The Foundation for Women’s Solidarity reported the applications made by women who were subjected to violence to the women’s counseling center from March, when the pandemic began, with a study titled “Women’s Experience of Struggle in the Grip of Pandemic and Violence“. The narratives of 360 women who reached the center by phone and e-mail …
The research report titled “Gender-Based Violence and Discrimination: Syrian Women Living in Ankara” was published by the Foundation for Women’s Solidarity. The report, based on the data obtained from surveys, focus group study, and in-depth interviews with Syrian women, aims to make the violence and gender inequality that refugee women experience due to being women …
Women’s and LGBTI+ organizations in Turkey released a statement after the Turkish government passed the “Law no. 5275 amending the Law on the Execution of Sentences and Security Measures and Other Laws”, known as the penal execution bill which entered into force on the 15th of April 2020. Although it was prepared long before the …
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were reviewed at the UN High Level Political Forum on 09-18 July. The SDG, adopted in 2015, consists of 17 objectives, which are intended to be achieved by 2030, and progress towards these goals is reviewed through voluntary reports from countries. After the presentation of Turkey’s second country report by …
More than 10,000 people signed the petition started on June 12 with the call of Alimony Rights Women’s Platform. According to the Turkish Civil Code, alimony can be given to the party that will fall into poverty in case of divorce regardless of gender. However, the right to alimony, which in practice is benefited mostly …
Kadın Dayanışma Vakfı’nın Ankara Barosu Kadın Hakları Merkezi katkılarıyla düzenlediği “Feminist Savunuculuk ve Kadının İnsan Hakları” başlıklı söyleşiye Prof. Dr. Yakın Ertürk konuşmacı olarak katıldı. Prof. Dr. Ertürk, konuşmasında feminist savunuculuk, aile hukuku ve kadına yönelik şiddet gibi konulara odaklandı. Çok sayıda kadın avukatın katıldığı etkinlik, katılımcıların özellikle feminizm ve hukuk pratikleri ve kendi hayatlarına …
İstanbul Sözleşmesi Türkiye İzleme Platformu, 109 bağımsız kadın ve LGBTİ+ örgütünün imzasıyla hazırlanan çağrı metnini İstanbul Sözleşmesi Taraflar Komitesi üyelerine gönderdi. Platform, “GREVIO Komitesi’ne seçilecek uzmanlar bağımsız ve tarafsız olmalıdır!” başlıklı çağrı metninde GREVIO komitesinin 10 yeni üyesinin seçileceği 1 Nisan 2019’da yapılacak toplantıda üye seçiminde tarafsızlık ve bağımsızlık ilkelerine özen gösterilmesini talep etti. Çağrı, İstanbul …