content tagged with gender-based violence

Gender-Based Violence Takes The Lives of 15 Women in August

Gender-Based Violence Takes The Lives of 15 Women in August

A scan of the "third pages" in national newspapers last month revealed nearly daily incidents of violence, rape and murder.

3 September 2009 Emine Özcan

Male Violence Killed 17 Women in July

Male Violence Killed 17 Women in July

According to bianet's ongoing count of incidences of gender-based violence, 17 women were killed, while others were raped, harrassed and beaten.

4 August 2009 Emine Özcan

Life Sentence for Husband Killing Wife Who Wanted Divorce

Gender-based violence

Life Sentence for Husband Killing Wife Who Wanted Divorce

Ayşe Yılbaş, a trainee doctor, was killed by her husband, non-commissioned officer Hüseyin Güneş Özmen after trying to separate from him.

28 July 2009 Emine Özcan

Sur Municipality Combats Domestic Violence through Labour Contracts

Gender-Based violence

Sur Municipality Combats Domestic Violence through Labour Contracts

The Diyarbakır Sur Municipality has implemented a new programme to prevent domestic violence.

3 July 2009 Erol Önderoğlu