A research delegation set off in 2011 to learn more about the risks and challenges that women human rights defenders endure in Kurdish regions of Turkey. Today Roj Women’s Association is proud to share ‘A woman’s struggle: Using gender lenses to understand the plight of women human rights defenders in Kurdish regions of Turkey‘.
We hope the study helps to shed light on the multiplicity of obstacles women who engage in the defence of human rights and peaceful political activism suffer at the hands of Turkish state agents in the region. Please, do circulate to your networks and let us know your comments and questions. We have a limited number of printed copies available; please, get in touch to request one.

Roj Women’s Association is a one-stop shop where, in addition to employment advice and support, Kurdish women can get free: