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Promoting new free ICT training project for women in Turkey
17 May 2012
UN Volunteer Cagla Cavusoglu, right, and Suat Can, a local volunteer IT instructor, celebrate the free ITC training they deliver to women and youth in Turkey through the SPARK for Women and SPARK (Youth Movement in Informatics) projects.  (Fatih Bekdemir /SPARK volunteer IT instructor, 2012)
Turkey: “To meet the various challenges, we have to come up with new strategies both to attract women’s organizations and NGOs as well as for presenting the training to women.” Read
More about: ICT
Raising awareness about children’s rights and gender-based violence
08 March 2012
United Nations Day, Côte d'Ivoire (2009)
Côte d'Ivoire: “A strong stance on gender-based violence was taken, in an area were rape has been used as a weapon in the internal armed conflict as well as in the post-conflict environment” Read
More about: Human rights
Countries:  Côte d'Ivoire
Women’s volunteer contributions to civic engagement
08 March 2012
Elsa del Carpio, national UN community Volunteer in Tarija, Bolivia, reviews the municipal budget allocations and analyses the allocations for gender equality. (Carla Alcocer/UNV, 2010)
The project, ‘Gender Budgeting and Volunteering through Civic Engagement: A Contribution to Democratic Governance and Gender Equality in Latin America’, aims to measure and make more visible women’s volunteer contributions to civic engagement through three case studies in Argentina, Bolivia and Ecuador. Read
Countries:  Argentina  Bolivia  Ecuador
Standing up and speaking out
08 March 2012
UNV volunteer Stefanie Franke at a focus group discussion with children, conducted by SICR member organizations Save the Children UK and UNHCR. (S. Franke/UNV)
Sudan: "Sudan made me understand just how crucial it is to support those who are trying to make a change and give a voice to women and girls." Read
Countries:  Sudan
Addressing violence against children
08 March 2012
Julie Lillejord, former UN Volunteer, with one of the interview teams that were working on the ground, collecting data for the national study on violence against children. (Matthew Gladden, 2012)
Tanzania: "Working for UNICEF was very interesting, meaningful and important. It made it clear to me that this is the line of work I want to be in. The memories of living and working in Tanzania will stay with me for life. It gave me valuable insight into complex development issues many, particularly African nations, face today." Read
More about: Children  Youth

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