Press Centre 2004/08/21: Girls’ Education
Come On Girls, Let’s Go To School!
İlker Çoban for Yeni Asır (İzmir), 21st August 2004
Visiting Manisa, the UNICEF Representative in Turkey, Edmond McLoughney with Berivan and Özlem who are preparing for school.
Photograph by Sema Hosta
© UNICEF Turkey 2004
Noting that 4,068 girls not attending primary school, the Governorate of İzmir launched a campaign to ensure girls’ primary school enrolment by changing the attitude of their parents. A meeting was held at İzmir Girls’ Secondary School to publicise the nation-wide campaign launched jointly by the Ministry of Education (MONE) and UNICEF.
Staff from MONE and UNICEF as well as district governors, senior staff from the Provincial Directorate of Education and journalists attended the meeting. Since there were no representatives from non-governmental organisations, however, many seats in the conference hall were empty. Governor Yusuf Ziya Göksu whose dedication to the issue was apparent by his presence at the meeting stated that all means would be mobilised to ensure the school enrolment of girls.
Home visits
Mentioning that committees have already been established at the district level, Göksu said the home visits to convince parents will continue. The UNICEF Representative Edmond McLoughney said that this year’s stage of the campaign would cover 23 provinces in the country.
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OTHER PRESS RELEASES ON GIRLS’ EDUCATION ISSUES
- The Governorate of İzmir launched a campaign to ensure girls’ primary school enrolment by changing the attitude of their parents.
- Twenty-five committed teachers in Bingöl went without their summer holidays in order to meet parents who were not sending their daughters to school and help change their minds.
- Sabah newspaper reports from the province of Siirt where both the education system and the economy are is undergoing revolutionary changes.
- The Haydi Kızlar Okula! campaign was nothing short of a fortunate event for the children of the Toprak family in Altındağ who were out of school for lack of funds.
(Sabah Newspaper) - Minister of Education, Dr Hüseyin Çelik says that ‘positive discrimination’ in favour of females is necessary in the field of education in order to close the existing gap. (Posta Newspaper)
- Mrs Emine Erdoğan: “Let’s fight the ignorance that sees women as second class citizens!” (Zaman Newspaper)
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