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THE OMBUDSMAN INSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF TÜRKİYE

the next firefighter recruitments and why civil defense and fire service department
graduates from associate degree programmes of the universities and firefighting and
fire safety graduates of the secondary education schools were not listed under the
educational requirements for the staff to be recruited (at least for some of them).

The Visit of the Country Director of UN Women-Türkiye Ms. Asya Varbanova to
the Office of the Ombudsman Ms. Celile Özlem TUNÇAK
The Country Director of UN Women-Türkiye Ms. Asya Varbanova and Programme
Management Specialist Ms. Zeliha Ünaldı visited the Ombudsman Ms. Celile Özlem
Tunçak in her Office on 16/07/2019. Ms. Asya Varbanova, who took office as the
Country Director in Türkiye, explained new strategies in the field of women’s rights and
fundamental foci concerning sustainable development goals. She informed that their
Office aimed at developing cooperation between the Ombudsman Institution and UN
Women.

The Ombudsman Ms. Tunçak brought forward the activities in the field of women’s
rights, workshops on important matters relevant to women’s human rights and special
report works of the Ombudsman Institution. Ms. Tunçak emphasized that the
Ombudsman Institution delightedly monitored the awareness created in the general
public and the administration about how important its function was as a bridge
between civil society organisations and the administration.

Workshop on Women organised by the Presidency’s Social Policies Council
The Ombudsman Institution took part in the workshop on women, which was
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organised by the Presidency’s Social Policies Council on 14 February 2019. In the
workshop, it was expressed that a current situation analysis was targeted within the
framework the problems encountered by women in social life and in the professional
life as well as solutions relevant thereto.
The Ombudsman Institution contributed to the workshop by expressing opinions and
bringing forward some suggestions in line with the results of the work conducted in the
field of women’s human rights.
Second Regional Forum for the Promotion of the Istanbul Convention in the
Western Balkans and Türkiye

In the Second Regional Forum for the Promotion of the Istanbul Convention in the
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Western Balkans and Türkiye, organised between 8 and 10 October 2019 in Tirana,
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capital of Albania, difficulties arising from the implementation of Istanbul Convention,
deficiencies in the existing institutional and legal infrastructure as well as the impacts of
political will and determination on the implementation were discussed.

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