As Özne Çocuk, we came together with civil society organizations in İzmir on 4-5 May 2023 to hold the fourth of the “Step by Step Advocacy Workshop”.
During the two-day workshop, we worked on child rights and advocacy together with civil society organizations active in different areas of child rights such as child protection, child participation, child labour, early marriage, migration and child poverty. Local governmental bodies working in the field of child rights have also participated in our event.
What did we do at the workshop?
For two days we sought answers to the following and many more questions;
- What is advocacy?
- What are the key concepts of advocacy?
- How do we advocate?
- What should we pay attention to when advocating?
- How to plan and run an advocacy campaign focused on children’s rights?
We also discussed inspiring good advocacy work in Türkiye and created an interactive sharing setting with the active participation of civil society organization representatives. We had the chance to exchange ideas on what can be done in the field of advocacy at the workshop where we shared experiences and had group work.
New Opportunities for Cooperation between Civil Society Organizations
The workshop provided an atmosphere where representatives of civil society organizations and participants from local governments shared their experiences with each other and established promising opportunities for new collaborations. Participants shared their experiences related to child rights and advocacy and had the opportunity to explore how can they work together.
Advocacy Case Studies
On the first day of the workshop, advocacy and communication on child rights were discussed and interactive group work was carried out. Through the scenario studies, the participants had the chance to experience the difficulties they encountered in the field practically. On the second day, presentations of good practices were given priority. Participants conducted case studies on child rights and protection for different target groups.
