EMPOWERMENT

PROGRAM

FOR YOUNG WOMEN

Meltem Cantürk, Duygu Aşık, Ayşegül

Şahinkaya, Ece Öztan, Aydın Yücesan

Durgunoğlu ELINET, Cologne, 2018

According to the latest

OECD figures, Turkey has

the highest percentage of

women aged 15-29, not in

employment, education or

training (41.5%, compared

to the OECD average

16.4%).

Interrupted Development

References: Eurostat 2017 Statistics

Using the Internet to get

Information

Applying to Schools and Workplaces

Building Solidarity with

Peers

Knowing and Exercising own

Rights

Participation in the Decision-

Making Processes

Life Skills

Making a Budget

Making a time Plan

Problem Solving

Understanding Tables, Graphs

Calculations

Math Skills

Reading Comprehension

Critical Reading

Access to Information

Creative Thinking

Developing Reading Habits

Reasoning Skills

Written

Expression

Literacy Skills

Developing

the

underlying

foundation

(literacy,

math, and

life skills)

to

accomplish

this goal

GOAL: Empowering young women to participate

more fully in their homes,communities and society

Program

Sessions

Trips

around

the City

Guidance

on

Continuing

Education

Playrooms

Peer

Education

Program Components

Neighborhood

Volunteers

Self-Development

Effective Communication

Lifelong Learning

Respect for Diversity

Child Protection

Gender Equality

Human Rights

Women’s Health

Technology

Invisible Labour

Workers’ Rights

Social Participation

Domestic Violence

Community Connections

Voter Rights

Environment

Program Topics

464 Volunteer instructors

1.117 young women

145 groups

466 women introduced to NGOs

268

women introduced to

municipalities

43 Neighborhood volunteers

(among program participants)

Numbers since September 2016

Awareness of decision making

mechanisms and social issues 114%

Actual participation in local

decision making 26%

Actual participation in household

decision making 28%

Participation in social life 14%

Perceived support in their

household and local decision

making 21%

Self-efficacy in participating local

decision making 29%

Level of knowledge on women's

rights 26%

Evaluation Results

«We were always told about the work done for money. Nobody told us that we could do something willingly, with love, as a volunteer that is to say. I learned what I could do as a volunteer. For example, to make an

orphan happy, to do her heart good, I learned that this is done by volunteering.

I also decided to go to a computer course and improve myself. I learned how to use the computer keyboard, make searches in the search engine, look at my kid's grades through the E-School System.

My current goal is to participate in kindergarten teacher training and get a certificate. Later on, by getting a correspondence school diploma, to become a preschool teacher, just like I dreamed of when I was a kid. I also want to make attempts as a volunteer.

Thank you for hearing our voice!»

(Gülüzar Nar-İstanbul)

In Women’s own Words

In Women’s own Words

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