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The Delegation of the European Commission to Turkey announced the results of the 1st Call for Proposals for CSOs under the Reproductive Health Programme in Turkey.

The Delegation of the European Commission to Turkey selected 27 projects to be awarded under the MoH Reproductive Health Programme.

The selected projects will contribute to the Ministry of Health (MoH) sexual and reproductive health programme life-cycle approach and intervention areas of Safe Motherhood, Family Planning, STI/HIV/AIDS and Adolescent Health, early diagnosis of Cervical Cancer, Adolescent Health, reproductive rights, male involvement and issues such as gender, literacy of women that have a direct effect on reproductive health of family.

The activities covered by the projects selected for funding range from behaviour change communication, social marketing, peer education, community mobilisation, advocacy, functional literacy for women, and civil society networking activities. The projects will last for 24 months with a total support of maximum 7.195.185 Euros. 71 project proposals were received in total from a wide variety of applicant.

The Second Call for Proposals for Civil Society Organizations under the Reproductive Health Programme was advertised in December 2004.

The projects awarded as a result of the first call are as below:

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• Human Resources Development Foundation

Providing counseling and education on safe-sex behaviour and human/reproductive rights issues to registered and unregistered sex workers, including transgenders in Istanbul in partnership with the Association for Fight Against AIDS and in collaboration with various institutes to create awareness in the public about sex worker issues. Sex workers will also receive support to establish a formal network among themselves to deal with their social and legal problems.

 

 

www.ikgv.org

www.aidsdernegi.org

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• Mother & Child Education Foundation

Improving the sexual and reproductive health status of illiterate women through an integrated functional literacy and sexual reproductive health and rights training program in Erzurum, Van and Adana provinces.

 

 

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www.acev.org

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• Turkish Family Health and Planning Foundation

Increasing the knowledge of 15-24 age group on sexual and reproductive health issues and their access to services. Project activities will be carried out in Ankara, Bursa, Diyarbakır and Istanbul with the collaboration of Youth Association for Habitat and Agenda 21.

 

 

www.tapv.org.tr

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• Fethiye Health Foundation

Mobilising the civil society organizations to become advocates for sexual and reproductive health rights and organizing community based activities for youth including the effective use of media to increase access to health services in Fethiye in partnership with FETAV.

 

 

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www.yalnizdegilsiniz.org

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• Contemporary Education Foundation

Creating awareness among youngsters on adolescent health, safe sex, family planning methods, sexually transmitted infections etc. to become informed and conscious couples of the future through behavior change communication activities. Project will be implemented in Erzurum, Bingöl, Muş Tunceli, Kars and Ağrı provinces in collaboration with relevant sectors.

 

 

www.hayatabakis.org www.cev.org.tr

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• International Blue Crescent Relief and Development Foundation

Creating an informed society on safe motherhood, family planning, STI/HIV/AIDS as well as early diagnosis of breast and cervical cancer to increase access to health services in the province of Ardahan through information education and communication activities.

 

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• Semiha Şakir Sarıgöl Health Education and Social Assistance Foundation

Supporting the adolescents under surveillance in the juvenile prisons and reformatories through providing vocational education and behavior change communication on sexual and reproductive health issues in collaboration with the Ministry of Justice in Istanbul, Izmir, Ankara, Elazığ provinces.

 

 

www.semihasakir.org

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• Marmara Health education and Research Foundation

Raising awareness among university students of Marmara University with correct information about reproductive and sexual health through printed materials, peer education and enter-educate approach such as student festivals in partnership with Health Education and Drama Association and Nature Researches Sports and Rescues Society.

 

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• Mother & Child Education Foundation

Establishing a sexual reproductive health parent and peer education and information sharing model for under-resourced mothers and fathers to positively affect their SRH related attitudes and behaviors and, their demand to services in Istanbul, Bursa and Adana.

 

www.acev.org

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• Çankaya Soroptimists Club

Enhancing the health status of the population living in Altındağ district of Ankara through creating awareness among adolescents, women and men at reproductive age on sexual and reproductive health rights in collaboration with relevant sectors including Altındağ District Municipality and in partnership with Gazi Education Cooperative and HYDRA Project and Consulting Co.

 

 

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www.phaseproject.org

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• Ankara Ortadoğu Lions Club Association

Conducting community based cervical cancer screening and mass media campaigns as well as mobilizing community leaders to promote utilization of health services for the well-being of women in Sanliurfa in partnership with Ankara based Lions Clubs.

