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While developing our projects, we benefited from the information we heard from women and from their lives.  Since 2000, we have been working to empower women with teams mostly consisting of women. Our work has evolved from the very beginning in close communication with the women and children who benefit ...

We have to open a space to talk about the aggravation of gender inequality and the restriction of women’s access to rights and services in disasters and emergencies. Mavi Kalem organized the Women in Disaster and Emergency Situations Workshop which was held on 16-17 April 2016 in Istanbul. The fact ...

The Covid-19 pandemic has opened a window of opportunity that allows us to develop innovative approaches which we will continue to benefit from. With the declaration of a pandemic in March 2019, we immediately ceased our face-to-face implementations in order not to jeopardize our project teams or beneficiaries. We started ...

The questions and problems of women who called the Mavi Kalem Free Consultation Line were also instrumental in the creation of the ‘COVID-19, Women and Health’ brochure series. We have been conducting various studies on women’s health in disaster and emergency situations for years. The Covid-19 pandemic has increased the ...

We have prepared a video series to make the increasing difficulties in the lives of women during the Covid-19 pandemic more visible. The increase in gender inequality during disasters and emergencies increases the vulnerability of women. As we have encountered in previous disasters and emergencies, the Covid-19 pandemic has made ...

In the Covid-19 pandemic, we have developed a game for men by making use of digital tools. Adventures of a Family Man is a mobile game designed and developed for men, by Mavi Kalem. This game was designed and created with the teams of Mavi Kalem and TCA Games with ...

How did we work in the second year of the pandemic? The second year of the pandemic at Mavi Kalem was another year in which we gained a lot of experience and learned. With what we learned, we reviewed our work and adapted it to new situations, did not hesitate ...

How Did We Make Contact with the Lives of Beneficiaries in 2021? In 2021, we have proceeded on our consultancy and protection support works. The Consultation Line was launched in September 2020, when we started working remotely due to the impact of and measures concerning the pandemic, as a toll-free ...

Adventures of a Family Man Mobile Phone Game Designed by a Non-Governmental Organization Adventures of a Family Man is a men-only game designed and developed by Mavi Kalem. This game was designed and created with the teams of Mavi Kalem and TCA Games under the consultancy of two sociologists, a ...

Our Collaborative Work with Eurasian Turkish Associations Federation   In 2021, one of our significant collaborations was established with the Eurasian Turkish Associations Federation. The Eurasian Turkish Associations Federation gathers 11 non-governmental organizations founded by refugees from Afghanistan and Turkic Republics under the same roof. These non-governmental organizations work in ...