Advocacy Assistant (16 Days of Activism)

UNICEF in Turkey works to protect the rights of children and adolescents in Turkey since 1951. UNICEF's programme in Turkey focuses on the needs of the most vulnerable children in the areas of education, child protection, health care, social policy, adolescents and youth, in line with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) is an annual international campaign that kicks off on 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and runs until 10 December, Human Rights Day.

Every year, the UNITE Campaign focuses on a specific theme. The campaign calls on citizens to show how much they care about ending violence against women and girls by sharing the actions they are taking to create a world free from violence towards women.

UNICEF cooperation with UNV has established a Special Programme Initiative , aiming at engaging UN Volunteers to support UNICEF and in particular the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence campaign in Türkiye.

The selected national UN Community Volunteer will assist UNICEF team in Türkiye in:
• Workshops & Trainings: Support UNICEF with organizations of events and workshops to raise awareness on gender-based violence, targeting youth and community leaders, persons with disabilities, empowering them to become agents of change against gender-based violence.
• Awareness, Advocacy, and Outreach: Supporting UNICEF to organize local events, online campaigns, and use social media to amplify messages about ending violence against women. In addition, selected national UN Community Volunteer will engage in creative activism through art and community outreach, raising awareness and promoting stories.

Under the direct supervision UNICEF Child Protection Officer, the national UN Community Volunteer will:
• Undergo training on processes and activities undertaken by UNICEF under the 16 Days of Activism against GBV campaign.
• Assist UNICEF in planning and organizing workshops that target youth, persons with disabilities, men, and community leaders to educate them on recognizing and preventing gender-based violence.
• Assist UNICEF to deliver empowerment sessions, raising awareness about their rights and the services available to them.
• Coordinate with trainers and facilitators to ensure smooth execution of workshops, including preparation of materials, logistical arrangements, and participant outreach.
• Assist UNICEF to identify community leaders, youth groups, OPDs, and local organizations to participate in GBV prevention workshops.
• Engage with community to promote awareness of gender-based violence issues and encourage community involvement in trainings.
• Contribute to the 16 Days of Activism campaign with HQ and support VSS collaboration with young women and girls, including persons with disabilities, to co-create participatory video stories.
• Review social media posts in coordination with other UN agencies.
• Support video message production (TBC).
• Support UN joint activities/events during the VAWG days (TBC).
• Compile national data on GBV (with PME) and produce visuals/factsheets for wider use.
• Collaborate with Youth for Gender (and ADAP) on activism-related planning.
• Work with Child Protrection (CP), and Social and Behaviour Change (SBC) on integrating GBV messages into wider community information packages.
• Any other related tasks as may be required or assigned by the supervisor.



Furthermore, UN Volunteers are encouraged to integrate the UN Volunteers programme mandate within their assignment and promote voluntary action through engagement with communities in the course of their work. As such, UN Volunteers should dedicate a part of their working time to some of the following suggested activities:
- Strengthen their knowledge and understanding of the concept of volunteerism by reading relevant UNV and external publications and take active part in UNV activities (for instance in events that mark International Volunteer Day, 5th of December).
- Be acquainted with and build on traditional and/or local forms of volunteerism in the host country.
- Provide annual and end of assignment self-reports on UN Volunteer actions, results and opportunities (for instance at https://vra.unv.org),
- Contribute articles/write-ups on field experiences and submit them for UNV publications/websites, newsletters, press releases, etc.
- Promote or advise local groups in the use of online volunteering or encourage relevant local individuals and organizations to use the UNV Online Volunteering service whenever technically possible.