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A nation of women

02/02/2012

"Anadolu" (Anatolia) may very well be the "land of mothers," but as Turkey finds its place as a global leader, it needs to become a nation of women. According to the World Economic Forum's Gender Gap report released this week, it has a long way to go. Read more.

Raising girl power on Twitter

01/24/2012

On Tuesday, January 31 at 2PM EST and 9PM IST, we'll host a Twitter chat about empowering young girls with the hashtag #gendergap. Read more.

Social Entrepreneurship on the Rise in Turkey

01/17/2012

Social entrepreneurship is on the rise worldwide, especially Turkey. Ashoka Türkiye's Zeynep Meydanoglu and Matthias Scheffelmeier share insights about what's going on in Anatolia in this blog post.

301,927 has been raised to-date through Van Earthquake Relief Fund

01/10/2012

As long as individuals, corporations and foundations show interest in supporting the longer term recovery and reconstruction process in Van, Turkish Philanthropy Funds will keep the Van Earthquake Relief Fund open for contributions. Read more.

Raising girl power on Twitter

As the World Economic Forum convenes this week, TPF looks forward to the release of the Gender Gap report. We're particularly eager to see what it says about young girls and school enrollment.

Empowering girls is a key priority for TPF. We want to see that they're able to enroll and succeed in school and go onto pursue professional careers. Unfortunately, for a number of reasons, many girls stop going to school once they hit their teens. For the next several weeks, TPF is launching a campaign to raise awareness around this issue - in order to stop it.

Twitter campaign

The campaign will kick off on Twitter. For the next 10 days, TPF wants to put out 10,000 tweets about empowering young teen girls. For every tweet, a TPF board member has pledged to donate a dollar, up to $10,000 towards programs supporting girls. We'll be using the hashtag #gendergap. We'll also be putting out information about young teen girls, but also seeking information and resources about the topic. Here's how you can participate:

1)     RT @tphilanthropy whenever you see the hashtag #gendergap

2)     Provide us information about resources on empowering young girls by using the hashtag #gendergap

3)     Point us to an expert working on empowering young girls by using the hashtag #gendergap

Twitter chat

On Tuesday, January 31 at 2PM EST and 9PM IST, we'll host a Twitter chat about empowering young girls. Read more.

Van Earthquake Relief Fund

On October 23, 2011, Turkish Philanthropy Funds established the Van Earthquake Relief Fund at TPF. One hundred percent of your contributions go to organizations that are directly involved with Van to help victims recover from the devastating effects of the earthquake. Read more.