Considering the difficulties in accessing
key sources of information, especially
children (under 18 years of age) and their
parents/caregivers/families from whom
information/data can be obtained, as well
as time and resource constraints, face-toface interviews with 200 adults and
approximately 10 representatives of
institutions/organisations were envisaged.
Prior to the fieldwork, a face-to-face
workshop on gender and children's rights
with a small number of girls over the age
of 10 was added to this planning. Since
collecting data directly from children on
the subject carries a high degree of child
protection and child safety risk, a closed
workshop was held in a safe environment
for children's observation, experience and
knowledge transfer, led by a facilitator
who is an expert and experienced in child
participation and child rights.
However, according to Article 6 of the
Child Protection Law No. 5395, ‘Judicial
and administrative authorities, law
enforcement officers, health and
education institutions, non-governmental
organisations are obliged to report
children in need of protection to the Social
Services and Child Protection Agency.’
Flying Broom Association's Child Safety
Policy Document and Code of Conduct,
Child and Adult Consent Forms were
specificized for the research, taking into
For this reason, the Action Plan Note in
Case of Risk Detection, which was
prepared by Flying Broom Association by
making use of UNFPA's Legal Information
Guide for the Prevention of Child, Early
and Forced Marriages, Development
Workshop Cooperative's Indentification
and Referral Guide for the Prevention of
Child Marriages in Seasonal Migratory
Agricultural Worker Families, and Nirengi
Association's Abuse-Violence-Child
Marriage Information Note was shared
with those who would take part in the field
research. In addition, a meeting with a
special agenda was held to discuss the
risks and steps to be taken in possible
scenarios in case of a possible case or risk
account the research needs and the
project purpose. In addition, ethical
procedures were determined for the
declaration (especially those who
answered during the survey that their own
child is married or will be married soon) in
workshop with children.
Data collection was based on the
declarations of the respondents.
Therefore, the risk or existence of child
terms of the safety/security of the
participant (and his/her child), the
interviewer, KÖVED and Flying Broom
Association and the work of cluster
marriage was accepted as data to the
extent they declared. A child protection
case management process that would
member CSOs. The meeting, where the
representatives of the International
Organisation for Migration (IOM) and
require the intervention of third parties or
public administration was not carried out
by the Flying Broom Association or other
civil society organisations in the cluster or
the people employed in the project.
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Sened Association shared their knowledge
and experience on field observations,
institutional policies and workflows, also
contributed to the action plan of the field
research.