Women for Women’s Human Rights (WWHR) was launched in Istanbul.

• House visits with discussions centering on domestic violence were started in Istanbul’s neighborhoods of Ümraniye, Dudullu and Kartal.
• A 31-minute documentary titled “Time to Say No!” was produced detailing three women’s struggle to escape violence and start a new life in the face of domestic violence and the sexual harassment of their children by their spouses.
• The “We Have Rights!” Booklet was published and started serving as a legal guidebook for women of all literacy levels.

The first pilot Training of Trainers and application of the Legal Literacy Program for Women, later to be called the Human Rights Education Program for Women (HREP), was carried out in the neighborhoods of Ümraniye and Gülsuyu.

A field study on Women and the Law: Women’s Condition in Turkey was conducted in Istanbul’s Ümraniye neighbourhood as well as the provinces of Diyarbakır, Gaziantep and Şanlıurfa.

• The Campaign for a Law on Domestic Violence Protection was undertaken, resulting in the adoption of Law no 4320 regulating Domestic Violence Protection Orders.
• Revised following the two pilot implementations to comprehensively cover issues brought up by women during the needs assessment, the Human Rights Education for Women Training Manual comprising 350 pages and 16 modules was finalized for publication.
• The We Have Rights! booklet saw its fifth edition.

• The second HREP Training of Trainers took place in Istanbul with the participation of 25 women from 11 provinces.
• We were granted the Association for Women in Development (AWID) Leading Solutions Award for our contributions to advancing gender equality and social justice through our work and programs.

• The Campaign for Full Equality was undertaken for reform in the Turkish Civil Code, largely succeeding in achieving full equality in many of the law’s provisions.
• Two booklets by the name of We Have Sexual Rights! and We Have Reproductive Rights! were published.

• We held our 4th HREP Training of Trainers, in which women from independent grassroots women’s organizations participated for the very first time, thus becoming group facilitators. In addition to the Women’s Solidarity Foundation (KADAV) and Diyarbakır Center for Research and Action on Women’s Issues (DİKASUM), two grassroots organizations born out of HREP – namely Çanakkale ELDER and the Van Women’s Association (VAKAD) – were brought on board as official program partners.
• HREP started being implemented in 28 provinces as of October.
• The new We Have Rights! booklet was published.

• HREP was recognized as “one of the best tactics in human rights worldwide” as part of the New Tactics in Human Rights Program run by an international organization named the Center for Victims of Torture.
• The Women’s Platform on the Turkish Penal Code was established with 30 organizations from different parts of Turkey in order to carry the Campaign for the Reform of the Turkish Penal Code from a Gender Perspective, which we had been coordinating for the past three years, to another level. The Campaign succeeded in changing the law’s perspective on women with amendments to 30 articles that brought women’s sexual and bodily rights under legal protection.

• The 12-episode documentary “Purple Series” co-produced with NTV showcasing the stories of women who had transformed their lives with an increased awareness of their rights gained by participating in HREP, went on air.
• The first issue of the Purple Newsletter, conceived as a space for HREP trainers, participants and partners to share their experiences, thoughts and feelings as well as news from their communities, came out.

• We held our 6th HREP Training of Trainers.
• The Ayvalık Independent Women’s Initiative became one of our official program partners.
• We held our Central Anatolia and Marmara Regional Coordination and Evaluation meetings.

• The Coalition for Sexual and Bodily Rights in Muslim Societies (CSBR) organized a day of action for the second year of its international, simultaneous “One Day, One Struggle” campaign. Organizing in widespread manner (in Istanbul, Van, Diyarbakır, Çanakkale, Muğla, Ankara, Izmir, Antalya, and Hatay) for this occasion, HREP participants declared that “Sexual rights are human rights!”
• We updated the HREP Training Manual in accordance with recent developments.
• The 7th HREP Training of Trainers was held, and seven new provinces along with Northern Cyprus joined the HREP network.
• The book titled Towards Gender Equality in the Labor Market: Work-Family Life Reconciliation Policies (in Turkish) was published, highlighting the situation in Turkey in terms of work-family life reconciliation policies involving care services for family members in need of care such as children, the elderly, sick and disabled, as well as providing an overview of experiences from Sweden, the Netherlands, France, Spain, Korea and Mexico.