 

 

 

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• Turkish Family Health and Planning Foundation

Improving the knowledge and attitudes of people living in five townships of Istanbul on reproductive health issues for better utilization of health services, in collaboration with the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality.

 

 

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www.tapv.org.tr

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• Family Planning Association of Turkey

Increasing awareness of adolescents on Sexual health through peer education in the provinces of Ankara, Istanbul, Izmir, Mersin and Diyarbakır.

 

www.tapd.org.tr

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• Family Planning Association of Turkey

Creating multi-sectoral cooperation and political support through advocacy activities among Parliamentarians to improve the well-being of mothers and children for the reduction of maternal and child mortality in the provinces of Erzincan, Kars, Erzurum, Bingöl, Diyarbakır, Batman, Siirt and Hakkari.

 

 

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www.tapd.org.tr

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• National Education Health Education Foundation

 

Training of school children of 11-18 age group on adolescent reproductive health, including sexually transmitted diseases, in collaboration with the Ministry of National Education and Ministry of Health through training of teachers to use interactive training methods at schools.

www.mesev.org.tr

 

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• Turkish Pharmacists' Association

Increasing awareness on sexual and reproductive health issues to produce safe sexual behavior among women and men at the reproductive age, especially in rural areas of the country, through social marketing in partnership with various Pharmacist Chambers and Television Broadcasting Association.

 

 

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www.sirdaseczane.com

www.teb.org.tr

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• Turkish Pharmacist Association

Creating demand for antenatal and postpartum care services in Batman and Diyarbakır provinces by forming social support networks and bridging between women and health care providers to contribute in the reduction of maternal mortality in these provinces in partnership with Diyarbakır and Batman Pharmacist Chambers

 

 

www.teb.org.tr

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• Kemalpaşa Industrialists and Entrepreneurs Association

Conducting behavior change communication activities for the male workers of the Kemalpasa Organised Industry Region of Izmir to increase access to reproductive health services and utilization rate of modern family planning methods.

 

 

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www.kesiad.org

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• Red Cresent Kelkit Branch

 

Conducting formal literacy courses and community based activities to increase awareness on reproductive health issues in Kelkit district of Gümüşhane for low income families, to improve the health status of women and children in collaboration with Kelkit District Governorate, Karadeniz Technical University and Atatürk University.

www.kelkit.gov.tr

 

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• Marmara Health, Education and Research Foundation

Improving knowledge, attitudes and behaviors on family planning practices among married women and their spouses in one county of Istanbul through a community based intervention in partnership with Health Education and Drama Association.

 

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• AIDS Prevention Society

Providing support to patients with HIV/AIDS and STDs in Istanbul by establishing a network among public and private healthcare institutions including blood centers to improve the quality the counseling services rendered through creating awareness among service providers on counseling skills, patient's rights etc.

 

 

www.aidsdernegi.org

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• Human Resources Development Foundation

Empowering the service providers who encounter gender based violence cases in the first place including lawyers from the Bar Associations and NGO representatives with knowledge on gender based violence and its consequences in terms of sexual and reproductive health and rights in the provinces of Istanbul, Bursa, Izmir, Aydın, Antalya, Adana, Şanlıurfa, Ankara, Elazığ and Samsun.

 

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www.ikgv.org

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• Medical Investigations Society

Educating women and men at the reproductive age group on family planning, safe motherhood, adolescent health, menopause, sexually transmitted diseases, early diagnosis of breast and cervical caner in two counties of City of Van.

 

 

 

 

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• Once Again Health and Education Association

Developing reproductive and sexual health training programs for socially disadvantaged adolescents living in prisons, correction houses and on the streets in close collaboration with Ministry of Justice and NGOs active in this field.

 

 

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www.yeniden.org.tr

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• Association for Social Assistance and Education to the Families and Children of Siirt Province

Creating awareness among women at the reproductive age in Siirt on safe motherhood, safe and clean delivery, and family planning methods and encouraging them to use the health services for their well-being.

 

 

 

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• Association of Lifelong women's and RH

 

Awareness raising of the public to increase demand for services through orientation and training of media workers on sexual and reproductive health and rights, domestic violence, gender and population issues as well as sustainable development in the provinces of Elazığ, Bingol, Tunceli and Malatya.

 

 

 

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• Adnan Menderes University Foundation

Increasing demand for reproductive health services through raising awareness in the communities on reproductive health issues by the active participation of the religious leaders to bridge the gap between the families and service providers in the rural areas of Aydın province with the support of Adnan Menderes University Public Health Department and in partnership with Acarlar Safe Motherhood Adolescent Health Association.

 

 

 

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