Giresun University Child Rights Application and Research Center participated in the "Child Rights and Education in Disaster and Emergency Situations Project Content Development Workshop."
The Giresun University Child Rights Application and Research Center participated in the "Child Rights and Education in Disaster and Emergency Situations Project Content Development Workshop," held between April 24-26.
The workshop was organized within the scope of a project carried out in cooperation with the Ministry of National Education, Directorate of Education and Training, and UNICEF. Held in Ankara between April 24-26, this event aimed to identify needs regarding child rights and education in disaster and emergency situations and to create training modules.
During the workshop, representatives from the Ministry of National Education service units, various institutions and organizations (Presidential Communications Directorate, Ministry of Family and Social Services, Ministry of Justice, RTÜK, AFAD, Turkish Red Crescent, General Directorate of Security, Turkish Human Rights and Equality Institution, Turkish Religious Foundation, Public Ombudsman Institution, Directorate of Migration Management), academics, teachers, and students contributed to the work. Representing Giresun University's Child Rights Application and Research Center at the workshop were the Center Director and faculty member of the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yasemin MAMUR IŞIKÇI; faculty member of the Faculty of Health Sciences and Deputy Director of the Center, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Çağla YİĞİTBAŞ; and faculty member of the Faculty of Medicine and Chief Physician of İlhami Özdemir Obstetrics and Gynecology and Children's Hospital, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Berkan ŞAHİN. On the first day of the workshop, opening speeches were given by the Chairman of the Board of Education, Prof. Dr. Cihad DEMİRLİ, and the Head of UNICEF Education Division, Terry DURNNIAN, and focus group studies were conducted. Throughout the workshop, training modules focusing on child rights in disasters were developed for Ministry of National Education personnel.
