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DOI :10.26650/iukad.2024.1519694   IUP :10.26650/iukad.2024.1519694    Full Text (PDF)

Use of Websites by Women’s Rights NGOs for Informational and Educational Purposes: A Comparative Analysis

Şeyma Esin ErbenHazal Koray Alay

This study explores the functions and focuses of the websites of women’s rights NGOs in Türkiye in providing educational and informative content. For this purpose, a comparative website analysis was conducted for The Sexual Violence Prevention Association (Cinsel Şiddetle Mücadele Derneği), The Flying Broom Women’s Communication and Research Association (Uçan Süpürge Kadın İletişim ve Araştırma Derneği), The Purple Roof Women’s Shelter Foundation (Mor Çatı Kadın Sığınağı Vakfı), The Women’s Platform for Equality (Eşitlik için Kadın Platformu) and the We Will Stop Femicides Platform (Kadın Cinayetlerini Durduracağız Platformu), which effectively use social media to expand their organisational network and publicise their offline initiatives. The researchers included the website content in the analysis for May 2024. The findings reveal that the organisations primarily offer educational and informative content based on data and reporting. Additionally, the findings that women’s rights NGOs in Türkiye should regularly review and update their websites to ensure the appropriateness and accuracy of the information and documents on their websites. Therefore, there is a clear need for women’s rights NGOs to have up-to-date, accessible and easyto-navigate websites. The research contributes to the literature by examining websites with permanent, archivable, and navigable content, unlike social media, where information is rapidly consumed. This study is also significant as it enhances women’s right activists’ and supporters’ understanding of the online initiatives of women’s rights NGOs in Türkiye. 

DOI :10.26650/iukad.2024.1519694   IUP :10.26650/iukad.2024.1519694    Full Text (PDF)

Kadın Hakları STK’larının Web Sitelerinin Bilgilendirme ve Eğitim Amaçlı Kullanımı: Karşılaştırmalı Bir Analiz

Şeyma Esin ErbenHazal Koray Alay

Bu çalışma, Türkiye’deki kadın hakları STK’larının web sitelerinin bilgilendirme ve eğitim amaçlı kullanımına dayalı işlevlerini ve odak noktalarını incelemektedir. Bu amaçla çalışma, Cinsel Şiddetle Mücadele Derneği (Association for Struggle Against Sexual Violence), Uçan Süpürge Kadın İletişim ve Araştırma Derneği (Flying Broom Women’s Communication and Research Association), Mor Çatı Kadın İletişim ve Araştırma Derneği’nin (Purple Roof Women’s Shelter Foundation), (Eşitlik için Kadın Platformu (the Women’s Platform for Equality), and Kadın Cinayetlerini Durduracağız Platformu ( We Will Stop Femicides Platform) internet sitelerinin karşılaştırmalı analizini içermektedir. Analizler sonrası elde edilen bulgular, incelenen kuruluşların öncelikle veri ve raporlamaya ilişkin eğitici ve bilgilendirici içerik sağladığını ortaya koymaktadır. Ayrıca bulgular, Türkiye’de kadın haklarını aktif olarak savunan STK’ların web sitelerinin, bilgi ve belgelerinin uygunluğunu ve doğruluğunu sağlamak için düzenli olarak gözden geçirilmesi ve güncellenmesi gerektiğini de göstermektedir. Bu nedenle bu araştırma, Kadın Hakları STK’larının web sitelerinin güncel, ulaşılabilir ve kolay gezinilebilir tutulmasına yönelik açık bir ihtiyacı ortaya koymaktadırAyrıca site gezinme menülerinin bilgi içeriğine kolay erişimi kolaylaştırmadığı da görülmektedir. Bu bulguların, Türkiye’deki kadın hakları STK’larının çevrimiçi girişimlerine ilişkin anlayışımızı geliştirmesi açısından önemli olduğuna inanılmaktadır. 


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Erben ŞE, Koray Alay H. Use of Websites by Women’s Rights NGOs for Informational and Educational Purposes: A Comparative Analysis. Istanbul University Journal of Women’s Studies [Internet]. 22 Dec. 2024 [cited 22 Dec. 2024];0(29):1-11. Available from: https://doi.org/10.26650/iukad.2024.1519694 doi: 10.26650/iukad.2024.1519694


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