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The number of girls who were brought to security units because of being subjected to sexual violence increased by 67 percent between 2014 and 2017, according to the figures of the Ministry of Interior.
Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Vice Chair Gamze Akkuş İlgezdi said that the number of the girls who suffered from drugs increased by 79 percent, and the number of the girls who were subjected to injuries increased by 6 percent in the given time.
A total of 51,748 girls were subjected to sexual violence between 2014 and 2017.
"These figures show that not only adults but also children are the victims of the male violence," said Akkuş İlgezdi.
Asserting that the violence against women and girls is spreading "like a social disease," Akkuş İlgezdi said, "Violence against children and women is a global problem. This is a known fact. But in our country, women and girls being despised on moral grounds are used as a tool to justify male violence."
"The notion of violence mostly appears as physical violence. But from human trafficking to domestic violence, from sexual violence to marriages at early ages, we face different forms of violence. Femicides are the most hurting type of human rights violations, as a combination of all forms of violence," Akkuş İlgezdi added.
Saying that "As the politics bless the masculine language, women and children became more vulnerable," Akkuş İlgezdi suggested that the Ministry of Women should be established.
Citing the figures of the Ministry of Interior, Akkuş İlgezdi gave the following information:
(AÖ/VK)