Suna’nın Kızları, set out with the aim of creating an ecosystem that enables girls to access education and complete it with the greatest benefits, adopts a collective impact approach to achieve this ecosystem.
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I believe that the decisions we make, centered on the needs of girls, have the power to change the world. By creating safe spaces free from violence for girls, supporting their solidarity with peers, and empowering them to reach their full potential, we can achieve a more peaceful future for everyone.
İpek Kıraç
United Nations 78th General Assembly, UN WomenWe develop models that support girls in realizing their potential in schools and overcoming the barriers they face.
We create neighborhood-based center models that address the holistic developmental needs of girls.
We work on how spaces, programs, and activities can be designed for girls and with girls, based on child safety and participation principles.
We create safe and supportive spaces where girls can learn together and from each other.
We work to produce knowledge about the needs and barriers faced by girls and to develop empowering research methods for children.
With its Children’s Hubs, Neighborhoods Supporting Children, and Summer Institute programs, Suna’nın Kızları has reached 12,000 children through its models and programs.
We aim to contribute to children’s well-being and support their holistic development.
Through our child-focused fieldwork and rights-based research, we produce knowledge resources for all institutions and individuals working with children.
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We come together to create collective impact towards common goals
With the support of Turkish Philanthropy Funds, the coordination of Suna’s Daughters, and the collaboration of our circle participants, we are launching a new two-year project in Hatay. In May, we held our first idea development meeting with circle and local participants to focus on Hatay's reconstruction process. During the...
As part of the collaboration protocol we signed with the Şanlıurfa Governorship, we are working to establish Neighborhoods Supporting Children. By involving all actors surrounding children in the process, we aim to identify barriers to children’s social, emotional, and physical development, ensure access to educational opportunities that meet their developmental...
In May, UN Deputy Secretary-General and UN Women Executive Director Sima Bahous visited Turkey to engage with representatives from the public sector, private sector, women-led civil society organizations, and United Nations officials. During her visit, Bahous held a bilateral meeting with our founder, İpek Kıraç. In their meeting, İpek Kıraç...
With our Summer Institute Program, first launched in 2023, we aim to introduce girls to safe learning opportunities, help them become learning companions to one another, solve challenges together, and develop lifelong skills that empower them. The second edition of our Summer Institute, which includes girls from villages in Şanlıurfa...
In our work with children, we have observed that one of the significant barriers to change and transformation is the existing perception of children held by adults. Based on this insight, we are conducting studies on "societal perceptions of children" to challenge and transform this mindset, which often disregards children...
