content tagged with women

What is ‘jin, jiyan, azadî’?

What is ‘jin, jiyan, azadî’?

Kurdish politicians Sebahat Tuncel, Gültan Kışanak, and Ayla Akat, explain how the slogan “jin, jiyan, azadî” emerged, the source of its unifying power, and attempts to criminalize it.

19 October 2024 Evrim Deniz

Evrim Kepenek & Aslı Deniz Çelebi

Women over 50 in Turkey face gender, age-based discrimination in the workforce, report reveals

Women over 50 in Turkey face gender, age-based discrimination in the workforce, report reveals

The research reveals the multifaceted discrimination women face in Turkey's labor market, highlighting the urgent need for the development of gender equality policies.

29 September 2024 Evrim Kepenek,Aslı Deniz Çelebi

Aslı Deniz Çelebi

From grandmother to granddaughter: The story of a women's textile cooperative in İstanbul

From grandmother to granddaughter: The story of a women's textile cooperative in İstanbul

I’m curious about how this small place, which operates on a voluntary basis, manages to stay afloat. Evin Bingöl talks about products such as woven items, pillowcases, and belts that are sent abroad.

28 September 2024 Aslı Deniz Çelebi

Turkey ranks 99th on Women, Peace, and Security Index

Turkey ranks 99th on Women, Peace, and Security Index

An in-depth analysis reveals that Turkey's performance in the fields of education and social security was especially lackluster, resulting in the country landing at the bottom of the heap among its regional peers.

30 October 2023

Government's 'family workshops' exclude NGOs, spread anti-LGBTI+ sentiment

Government's 'family workshops' exclude NGOs, spread anti-LGBTI+ sentiment

Women's rights advocates perceive the workshops as preparation for the planned news constitution and amendments to the Civil Code, which they say could jeopardize women's rights.

22 September 2023 Evrim Kepenek

ECtHR rules against waiting period for remarriage of divorced women in Turkey

ECtHR rules against waiting period for remarriage of divorced women in Turkey

The European court has concluded that the practice is discriminatory and infringes upon the right to privacy.

Police prevent feminist activists from distributing aid in Hatay

FEBRUARY 6 EARTHQUAKES

Police prevent feminist activists from distributing aid in Hatay

"They seized women's phones by showing their weapons and threatening them. They also asked them to delete footage they had taken," said an activist.

27 February 2023 Evrim Kepenek

Earthquake victims in Diyarbakır unable to obtain basic needs

Earthquake victims in Diyarbakır unable to obtain basic needs

Women have difficulty finding hygienic toilets and taking care of their children. One woman who gave birth in a tent struggles to obtain medicine.

14 February 2023 Norşin Öncel

Over 100 women detained in İstanbul, two fainted after being beaten by police

INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

Over 100 women detained in İstanbul, two fainted after being beaten by police

Defying a demonstration ban, hundreds of women gathered in Beyoğlu to mark November 25. Detainees include a journalist.

25 November 2022 Evrim Kepenek,Tuğçe Yılmaz

'Women are giving care to 91 percent of the disabled'

'Women are giving care to 91 percent of the disabled'

The Association of Mothers and Volunteers of Disabled Children is campaigning for pension rights for women caring for the gravely disabled at home. Şenay Keçeci, head of the association, says "The problems predominantly concern women."

11 October 2022 Ayşegül Özbek

Dozens of women gather in Eskişehir park to protest 'yoga ban'

Dozens of women gather in Eskişehir park to protest 'yoga ban'

Women complained about "growing reactionism" in the city, where a music festival was recently banned after calls by religious groups.

Canan Kaftancıoğlu: We are not aggrieved, we are righteous

Canan Kaftancıoğlu: We are not aggrieved, we are righteous

"When we know that we are fighting for, women and society win," said the politician, who attended the premiere of a documentary about Turkey's first women MPs.

26 May 2022 Evrim Kepenek

Women from across the world call on the UN to ‘take action regarding the attacks against Kurds’

Women from across the world call on the UN to ‘take action regarding the attacks against Kurds’

Seventy-five women's organizations and individuals from five continents have urged the UN to mobilize its mechanisms regarding attacks on Makhmour, Sinjar, and Rojava.

Working women in Turkey spend nine hours a day working and doing housework

INEQUALITY IN CARING

Working women in Turkey spend nine hours a day working and doing housework

Housewives have the highest burden of housework and caring; 67 percent of all women and 75 percent of married women do housework alone, shows the study.

5 April 2022 Evrim Kepenek

11 women activists arrested in Diyarbakır

11 women activists arrested in Diyarbakır

Taken into custody in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority Diyarbakır on March 16-17, 2022, four more women have been arrested. Seven women were also arrested on March 18.

