As part of the ” Empowerment of Women and Girls in Earthquake-Affected Regions with SRH Project”, we are organizing the webinar to benefit from international experiences and promote Turkey’s existing experience internationally. The webinar will include participation from NGOs, public institutions, and local governments which works on SRH and safe motherhood.
The Webinar Speakers from both Turkey and abroad international will share their practices about SRH in disaster and crisis situations. As Turkish Family Health and Planning (TAP) Foundation, we will also present our work on empowering earthquake-affected women through SRH in Adana and Hatay.
The webinar will be a simultaneous Turkish-English translation.
International Webinar on Sexual and Reproductive Health in Crisis Situations
March 19, 2025, 01:30 PM (Turkey Time)
- Moderation: Prof. Dr. Sibel Sakarya, Board Member of the Turkish Family Health and Planning Foundation, Public Health Specialist – Academician
Access to Reproductive and Sexual Health Services in Crisis Situations
- Dr. Lale Say, World Health Organization (WHO), Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research, Head, SRH Integration in Health Systems
Importance of Integrating Midwifery in Crisis Situations
- Lia Brigante, International Confederation of Midwives (ICM), Board Member Europe
Empowering Communities: Locally-Led Humanitarian Action
- Dr. Diana C. Pulido Martínez, International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), Head of Humanitarian Quality Services,
MISP and Lessons Learned from Reproductive Health Needs and Responses After the Hatay and Kahramanmaraş Earthquake
- Gökhan Yıldırımkaya, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)- Türkiye, SRH Programme Specialist
Empowering Women through Community-Based Model with Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) in Crisis Situations: TAP Foundation – The Case of Adana and Hatay
- Deniz Özkor, The Turkish Family Health and Planning Foundation, Women Empowerment Program Coordinator
Closing
There will be Turkish-English simultaneous translation in the webinar.
TAP Foundation and Empowerment of women and girls in earthquake-affected regions with SRH Project
Founded in 1985 under the leadership of Vehbi Koç, our foundation works with local governments, NGOs, public institutions, universities, schools, women, youth, adolescents, and children, based on a protective and preventive health perspective and gender equality, aiming to strengthen society through empowered women, a society empowered with health knowledge at every age, and pursue equality goals in all areas for sustainable development.
The Women Empowerment Program aims to strengthen women in the social sphere by promoting protective behaviors for women’s health, general health, and family health, as well as raising awareness on gender equality, effective communication, gender-based discrimination and violence, and rights. Within this program, the ” Empowerment of Women and Girls in Earthquake-Affected Regions with SRH Project” aims to strengthen the access of women affected by the earthquake in Hatay to sexual and reproductive health rights and services.
Since March, we have:
- Provided informational, counseling, and training on women’s health issues, fertility regulation, and body awareness to more than 9,000 women, based on a preventive health approach with a gender equality perspective, and have made referrals based on their needs.
- Empowered more than 900 pregnant women, postpartum women, and breastfeeding mothers with safe motherhood messages by giving counseling, information, and pregnancy-postpartum support groups. We ensured that pregnant and postpartum women who could not access health follow-ups were able to access healthcare services.
- Supported women’s access to services by referring them to Cancer Early Diagnosis, Screening, and Education Centers (KETEM), Family Health Centers (FSM), and hospitals, based on their needs.
- Provided fertility regulation information to more than 3,000 women and supported over 1,000 women in accessing contraception methods.
