Newsletter

Violence against women is one of the issues we have been working on since our foundation. It is very important for women to realize the violence in their lives, to be able to express the violence they have been exposed to, and to have the knowledge and space to find ...

We provide individual psychological counseling and support to empower children and their families affected by disasters. Since 2017, we have been providing these services especially for refugee children affected by migration and conflict. Families as well as children need support in this regard, and most importantly, they need guidance in ...

Strengthening the Gender Equality Approach In 2022, we conducted a series of workshops to strengthen the gender equality approach of our teammates working with women and to raise their awareness about gender inequality. Starting from January, we met every week for ten months and talked about the news and books ...

Male Participation for Women’s Empowerment Implementations Restarted The workshop series, which we took a break due to the pandemic, is once again meeting with men We started the ‘Male Participation for Women’s Empowerment’ Study in 2019. In our studies with women over the years, we have seen that women do ...

Women and Health Brochure Series is Released! The ‘Women and Health’ Brochure Series, which we have prepared as part of the work of the Women’s Consultation Center, is released! In order to support women’s health, the brochure series consisting of six different contents was prepared by a specialist doctor. You ...

How would a game support the empowerment of women and girls? The Family Man is a game about the adventures of a family consisting of father, mother, elder daughter, elder and young sons and baby girl. The game is designed for men and progresses as the father character makes choices ...

Recent Developments in Mentorship for Local NGOs CLIP 2 Peer Network Studies “Exhange Meeting”, 25-26 August 2022, Bursa Since September 2021, we have been conducting mentorship activities within the scope of the Women’s Consultation Center and Mentorship for Local NGOs Project. These studies are part of the Marmara 1 Cluster ...

Mavi Kalem Internal Capacity Building Activities Arabic Literacy Strengthening Effective communication for better quality service…   One condition of being able to communicate effectively with the people we work with is to provide services in their mother tongue. We have also been working with Syrian refugees since 2012. In order ...

Our work with men with the aim of empowering women continues. Following the Male Participation for Women’s Empowerment Workshop Series, this time we are coming together on gender-based violence. Meetings aimed at raising men’s awareness on this issue take place every week at the Women’s Consultation Center. Participants are adult, ...

Mavi Kalem and Women’s Consultation Center in the European Press Since September 2021, we have been working within the scope of Women’s Consultation Center and Mentoring for Local NGOs Project in Esenyurt. At the beginning of June 2022, The Directorate General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO) ...