NewsA Valentine from Van02/14/2012I was in Van for 3 days last week and returned back on Saturday. The situation in Van is worse than I expected. I did not realize that the problem was so large.Read more. Figthing for Gender Equality: TPF's Twitter Chat02/09/2012Engaging men, focusing on childcare options and educating women were some of the suggestions made during our Twitter chat on empowering Turkish girls and closing Turkey's gender gap. The chat kicked off Turkish Philanthropy Funds's month-long campaign on empowering teen girls. Read more. A nation of women02/02/2012"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
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 campaignThe 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 chatOn Tuesday, January 31 at 2PM EST and 9PM IST, we'll host a Twitter chat about empowering young girls. Facebook contestHoping that we reach our goal of 10,000 tweets about #gendergap, on February 1 we'll launch a Facebook contest where you can vote for a Turkish-based organization working on girls' empowerment. TPF will award the most favored organization $10,000. The winner will be announced on International Women's Day on March 8.
If you have any other questions, please contact Elmira Bayrasli at elmira@tpfund.org or Senay Ataselim at senay@tpfund.org
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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.
