{"id":70946,"date":"2024-03-21T10:37:22","date_gmt":"2024-03-21T10:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/?p=70946"},"modified":"2024-03-21T10:37:22","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T10:37:22","slug":"unifree-duty-free-supports-from-womens-hands-to-the-hearts-of-children-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/unifree-duty-free-supports-from-womens-hands-to-the-hearts-of-children-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Unifree Duty Free supports &#8216;From Women&#8217;s Hands to the Hearts of Children&#8217; project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Unifree Duty Free, the operator of the Duty Free stores and retail area at \u0130GA Istanbul Airport, is implementing important projects in the field of sustainability with its strategy shaped especially around gender equality, equal opportunity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility. The &#8220;From Women&#8217;s Hands to Children&#8217;s Heart&#8221; project, designed by \u0130GA Istanbul Airport, is one of the meaningful projects supported by Unifree Duty Free in the field of social sustainability.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The \u201cFrom Women&#8217;s Hands to Children&#8217;s Heart\u201d project is one of the meaningful projects implemented for the people of the region within the scope of the Social Investment Program carried out by \u0130GA Istanbul Airport and to increase the participation of women living in the neighborhoods adjacent to \u0130GA Istanbul Airport in socio-economic life and to contribute to quality and innovative production in the region. It was implemented in 2020 in cooperation with \u0130GA and Unifree Duty Free. Unifree Duty Free supports the project and women&#8217;s participation in economic life by selling knitted dolls produced by women at Unifree Duty Free stores at \u0130GA Istanbul Airport.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/OrguBebek2.jpeg\"><img data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/OrguBebek2.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/OrguBebek2-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/OrguBebek2-480x640.jpeg 480w\" decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/OrguBebek2.jpeg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-70948 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"\"    sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-70948\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/OrguBebek2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/OrguBebek2.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/OrguBebek2-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/OrguBebek2-480x640.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As a result of the Social Impact Analysis carried out by \u0130GA Istanbul Airport for the projects it has implemented within the scope of the &#8220;Social Investment Program&#8221;, including the &#8220;From Women&#8217;s Hands to the Child&#8217;s Heart&#8221; project; It was determined that there was an increase in self-confidence, socialization and emotional well-being of the women participating in the project, and a significant contribution to social sustainability was made. The project, which is in its 4th year, aims to expand the impact area of the project by including women who were earthquake victims this year.<\/p>\n<p>Unifree Duty Free CCO Ceren Tongu\u00e7 commented on the project: <em>\u201cAs Unifree Duty Free, we attach importance to sustainability and develop strategies that will touch many areas of sustainability. In particular, gender equality, diversity, and inclusion are among our core issues. &#8220;In this sense, we are very happy to observe the positive effects of the &#8220;From Women&#8217;s Hands to Children&#8217;s Heart&#8221; project on both the female entrepreneur who is the coordinator of our project and the women living in rural areas, and to be a part of this valuable project.\u2019\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u0130GA Istanbul Airport Sustainability Manager Orhan G\u00fcl said: <em>&#8220;This project, which we implemented under the title of &#8220;Women&#8217;s Participation in Socio-Economic Life&#8221; within the scope of the \u0130GA Istanbul Airport &#8220;Social Investment Plan (SYP)&#8221;, is one of our projects where we produce social benefits by prioritizing the local people of our Airport. Thanks to the training they receive, women can earn additional income. Additionally, by teaching these skills to other women in their immediate circle, they help them participate in production and earn income. We act by the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the International Finance Organization Performance Standards in this award-winning work that we have implemented in cooperation with Unifree Duty Free and in which we support women entrepreneurship and similar activities for vulnerable groups. We also closely monitor the <\/em><em>effects of the &#8220;From Women&#8217;s Hands to Children&#8217;s Heart Project&#8221; on the participants with the SROI Social Impact Analysis. In this context, the most important change; We are very pleased to see that there is an increase in self-confidence, emotional well-being, and the opportunity to socialize. While we had the chance to talk about this valuable cooperation and its results in the international arena in the women&#8217;s empowerment panel at the 27th Climate Change (COP) Conference, our project was deemed worthy of the Women-Friendly Brands Award in 2023. &#8220;We will continue to work to increase the versatile benefits of our project together with our project partners.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/OrguBebek1.jpg\"><img data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/OrguBebek1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/OrguBebek1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/OrguBebek1-480x320.jpg 480w\" decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/OrguBebek1.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-70947 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"\"    sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-70947\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/OrguBebek1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/OrguBebek1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/OrguBebek1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/OrguBebek1-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unifree Duty Free, the operator of the Duty Free stores and retail area at \u0130GA Istanbul Airport, is implementing important projects in the field of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":70949,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2597,535,1,477,7100],"tags":[40,497,377,69,39,14182,14183,216,8056],"class_list":["post-70946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-best-selling-brands-in-duty-free","category-duty-free-retailers","category-latest-news","category-latest-promotions-in-duty-free","category-toys-gifts","tag-airport","tag-airport-duty-free","tag-airport-shopping","tag-duty-free","tag-dutyfree","tag-from-womens-hands-to-the-hearts-of-children","tag-iga-istanbul-airport","tag-travel-retail","tag-unifree-duty-free"],"acf":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70946"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70946\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70956,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70946\/revisions\/70956"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dutyfreehunter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}