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Seventy Mayoral Candidates Sign 'Commitment Letter for Women-Friendly Municipalism'

Seventy Mayoral Candidates Sign 'Commitment Letter for Women-Friendly Municipalism'

Chair of the Association for Support and Training of Women Candidates (KA.DER), Nuray Karaoğlu, has said that some candidates refrain from signing the commitment letter.

22 March 2019 Evrim Kepenek

Women's Shelters - Room for Improvement

Women's Shelters - Room for Improvement

Yılmaz from KA-MER explains the incident in Malatya, where a young woman was kidnapped from the women's shelter by her family: "This was not a first. Insufficiency related to funding and staff create problems in terms of security and shelter conditions".

7 September 2010 Burçin Belge

"Seven People Want to Kill a Woman, Only One is Arrested"

Male Violence

"Seven People Want to Kill a Woman, Only One is Arrested"

Lawyer Gülbahar says that all people condoning a murder or turning a blind eye need to be tried.

16 June 2009 Emine Özcan

AKP Disregarded Erdoğan’s Advice on Women’s Quota

Speaking at a panel on “Local Elections and the Feminist Struggle”, KA-DER president Gülbahar said that PM Erdoğan had asked for every fourth candidate to be female, but that the party had ignored this.

17 March 2009 Emine Özcan

Parties Have Used and Then Dropped Women

In their pre-election campaigns political parties have not hesitated to manipulate the symbolism of veiled and unveiled women and use women in other ways.The actual representation of women on party lists is embarrassingly low.

25 February 2009 Emine Özcan

Women Have Already Lost Upcoming Local Elections

As poltical parties announce their lists of candidates, the near zero representation of women in local governments surfaces once again. As of now, only 0,6 percent of local governors are women. Ka-Der is lobbying for a 50 percent women's quota.

22 February 2009 Emine Özcan

A Man Joins Ka-Der's Struggle for Women Rights

Dr. Ferhan Bicakcilar, a psychotherapist joins the executive committee of the association's Izmir branch. "I hope to cause emphaty in fellow men regarding gender equality in politics" he says.

10 February 2009 Bawer Çakır

Women Needed in Local Politics

Ahead of Turkish local elections on 29 March this year, the Amargi Women’s Cooperative organised a panel on women in local politics.

3 February 2009 Bawer Çakır