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‘Young refugees identify Turkey as their home country’

INTERNATIONAL YOUTH DAY

‘Young refugees identify Turkey as their home country’

There are about 15 million young people who live in Turkey, including 1.7 million young refugees. Identifying Turkey as their home country, more than 55 percent of young refugees do not want to return to their home country.

‘One in five women currently 20-49 years old married under 18 in Turkey’

UNFPA REPORT

‘One in five women currently 20-49 years old married under 18 in Turkey’

UNFPA has released its “State of World Population Report.” Listing three harmful practices, such as child marriage, gender-biased sex selection and genital mutilation, the UNFPA Turkey has noted that child marriage is the most common in Turkey.

Women Journalists Discuss Gender-Based Violence in Jordan

EVRİM KEPENEK REPORTED FROM JORDAN

Women Journalists Discuss Gender-Based Violence in Jordan

Women journalists from Iraq, Jordan, Turkey and Gulf countries have come together in Jordan and exchanged opinions on gender-based journalism practices and male violence.

28 August 2019 Evrim Kepenek

What To Do Instead Of Banning Abortion

UN POPULATION FUND ON ABORTION

What To Do Instead Of Banning Abortion

Officials from the United Nations Population Fund stress that the causes lying behind abortion cannot be resolved through legal prohibition or moral denunciation and call instead for greater access to birth control methods, introducing courses on sexual health in schools and strengthening the status of women.

8 June 2012 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

“Women’s Shelters Must Be Secret for Safety Reasons”

Male Violence

“Women’s Shelters Must Be Secret for Safety Reasons”

Women activists have reacted to a case in Antalya, where a women’s shelter’s location was revealed even at the building stage.

29 April 2009 Emine Özcan

UNFPA Report: More Sexual Education Needed in Turkey

According to a report by the UNFPA and the Demographics Association, 21.1 percent of men and 27.7 percent of women in Turkey do not know the reproductive organs. 48.7 percent of women think that “early withdrawal” is an effective contraceptive.

13 March 2008 A. Nilüfer Zengin Kürkçü