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People's Democratic Party (HDP) Muş MP Şevin Çoşkun brought up the male violence monitoring report bianet prepared for November 25, day for the elimination of violence against women, in the Parliament.
According to the report, at least 296 women have been killed by men between January 1, 2022 and November 23, 2022.
"Calls from women for a solution left unanswered"
Çoşkun requested that the Parliament should carry out an inquiry into the male violence giving reference to the data in bianet reports.
She said, "Violence against women brings along with it murders, rape, abuse, intimidation and poverty. Women are stating which urgent measures should be taken in this country in order to protect women's right to life taking every opportunity and in all platforms and they are calling for a solution. As the continuing femicides and violence against women show, such calls by the women are overlooked by the government.
"I request in this scope a Parliamentary injury to be carried out, on the occasion of November 25, International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, to do research on femicides and violence against women in all their aspects, to prevent these, to take the necessary measures and to run the judicial proceedings effectively."
2021-2022 In the first 10 months of 2022, men killed 280 women, harassed 131 women, abused 205 children, inflicted violence on 675 women, and raped 25 women. Men forced at least 386 women to do sex work. In the first nine months of 2022, deaths of at least 159 women were reported as "suspicious" in the press. Men killed 36 children in the first nine months of the year. In the first 10 months of 2021, men killed 256 women, harassed 396 women, abused 160 children, and raped 87 women. Men forced at least 586 women to do sex work, inflicted violence on and injured at least 670 women. In the first 10 months of 2021, deaths of at least 183 women were reported as "suspicious" in the press. Men killed at least 27 children. |
(EMK/PE)
