CHILD PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY
We identify violations of children’s rights in Turkey and around the world, bring them to the agenda and work with determination to defend children’s rights in every possible field.
Child Protection Programme Our aim is to create child protection opportunities that will enable children to access social services from birth to adulthood.
The main components of this programme are:
Legal Consulting
We provide legal proceedings and counseling support with our lawyers to prevent all kinds of violence against children.
Policy Document Writing
We report violations of children's rights to local authorities to improve policy and legislative frameworks.
Digital Content Production
We create social media content and report writing in order to raise awareness of children's rights violations in Turkey and around the world and to raise public awareness.
Academic & Social Studies
We conduct research and report writing on child rights violations and participate in symposiums and workshops organized in the relevant field.
Child Sponsorship
There are over 40 million orphans and vulnerable children affected by economic and political crises worldwide. In Türkiye, over 5 million children have been affected by earthquakes. Children across the globe must confront wars, conflicts, disasters, crises, hunger, and diseases. Those who face these issues are often deprived of their rights to protection and may encounter dangerous situations such as child labor, substance abuse, child marriage, and physical and sexual abuse.
For example, as of 2023, we provided legal counseling for 15 child cases, reintegrated 123 child laborers into education, and conducted awareness and counseling activities for 850 students and their parents.
In the child-friendly space in the container city in Hatay, at the end of a privacy training session for parents under the Child Protection framework, a mother named Fatima said: “No one had ever told me these things in this way before. Therefore, I am very grateful.”