A conference held on 14th January in London by Roj Women’s Association, the International Free Women Foundation and the Organization for Women’s Freedom in Iraq focused on stoning and execution in different parts of the world in particular Iran. A collective resolution was born out of it. Speakers raised their concern about gross violations of [...]
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“Stop Stoning and Execution” conference releases a collective resolution
Posted in Kurdish feminism, Kurdish women, Kurdish women's right Iran, Kurdish women's rights Iraq, Violence against women, Violence against women Turkey on February 2, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Kurdish Activists: Women’s Abuse Under-Reported
Posted in Kurdish feminism, Kurdish women, Kurdish women's rights Iraq, Violence against women on January 22, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Dashty (right) a Kurdish woman who was subjected to female genital mutilation at the age of 12. Source: Rudaw Nearly 4,000 cases of violence were recorded in Iraqi Kurdistan in 2011 including 720 cases of systematic torture, the government reported last week, but women’s activists say the numbers are severely under-reported. The government registered 3,766 [...]
Iraqi voices: For women, freedoms under fire
Posted in Kurdish feminism, Kurdish women's rights Iraq, Violence against women, tagged US withdrawal Iraq, Yanar Mohammed on December 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Photojournalist Kael Alford spent 10 months covering the invasion of Iraq and its immediate aftermath in 2003-2004. She returned this summer to see what has and hasn’t changed as the U.S. prepared to withdraw its troops. Source: Photoblog When I first met Yanar Mohammed in 2003, she was holding a megaphone and leading a women’s [...]
Turkish court reduces sentences for men accused of raping 13-year-old
Posted in Gender violence, Violence against children, Violence against women, Violence against women Turkey, women's rights Turkey, tagged N.C. davasi, N.C. Turkey, Reyhan Yalcindag on December 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Human Rights groups have reacted with outrage after a Turkish court reduced the prison sentences of 26 men convicted for having sex with a 13-year-old girl because the victim had given “consent”. Source: The Guardian In a judgment this week, the court ruled that the sentence was based on the old Turkish penal code, under [...]
“Opening and Backsliding at the same Time”
Posted in Kurdish feminism, Violence against women, Violence against women Turkey, women's rights Turkey, tagged Ann-Margarethe Livh, President of the Stockholm Equality Commission, Swedish Left Party on December 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Ann-Margarethe Livh from the Swedish Left Party said in interview that women in Turkey knew how to focus their struggle. “Even if most of these women are in jail because of the KCK trial, they will not give up”. Source:BIA Livh, President of the Stockholm Equality Commission, came to Diyarbakır to observe the KCK trial that was heard [...]
Women violence on the increase in South Kurdistan
Posted in Gender violence, Honour crime victims, Kurdish women, Kurdish women's rights Iraq, Violence against children, Violence against women, tagged Federal Region of Kurdistan, South Kurdistan on November 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Suspicious deaths, murders and suicides of women have run high in South Kurdistan, an absolute male dominant territory which doesn’t punish violence against women. Source: ANF The Committee for Struggle against Violence on Women has reported that 1,012 women have set themselves alight in the last three years in South Kurdistan where women live under [...]
1 Case of Domestic Violence every 10 Minutes
Posted in Violence against women, Violence against women Turkey, women's rights Turkey, tagged domestic violence, General Police Directorate (EGM) on November 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
According to an announcement of the police, almost 80,000 cases of domestic violence were registered in the past 19 months. This means that domestic violence is experienced every ten minutes at homes in Turkey. Source: BIA According to official numbers of the General Police Directorate (EGM), 78,488 incidents of domestic violence were registered in the [...]
24 Women and 6 Men Killed in August
Posted in Gender violence, Honour crime victims, Violence against women, Violence against women Turkey, women's rights Turkey, tagged domestic violence, violence against women on November 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
According to the monthly tally kept by bianet, 24 women were killed by males in August 2011. 17 women were raped, 51 wounded. The majority of violent incidents was observed in Istanbul, Izmir, Adana, Ankara and Antalya. Source:BIA According to bianet‘s evaluation of local and national newspapers and news agencies, male perpetrators killed 24 men [...]
Panel on feminicides in South East Turkey on Sunday 20th November
Posted in Kurdish feminism, Kurdish women, Violence against women, Violence against women Turkey on November 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Roj Women is pleased to host a panel with speakers from Utamara (Germany) and Gik-der (UK), both active in the struggle to challenge feminicide and violence against women, including women human rights defenders, in Turkey. Activists from Utamara and Gik-der will share their insights on feminicides and the challenges women face in South East Turkey and [...]
26 Women Killed by Men in July
Posted in Gender violence, Violence against children, Violence against women, Violence against women Turkey, women's rights Turkey, tagged Domestic Violence in Turkey, violence against women on November 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
According to data compiled by bianet, 26 women in Turkey were killed by men in July 2011. 21 women were raped, nine were harassed, 32 women were injured. The highest number of incidents involving violence against women occurred in Adana. Source:BIA According to data from local and national newspapers and news agencies compiled by bianet, [...]
