application/rss+xml en-GB hourly 1 2005-03-31T16:00:00-00:00 Start here for the latest news from UNICEF Turkey about children’s rights, health, education, protection and development. 2009-06-02 Copyright © UNICEF Turkey 2009 http://www.unicef.org/turkey/hm/hm1.html Education 2009-06-12 UNICEF has welcomed the Turkish government’s adoption of a plan to ensure 100% enrolment in pre-primary education among five year-olds in 32 out of the country’s 81 provinces in the 2009-10 school year. http://www.unicef.org/turkey/pc/ge83.html Child Protection 2009-06-12 On the tenth anniversary of the World Day against Child Labour, UNICEF joins its partners in calling for action to tackle the underlying poverty that leads to child labour. Improving access to quality education, particularly for girls in poor and rural settings, is a key part of an effective overall approach. http://www.unicef.org/turkey/pc/cp87.html Early Childhood Care and Learning 2009-06-02 While Committee on the Rights of Children has been reviewing the reports of member states, it observed that in many cases, very little information has been offered about early childhood, with comments limited mainly to child mortality, birth registration and health care. The Committee felt the need for a discussion on the broader implications of the Convention on the Rights of the Child for young children. http://www.unicef.org/turkey/pr_2010/ec31.html#crc Health 2009-05-12 UNICEF is working with its UN partners to prepare for a potential outbreak of swine flu. WHO has raised its pandemic alert from level four to level five, indicating widespread human-to-human transmission and an increased likelihood of a pandemic. “The value of UNICEF, in addition to WHO, is that it has the capacity to work with local communities to get the message through about what people can do to protect themselves,” said UNICEF Senior Health Advisor Dr. Osman David Mansoor. http://www.unicef.org/turkey/pc/he14.html Child Protection 2009-04-27 The First International Symposium on Children at Risk and In Need of Protection has been organized under the auspices of the Turkish Grand National Assembly (Parliament) and coordinated by the Turkish National Police with the technical support of UNICEF and the cooperation of the Research Center for Crime Prevention and Juvenile Delinquency of the Police Academy. “Children in Conflict with the Law” is the main theme of the three-day event. http://www.unicef.org/turkey/pc/cp86.html