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Bozkurt: Women’s Rights on Agenda of EU Negotiations

2020 PERSPECTIVE FOR WOMEN IN TURKEY

Bozkurt: Women’s Rights on Agenda of EU Negotiations

The European Parliament accepted Emine Bozkurt's report on the "2020 Perspective for Women in Turkey". The report will be discussed at the European Parliament General Assembly in May.

Troublesome Life of Co-Wives in South-Eastern Turkey

Troublesome Life of Co-Wives in South-Eastern Turkey

According to a research by the Silopi Viyan Women Solidarity Centre, "co-wives" as the second or third wife of one man at a time are usually being married when they are under 20 years old. Most of them come from Syria and Irak and stay mainly because of their children.

7 December 2011 Çiçek Tahaoğlu

"What We Need is a Women Ministry"

"What We Need is a Women Ministry"

Lawyer Moroğlu is against a replacement of the Ministry for Women and Family Affairs by a Ministry for Family Affairs and Social Policies. "This attempt has to be stopped urgently in the name of democracy, the state of law and women rights", Moroğlu criticized.

18 May 2011 Burçin Belge

Women and Journalists Hand in Hand against Violence

SOCIAL GENDER EQUALITY

Women and Journalists Hand in Hand against Violence

The Women Coordination against Violence and the Journalists Federation decided for a joint struggle against violence and social gender inequality in a meeting in Izmir on 2 March. They aim at a transformation of the sexist approach in the media.

4 March 2011 Erhan Üstündağ

A Woman's Right and Obligation to Carry her Husband's Name

A Woman's Right and Obligation to Carry her Husband's Name

Sırma Oya Tekvar Geray opened a case in order to abolish her husband's surname and bear her maiden name only. The court dropped procedures in the first hearing. "No one can object to carrying her husband's surname since it is the right of a women", the court reasoned.

17 December 2010 Berivan Tapan

Women's Rights: Plenty of Applications But Lack of Implementations

WOMEN'S RIGHTS DEFENDERS MEET IN ISTANBUL

Women's Rights: Plenty of Applications But Lack of Implementations

The countries that signed the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women did not fulfil the corresponding applications. Women organizations of Europe and the Mediterranean met in Istanbul and demanded a "full commitment to the convention".

28 October 2009 Özge Gözke