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		<title>New Report: Women Human Rights Defenders in Kurdish Regions of Turkey</title>
		<link>http://rojwomen.com/2012/05/09/new-report-women-human-rights-defender-in-kurdish-regions-of-turkey/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 13:20:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;s Association is proud to share &#8216;A woman&#8217;s struggle: Using gender lenses to understand the plight of women human rights defenders in Kurdish regions of Turkey&#8216;.  We [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rojwomen.com&#038;blog=13236854&#038;post=3073&#038;subd=rojwomen&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Kurdish Women&#8217;s Office for Peace sends an appeal for support to the Women&#8217;s Academy in Amed/Diyarbakir</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 10:28:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For several years now, women&#8217;s academies and centres have been established in North Kurdistan in cooperation with women&#8217;s organisations and the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP). Until now the public outside Turkey has known little about this. The Kurdish Women&#8217;s Office for Peace would like to visit the women&#8217;s academies and centres with a delegation [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rojwomen.com&#038;blog=13236854&#038;post=3055&#038;subd=rojwomen&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Kurdish Women: Resilience In The Face Of Double Discrimination</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 19:58:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: AWID, by Kathambi Kinoti Kurds living in Turkey mainly inhabit the East and South-East of Turkey. They are the largest ethnic minority in the country and since the establishment of modern Turkey they have been marginalized and oppressed. This article is part of a series of Friday Files to explore some of the issues and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rojwomen.com&#038;blog=13236854&#038;post=3051&#038;subd=rojwomen&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>If you are Kurdish or Turkish woman looking for work, we can help you</title>
		<link>http://rojwomen.com/2012/03/29/if-you-are-kurdish-or-turkish-woman-looking-for-work-we-can-help-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 21:33:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Roj Women’s Association works to empower Kurdish women who have migrated to London and has a wealth of expertise in community development, gender and ethnic minorities’ issues and service provision Community consultations and many years of experience providing services have evidenced that Kurdish women face multiple barriers to employment. In the latest consultation conducted in Hackney and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rojwomen.com&#038;blog=13236854&#038;post=3037&#038;subd=rojwomen&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Roj Women is recruiting for an Employment Advisor</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 16:01:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Roj Women is now looking at expanding its team to launch new services to support unemployed Kurdish women in London. We are recruiting a one year long position to give advice and guidance on a part-time basis.  See Job Description below for more details. Those interested, please submit CV, cover letter and equal opportunities form by [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rojwomen.com&#038;blog=13236854&#038;post=3030&#038;subd=rojwomen&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrate International Women&#8217;s Day with us</title>
		<link>http://rojwomen.com/2012/03/01/roj-women-celebrates-international-womens-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 13:53:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everybody is welcome to join for a day of celebrations for Women&#8217;s Day on Saturday 10th March. Roj Women will march through Haringey to share our message with members of our community and to invite them to join the women&#8217;s struggle. After the march, we will continue celebrating with Kurdish music and dance by Venge [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rojwomen.com&#038;blog=13236854&#038;post=3025&#038;subd=rojwomen&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Solidarity to support women human rights defenders in Turkish Kurdistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:10:40 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Gender violence]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Women’s solidarity work crosses national, ethnic, religious and tribal boundaries and demonstrates what solidarity is.   An article by Alexandra Lort Phillips, member of Roj Women&#8217;s Association Women’s networks show us that solidarity means understanding, sharing information, developing understandings and agendas, meeting together, communicating, supporting each other’s work, raising awareness, taking action and working in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rojwomen.com&#038;blog=13236854&#038;post=3018&#038;subd=rojwomen&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>“Stop Stoning and Execution” conference releases a collective resolution</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:35:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A conference held on 14th January in London by Roj Women&#8217;s Association, the International Free Women Foundation and the Organization for Women&#8217;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 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rojwomen.com&#038;blog=13236854&#038;post=3011&#038;subd=rojwomen&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Kurdish Activists: Women’s Abuse Under-Reported</title>
		<link>http://rojwomen.com/2012/01/22/kurdish-activists-womens-abuse-under-reported/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:50:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rojwomen.com&#038;blog=13236854&#038;post=3008&#038;subd=rojwomen&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Women of Diyarbakir get behind the wheel</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:42:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Women lead drive for gender equality in Diyarbakir, south-east Turkey Source: The Guardian Kurdish women in Diyarbakir, where an EU grant has enabled more women to gain licences to drive vehicles. Most of the stories that emerge from Baglar, the largest and poorest district in Diyarbakir, in south-east Turkey, have been reports of violent clashes between [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rojwomen.com&#038;blog=13236854&#038;post=3004&#038;subd=rojwomen&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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