International Women's Day

A book about famous women in the project partner countries.

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International Women's Day

is a global holiday celebrated annually on March 8 to commemorate the cultural, political, and socioeconomic achievements of women. It is also a focal point in the women's rights movement, bringing attention to issues such as gender equality, reproductive rights, and violence and abuse against women.

An example of how to present a famous woman from your country:

Amelia Mary Earhart

Amelia Mary Earhart was born July 24, 1897. She disappeared July 2. 1937. and declared dead January 5. 1939. She was an American aviation pioneer and author. Earhart was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She was one of the first aviators to promote commercial air travel, wrote best-selling books about her flying experiences and was instrumental in the formation of The Ninety-Nines-an organization for female pilots.

TEACHER: Višnja Mach Orlić

Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić

Ivana Brlić Mažuranić was born on April 18, 1874.in Ogulin, and died on September 21, 1938 in Zagreb. She is a Croatian writer who is recognized in Croatia and in the world as one of the most important writers for children.He comes from the famous intellectual civic family of Mažuranić. Raised in the national spirit, she and her husband Vatroslav are involved in public life in the circles of the leaders of the national movement. The Academy twice nominated her for the Nobel Prize, accepting her in 1937 as its (corresponding) member, as the first woman to be awarded such an honor.She began writing poetry, essays, and diaries very early, but her first works were not published until the early twentieth century. In 1913, he drew the real attention of the literary audience with his children's novel The Strange Adventures of Apprentice Hlapić. She is often called the Croatian Andersen for her virtuosity as a children's storyteller and the Croatian Tolkien for reaching into the fantastic world of mythology.Apart from Hlapić, her most famous works are Valid and Invalid, Stories from the Past and Jaša Dalmatin, Viceroy of Gujarat. Her works have been translated into several languages.

TEACHER: Fatih Özler

Safiye Ali is the first female doctor of our country. She was born in Istanbul in 1891 and graduated from the American Girls' College. She set her mind on becoming a doctor during the Balkan Wars. However, it was not easy for a woman to receive a medical education in those years. She is sent by the state to Germany for medical education. She specializes in gynecological and pediatric diseases here, she. After She returns home, she opens a clinic in Cağaloğlu. She represents our country in medical congresses abroad she. She works in Germany in the days of WWII. She returns home after the war. She dies in 1952.

TEACHER: Fidan Karaman Dilek

Afife Jale

Afife was studying at the Girls Industry School in Istanbul; however, she wanted to be

an actress. In the Ottoman Empire, Muslim Turkish women were not allowed to play

on stage by a decree of the Ministry of the Interior. Only non-Muslim women of Greek,

Armenian, or Jewish minorities were eligible for being cast. She entered as a trainee

the theatre of the newly established city

conservatory. Afife debuted on stage in 1920, acting as "Emel" in the theatre play "Yamalar" written by Hüseyin Suat. The role had become vacant as the Armenian Eliza Binemeciyan had gone abroad. She took the stage name Jale for this play, and was called from then on as Afife Jale. Performing at "Apollon Theatre" in Kadıköy, Afife Jale became the first ever Muslim Turkish stage actress in the country.

In 1923, Mustafa Kemal, the founder of the newly proclaimed Republic, lifted the Ottoman-era ban on stage acting by Muslim women. This led to the end of Afife's fears. She joined the theatre again, and toured in Anatolia. However, her drug addiction caused the worsening of her health that ultimately led to her retirement from the theatre.

TEACHER: M. Cihan Ferhatoğlu

PROF. DR. CANAN DAĞDEVİREN

She developed a tattoo-like device that diagnoses skin cancer in 10 seconds.She is also the first Turk to be a member of the Harvard University Young Academy.

TEACHER: Laichouche Bouzidi

TEACHER: Betül Körler

An Olympic and World Champion

Woman Boxer , Busenaz SÜRMENELİ

She was born on 25th June, 1998.She

is from Trabzon, Turkey.She started

boxing in 2008. She practises 16 hours in a week. She won the gold medal in the World Woman Boxing Championship in Russia in 2019. In Tokyo Olympic Games, she won the gold medal which was the first olympic gold medal in Turkish Woman Boxing history.

TEACHER: Gülşah Karakuş

Gül ESİN: In 1933, she was elected as the first female headman of our country in the intellectuals, she banned gambling in coffee houses during her time as the headman, prevented the kidnappings of girls and arranged the marriage ceremony. She was later rewarded by Atatürk for her work.

TEACHER: Celil Murat Çelik

Halide Edib Adıvar (11 June 1884 – 9 January 1964) was a Turkish novelist, Kemalist, teacher and political leader for women's rights. She was best known for her novels criticizing the low social status of Turkish women and what she saw from her observation as the lack of interest of most women in changing their situation.

During World War I, Halide Edib ran an orphanage at the former Saint Joseph College in Antoura, Lebanon, that attempted to Turkify orphans of Armenian Genocide victims. She was a Pan-Turkist and several of her novels advocated for the Turanism movement.

TEACHER: Gizem Çağ Gökduman

Sabiha Gökçen (22 March 1913 – 22 March 2001) was a Turkish aviator. During her flight career, she flew around 8,000 hours and participated in 32 different military operations. She was the world's first female fighter pilot, aged 23. As an orphan, she was one of the thirteen children adopted by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.

She is recognized as the first female combat pilot by The Guinness Book of World Records and was selected as the only female pilot for the poster of "The 20 Greatest Aviators in History" published by the United States Air Force in 1996.

Sabiha Gökçen Airport, the second airport in Istanbul, was named after her.

TEACHER: Rabia Yedigöz

Fatma Aliye Topuz, a beautiful woman who devoted her life to the existence of women in society, burned with the passion of learning since childhood, became a mother at an early age, and devoted her heart to literature. While the conditions of the period she lived in did not even allow her to study as a girl, she was a brave and smart girl enough to overcome this. He was going to write a future for himself by being content with what reached him from the voice of his brother's knowledge. What he learned would bring him the chance and fame to write novels. Fatma Aliye would find her way like an Emerald Phoenix rising from her ashes.

TEACHER: K.Gökçe KÖSELERLİ

ÜMMİYE KOÇAK

She was born in 1957 in Çelemli Village of Adana as a child of a family of 10 children. She was not sent to school after primary school. She tried to realize his personal development with the books she read. She moved to Mersin after her marriage. She founded the "Arslanköy Women's Theater Group" in 2001 to draw attention to the lives of village women. Then, she carried the play called "Woman's Cry", which was about her own stories, to the stage. She wrote and directed the screenplay of Yün Bebek, which draws attention to violence against women with the income she earned from agriculture. The film, which premiered at the 49th Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival, was awarded the "Best Eurasian Female Artist in Cinema" award at the New York Eurasia Film Festival

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International Women's Day

A book about famous women in the project partner countries.

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International Women's Day

An example of how to present a famous woman from your country:

Amelia Mary Earhart

TEACHER: Višnja Mach Orlić

Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić

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"8 MARCH INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY"

Visnja Mach Orlic, Adelina Silva, Andrijana Vasic, Betül Körler, Bojana S., Carla Gabriela Sousa, Fatih Özler, Gizem Çağ Kayadelen, K. Gökçe Köselerli, Olivera Stošić, Rabia Yedigöz, Ramazan Colak, Sandra Melro, cihanferhatoglu

International Women's Day is a global holiday celebrated annually on March 8 to commemorate the achievements of women. It focuses on women's rights and gender equality.

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