• We played an active role in the Platform to End Violence, which was running the Campaign for a Law on the Protection of the Family and Prevention of Violence against Women. The Law was adopted on March 8th, 2012.
• We were on the International Planning Committee for the 12th AWID Forum.

• The HREP Training Manual was updated.
• The 8th HREP Training of Trainers took place with the participation of individual women as well as representatives from municipality-run women’s counseling centers and women’s organizations.
• The total number of women who had participated in the HREP ToT reached 191.
• HREP started being implemented in Northern Cyprus.
• In addition to new municipalities, the Feminist Atelier (FEMA) in Northern Cyprus, the Antalya Women’s Counseling and Solidarity Center, and the Muş Women’s Roof Association became official HREP program partners.
• A five-day training was provided to educators who were to deliver seminars as part of the project for the Empowerment of Women Farmers implemented in collaboration with the General Directorate on the Status of Women and the Union of Agricultural Chambers.
• Employees of the Hakkari Provincial Directorate of Family and Social Policy were given a five-day training.

• The number of women participating in HREP reached over 13 thousand.
• A cooperation agreement was signed with the International Labor Organization (ILO) in order to provide rights awareness education to women receiving vocational training as part of the Project for More and Better Jobs for Women.
• A HREP Camp was held with nearly 50 HREP trainers.

• The 11th HREP Training of Trainers was conducted with 26 participants.
• The number of women having participated in the HREP ToT hit 259.
• HREP Partnership Protocols were signed with the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality, Karabağlar Municipality (Izmir), Kadıköy Municipality (Istanbul) and Çankaya Municipality (Ankara). The number of municipalities that had signed the protocol thus reached 10.
• 1345 women and men working in project partner municipalities and private companies participated in the 18 ‘I Support Equality’ seminars organized under the Project for More and Better Jobs for Women implemented in collaboration with the ILO.
• Gender Equality Seminars were delivered to 450 women and men employed in the Çankaya Municipality, Kadıköy Municipality and Karabağlar Municipality.
• The HREP Training Manual was updated.

• Seminars were held on Gender Equality, Economic Rights and Communication.
• The reporting phase of the third HREP Independent Impact Assessment Study was completed and the resulting report shared in Turkish and English with interested parties.
• A partnership protocol was signed with Inditex, an international private company, according to which Seminars and HREP group trainings were started.
• Workshops on feminist pedagogy were held in collaboration with the Raoul Wallenberg Institute.

• The number of women completing HREP reached over 16,000.
• The number of Gender Equality Seminar beneficiaries reached over 3000.
• 7 different seminar modules were prepared to adapt Gender Equality Seminars to an online format.
• A three-day Orientation Training was held for our HREP trainers to equip them to deliver our seminars in an online setting.
• “HREP Solidarity Talks” and “Somatic Experiencing” sessions were organized digitally for our HREP trainers during the pandemic.
• 10 online Gender Equality Seminars were delivered to deputy directors at the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality.
• A partnership protocol was signed with the Turkish University Women’s Association (Türk Üniversiteli Kadınlar Derneği) regarding gender equality seminars to be organized for all of its members and scholarship holders.
• “Social and Economic Rights” workshops were held with Roma women as part of the Project to Empower Roma Women, carried out jointly by the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality and Turkish Family Health and Planning Foundation.

• The 12th HREP Training of Trainers was held with the participation of 25 women from 9 municipalities. The number of trainers in our pool of trainers reached 284.
• We resumed HREP group activities which were on hold due to the epidemic.
• The number of HREP Partnership Protocols signed with our program partners has increased to 18.
• We conducted with 57 HREP trainers the necessary orientation and zoom trainings aimed for them to adapt Gender Equality Seminars online.
• Gender Equality Seminars were delivered to more than 2500 women and men with the collaboration of our partners.
• We restructured the content of our Gender Equality Seminars for women’s organizations, municipalities, and beneficiary groups.
• The number of Gender Equality Seminar beneficiaries reached over 3000.