education’s (MONE) flagship Child Friendly Schools where he met staff and students. Learning that MONE plans to make all schools Child Friendly, Mr Gautam praised Turkey’s efforts to improve the educational system -- particularly for girls. Enrolment rates for girls have been improving steadily since 2003 when MONE launched a number of initiatives including the UNICEF-supported Haydi Kızlar Okula! campaign.

Read more about Kul Gautam’s visit to Turkey in our Press Centre.

Schoolgirls, Nergiz and Hanım tell how Haydi Kızlar Okula! changed their lives for the better.

Children and staff at Fevzi Geyik Primary School in Van talk about their child friendly school.

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Read more about Haydi Kızlar Okula! the Ministry of National Education and UNICEF’s campaign to close the gender gap in primary education in Turkey by the end of 2005.

Photograph by Rana Mullan
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Download the latest Haydi Kızlar Okula! project update in pdf format. [PDF 401KB]

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