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4.7 Million Illiterate Women in Turkey

4.7 Million Illiterate Women in Turkey

10 percent of the Turkish population is illiterate according to the Turkish Statistical Institute. 84 percent of this group are women. Even if the Turkish education system succeeds in time to make more people literate, this cannot close the gap between men and women.

25 August 2010 Burçin Belge

"Laws Do not Protect Women"

CEDAW SHADOW REPORT 2010

"Laws Do not Protect Women"

The Shadow Report presented to CEDAW by Turkish women organizations revealed deficits in the Constitution and other laws. The report demands to amend the laws according to the convention's ban of discrimination and the principle of gender equality.

27 July 2010 Semra Pelek

No Improvement in Discrimination against Women

CEDAW SHADOW REPORT

No Improvement in Discrimination against Women

The Turkish government presents their country report to CEDAW on Wednesday, while women organizations present their alternative Shadow Report to the UN committee. According to the alternative report, gender inequality and discrimination have not improved.

21 July 2010 Semra Pelek

No Gender Equality in Education Yet

No Gender Equality in Education Yet

According to a Prime Ministerial report, 19.6 percent of women in Turkey are illiterate, compared to 4 percent of men.

26 February 2010 Burçin Belge

Social Gender Equality Gaining Ground

BMOP ENDED

Social Gender Equality Gaining Ground

The "Protection and Promotion of Human Rights Joint Program for Women and Girls" was implemented in six provinces all over Turkey and came to an end now after four years of work. The program targeted gender equality a local issue and aimed at local solutions.

25 January 2010 Burçin Belge

Female Engineers against Gender Based Discrimination at Work

Female Engineers against Gender Based Discrimination at Work

Women Engineers have started a campaign against job advertisements containing additions like "military service completed" or "male engineer" and against the publication of those adverts by the engineer chambers. They also demand to finally set up a Gender Based Discrimination Monitoring Secretary within the engineers' umbrella organization TMMOB.

22 October 2009 Tolga Korkut

'General Culture' Course Books: Girls at Home, Boys Out and About

'General Culture' Course Books: Girls at Home, Boys Out and About

A research into course books for 'general culture' lessons conducted by Eğitim Sen showed that girls are mainly represented in the environment of their mothers and other adults, at school or at home showing passive behavior and dependency, while boys are depicted as independent and active.

9 October 2009 Emine Özcan

Lack of Gender Equality in Turkey

UNDP REPORT

Lack of Gender Equality in Turkey

Turkey ranks on position 79 in the UNPD's Human Development Index. Concerning social gender equality the country slips down to rank 125. The per capita income is high but this is not reflected in the progress of community life.

7 October 2009 Erhan Üstündağ

Transgender Murder in Istanbul

Transgender Murder in Istanbul

LGBT Rights Platform condemns the killing and protests the government, which refuses to acknowledge demands for constitutional equality based on sexual orientation.

11 March 2009 Bawer Çakır

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

Gender Equality Commission in Parliament After 10 Years of Women's Struggle

10 years after the first motion was introduced, a gender equality commission will be voted in parliament. CHP MP Erbatur, tells the story of the struggle behind this achievement.

9 February 2009 Pınar Ilkkaracan

Finally a Gender Equality Committee in Parliament

The Constitutional Committee has accepted the formation of a parliamentary gender equality committee.

2 February 2009 Emine Özcan

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