A year aftermath: UN Women’s response empowers and supports women and girls in earthquake-affected regions
On February 6th, 2023, Türkiye was struck by two earthquakes – the largest to hit the country in the last century. The most affected were ...
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In the words of Dilay Duman: “During disasters, volunteering is compelling, supporting women is priceless”
“It is heartbreaking that the special needs of women and girls are not usually met or taken into account in disaster situations,” says Dilan Duman, ...
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In the words of Özge Ergin: “Photography has become my medium for raising awareness and narrating stories of earthquake survivors”
Özge Ergin (43), is a professional photographer from İstanbul. She was in Antakya shooting a documentary when the earthquakes struck Southeastern Türkiye on February 6th. ...
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Women volunteers play a life-saving role in the earthquake response
When the earthquakes struck southeastern Türkiye on February 6, the Community Volunteers Foundation immediately deployed its volunteers to the storage units in earthquake zones to ...
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Op-ed: Always on the frontline in every crisis
When crises strike, women and girls consistently suffer disproportionately. We need urgent, systemic change to ensure that gender equality is at the center of crisis ...
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Digital skills help Turkish women maintain an income amid COVID-19
Despite stay-at-home measures and periodic lockdowns, Syrian and Turkish women are selling handcrafts and other products online, thanks to coding, computer literacy and Internet marketing ...
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