A delegation of members of Roj Women’s Association, Van Women’s Association and the Human Rights Association will be present and make oral statements during the initial review of Turkey under the UN Convention on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Geneva from Monday 2nd to Thursday 4th May. You can read here the shadow report [...]
Archive for April, 2011
Sexism in the System in Syria
Posted in Kurdish women's rights Syria, tagged discrimination against women in Syrian law on April 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Some laws that are prejudicial towards women were amended this year. But gender inequality remains entrenched in Syria’s criminal code. Source: Syria Today A presidential decree issued at the beginning of 2011 made long-awaited changes to the country’s criminal law, which dates to 1949 and contains numerous provisions considered prejudicial towards women. But while the [...]
Turkey to sign international treaty on violence against women
Posted in Violence against women Turkey, tagged Council of Europe Convention on Violence Against Women on April 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Source: Hurriyet Daily News The Turkish Foreign Ministry will sign an international treaty designed to prevent and combat violence against women during a meeting of the Council of Europe Ministers on May 11 in Istanbul. The Council of Europe’s convention sets out standards for states to act with integrated policies to tackle gender-based violent crimes [...]
Turkey grapples with spike in ‘honor’ killings
Posted in Honour crime victims, Violence against women, Violence against women Turkey, women's rights Turkey, tagged Global Gender Gap Turkey, Islamic values in Turkey on April 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Recent government figures suggest the murders of women – including so-called honor killings – increased 14-fold in seven years, hitting nearly 1,000 in the first seven months of 2009. Source: The Christian Science Monitor A drastic rise in reported “honor” killings and fatal domestic violence in Turkey has sparked a vigorous debate about the government’s recent attempts [...]
Kalkınmada Kadın Hakları Derneği (The Association for Women’s Rights in Development – AWID) 12. Uluslararası Forumu 2012 Nisan
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged AWID, Kalkınmada Kadın Hakları Derneği, The Association for Women’s Rights in Development on April 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Büyük kadın buluşması AWID Forumu Planlama Komitesi, Türkiye kadın hareketine güç birliği yapmak, ağlar oluşturmak ve strateji geliştirmek için Nisan 2012’deki foruma katılım çağrısı yaparak, son başvuru tarihinin 27 Mayıs olduğunu açıkladı. Source: ANF Kalkınmada Kadın Hakları Derneği (The Association for Women’s Rights in Development – AWID) 12. Uluslararası Forumunu 2012 Nisan’ında İstanbul’da düzenleyecek. Her kıtadan 2 bini aşkın kadın hakları aktivistinin katılımı beklenen forumun ana teması, “Kadın Hakları ve Adaleti Geliştirmek İçin Ekonomik İktidarı Dönüştürmek” olarak belirlendi.
Devlet tecavuzu bir savas politikasi olarak mi uyguluyor?
Posted in Gender violence, Honour crime victims, Kurdish women, Kurdish women's rights, Political Activism, Political prisoners, Violence against women, women's rights Turkey, tagged Eren Keskin, Women rights Turkey on April 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
14 yıllık bilançoya göre taciz ve tecavüz olaylarında polis ve askerler rekoru elde tutuyor. 331 mağdur kadından 250’sinin Kürt olması dikkat çekerken, tek bir polis ve askerin bile mahkum olmaması ise, akıllara devletin tecavüzü bir savaş politikası olarak uyguladığını getiriyor. Source: ZEYNEP KURAY /ANF/İSTANBUL Gözaltında Cinsel Taciz ve Tecavüze Karşı Hukuki Yardım Bürosu’nun 14 yılı kapsayan [...]
Portrait of a Woman
Posted in Kurdish women, Political Activism, women's rights Turkey, tagged Leyla Zana on April 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Seeing this small woman, short hair, the smile of a disarming sweetness, it is hard to understand why she inspires so much fear. Because is fear what we are talking about. The Turkish government has tried to “delete” her by imposing on her fifteen years of imprisonment. Source: ANF The name of Leyla Zana and her voice [...]
Gendered Experiences of Genocide: Anfal Survivors in Kurdistan- Iraq
Posted in Gender violence, Kurdish women's rights Iraq, tagged Anfal survivors, Saddam Hussein on April 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
KSSO and Kurdish Association would like to cordially invite you to Kurdish Studies forthcoming book launch and seminar A book that examines Kurdish women’s experience of destruction, gassing, forced displacement, the disappearance of loved ones, and incarceration during the Anfal campaign. It explores the survival strategies of these women in the aftermath of genocide. By [...]
Iranian Kurdish Women Face Lonely Unmarried Life In Iraqi Kurdistan
Posted in Kurdish women, Kurdish women's right Iran, Kurdish women's rights Iraq, tagged Kawa Refugee Camp, Khatuzin Center, Kurdish citizenship, Refugee Council in Erbil on April 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Kurdish women from Kawa Camp criticize women’s rights activists for overlooking their case and claim that the activists only deal with the issues of urban women and do not care about them. Women human rights activists from Khatuzin Center reject these claims. Source: Gorilla’s Guide By Burhan Aydin ERBIL, Iraqi Kurdistan: Eran Muhammad is a 25-year-old Kurdish [...]
Turkey is Not Offering Shelters to Women
Posted in Gender violence, women's rights Turkey, tagged “Purple Roof”, Turkish National Action Plan on April 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The “Purple Roof” Women’s Shelter Foundation has condemned the fact that Turkey is not making provisions for women’s shelters. Source: BIA In a statement marking International Women’s Day on 8 March, the “Purple Roof” (Mor Catı) Women’s Shelter Foundation demanded that first of all women’s right to life be safeguarded. It further condemned the clause [...]
