Police officers and gendarmes from every corner of Turkey gathered at the “Training of Trainers on Combating Domestic Violence and Violence Against Women for Law Enforcement,” jointly organized by UNFPA Türkiye and the Ministry of Interior. In the training, many different topics such as women's and children's rights, the roles and responsibilities of law enforcement in combating violence against women, the...

It’s a woman’s right to control her future. Reproductive rights are human rights and access to contraception is one of the primary reproductive health rights. Contraception is key to safe and voluntary family planning. It advances the human right of people to determine the number and spacing of their children and reduces the rates of unintended pregnancies and the need for unsafe abortions. Healthy families are creat...

An estimated 15% of forcibly displaced people in the world live with disabilities. Many refugees with disabilities struggle to access essential services or do not know their rights and the services that are available to them. With the financial support of the European Union and partnership with the Association for Solidarity with Asylum Seekers and Migrants (SGDD-ASAM), UNFPA Turkiye works to ensure that refugees wit...