Advocacy and Social Mobilisation 2001–2005
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Women and children should have open access to education, basic health services, clean water and sanitation and other essential services.
Photograph by Rana Mullan
© UNICEF Turkey 2003
Background
Low awareness of the needs and rights of children and women as outlined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) has negative implications for their survival, protection, health and development. Traditionally children and women in Turkey have had little or no involvement in planning and decision-making processes and they have been equipped with neither the skills nor the opportunities to make their voices heard.
Full implementation of the CRC and CEDAW will ensure that the rights and needs of children and women are respected and that issues concerning them are treated as priorities on national, provincial and local agendas. This will only come about through the active participation of children, women and civil society organisations in the decision making process. Raising public awareness at all levels with the support of the media is a first step in this process.
Advocacy and Social Mobilisation (ASM) will advocate for the realisation of A World Fit for Children, ensuring full implementation of the CRC and CEDAW by translating Turkey’s international commitments in the fields of women and children’s rights into action. The concept of A World Fit for Children will be advocated throughout in support of the advocacy and awareness-raising elements of all UNICEF projects, stimulating the harmonisation of legislation and promotion of the principles of CRC and CEDAW in policy making, sectoral and local planning, and resource allocation.
ASM will achieve this by:
- identifying potential candidates in the media to help develop a child friendly media network;
- briefing and supporting the media on how to raise the profile of women’s and children’s issues;
- developing and supporting initiatives to mobilise the participation of women and children in ensuring their rights and needs are met;
- providing opportunities for women and children to voice their demands and reach decision-makers;
- building the capacity of non-governmental organisation (NGOs);
- supporting advocacy campaigns on UNICEF priority issues.
Full compliance of legislation with CRC and CEDAW is expected: increased social mobilisation will be the driving force to improve advocacy and implementation of the conventions by decision-makers.
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