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We conducted a field study to understand refugee women’s level of access to services and their thoughts on returning to Syria. Between January and March 2025, we carried out a field study to understand the current needs and perspectives of refugee and asylum-seeking women regarding access to services and return ...

The exhibition booklet of the “Women Tell Their Stories” project, which we carried out as MaviKalem in Hatay following the February 6, 2023 Kahramanmaraş earthquake, has been published. Since the earthquake, through our “Women Start Their Own Business” program in Hatay, MaviKalem has been supporting both women’s empowerment and the ...

Our “Women Start Their Own Business” Program Continues with New Support Since 2023, we have been running the “Women Start Their Own Business” program in Hatay to support women affected by the earthquake in accessing income opportunities. With this program, we aimed to support women taking their first steps toward ...

“Women Tell Their Stories” Women’s Stories Met Art in Hatay   The Women Tell Their Stories project was developed to create a space for women living in Hatay to express their post-earthquake experiences through art after the February 6, 2023 Kahramanmaraş earthquake. Within the scope of MaviKalem’s Women Start Their ...

  Zeynep is 11 years old. She started school after coming to Turkey from Syria with her family. She loves math, but she feels she is falling behind because she cannot fully understand her teacher in class. She gets excited when she must stand up at the blackboard and cannot ...

  MaviKalem continues to organize new campaigns to support women producers, help them reach more people with their products and empower them economically. Within the framework of the “Women Access Income” program, MaviKalem’s Instagram and YouTube accounts were created to strengthen the sales channels of women producers, and the kadinisi.org ...

Two years have passed since the February 6 earthquakes. While the earthquake brought great destruction, it also started a new process in which women rebuilt their lives in solidarity. MaviKalem, which considers supporting women in their efforts to rebuild their lives in this process as one of its main goals, ...

MaviKalem’s 13th Ordinary General Assembly convened in Istanbul on Sunday, March 16, 2025. During the meeting, MaviKalem’s activities carried out in 2024 were evaluated in various aspects, while the 2025 goals and new activities planned to be carried out were shared with the participants. It was emphasized that MaviKalem’s long-developed ...

Ayşe’s mother says, “My daughter wants to go to school very much, but we cannot support her financially. It is difficult for us to meet her school needs such as bags and stationery,” Ayşe’s mother says. “I really want her to go to school, but there is nothing we can ...

  Basic Needs Distributions In 2024, we continued to distribute to people affected by the earthquake in Hatay, especially women, children and people with difficulties in accessing support. Around 50,000 people were reached with necessities. We distributed hygiene kits, baby kits, dry food, blankets and radiators. Distributions were made in ...