641 citizens: Equality of women and men is indispensable

MARCH 8 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY

641 citizens: Equality of women and men is indispensable

Citizens have “called on everyone to take responsibility to build a democratic Turkey, which is based on a secular law where women can fully exercise their rights in line with the spirit of the Civil Code and which is egalitarian, liberal, fair and pluralistic.”

March 8 demonstration in İstanbul: ‘Let your papa state pay the price for the crisis’

March 8 demonstration in İstanbul: ‘Let your papa state pay the price for the crisis’

Ahead of International Women’s Day, a demonstration was held in Kadıköy district. Women opened banners that read, “We step up our struggle against poverty, violence and exploitation; we have the power to change.”

7 March 2022 Evrim Kepenek

‘Women in Statistics’ by TurkStat: Men dominate employment in Turkey

AHEAD OF MARCH 8

‘Women in Statistics’ by TurkStat: Men dominate employment in Turkey

Ahead of March 8 Women’s Day, the Turkish Statistical Institute has shared “Women in Statistics” for 2021: “The proportion of women in upper and middle level management positions in the companies was 14.4 percent in 2012 and 19.3 percent in 2020.”

Women’s poverty in Diyarbakır: ‘What we go through is nothing but slavery’

Women’s poverty in Diyarbakır: ‘What we go through is nothing but slavery’

Women are especially hit by increasing prices at bazaars and markets and increases in bills in Turkey. Fahriye from Diyarbakır says, “Some days, I cry because I cannot buy anything” while Özlem says, “We can have only one meal a day.”

18 February 2022

Legal amendment ‘aims to prevent divorce’ by limiting right to alimony

LAWYERS PASİNLİ & AKKAYA

Legal amendment ‘aims to prevent divorce’ by limiting right to alimony

Speaking about the legal amendment poised to put a time limit on the right to alimony, lawyers Akkaya and Pasinli say that the attacks on women’s rights will not be limited to this, underlining that the amendment is against international conventions.

9 February 2022 Evrim Kepenek

‘My children and I have suffered so much from discrimination’

BEING A REFUGEE IN DİYARBAKIR

‘My children and I have suffered so much from discrimination’

While the number of people seeking refuge in other countries due to internal disturbance, war and economic reasons in their countries is constantly increasing, refugees who have settled in Diyarbakır’s poor districts face discrimination and othering.

19 January 2022 Gülistan Korban

Writer Elif Şafak listed among ‘BBC 100 Women 2021’

Writer Elif Şafak listed among ‘BBC 100 Women 2021’

Among the 100 inspiring and influential women from around the world listed by the BBC are also Malala Yousafzai, the youngest Nobel Peace Prize laureate, and Samoa's first woman prime minister Fiamē Naomi Mata'afa.

7 December 2021

2,416 women, LGBTI+s subjected to violence in Diyarbakır

ANNUAL REPORT

2,416 women, LGBTI+s subjected to violence in Diyarbakır

The Diyarbakır Network for Struggle Against Violence has released its annual report: 2 thousand 416 women and LGBTI+s were subjected to violence in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority southeastern province of Diyarbakır.

26 November 2021

‘The rate of certified women football players is 1 percent in Turkey’

‘The rate of certified women football players is 1 percent in Turkey’

The “First Society” project aims to introduce football to girls at a young age. During the launch of the project in İstanbul, children brought down the symbolic wall built with prejudices and cliches of ‘girls cannot play football.’

16 November 2021

Women to Erdoğan: We don’t give up on the İstanbul Convention

Women to Erdoğan: We don’t give up on the İstanbul Convention

Addressing the public after the cabinet meeting, Erdoğan targeted the İstanbul Convention, from which Turkey has withdrawn by a Presidential decision. Several women and women’s organizations have denounced his words on social media.

9 November 2021

Only 16 percent of workers are women at Turkey’s eight ministries

Only 16 percent of workers are women at Turkey’s eight ministries

The number of women working at the ministries of environment and urbanization, energy and natural resources, treasury and finance, interior, agriculture and forestry and trade is lower than half of the men.

8 November 2021

Three times as many men as women work in Turkey's local media

Three times as many men as women work in Turkey's local media

According to the survey of the Media Studies Association, 4,996 people work in 1,222 local media outlets across Turkey. The survey has found that the number of reporters/ camera operators actively reporting news and women workers is highly low.

5 November 2021

‘Enforce the Law no. 6284 for women, not for appointed rectors’

‘Enforce the Law no. 6284 for women, not for appointed rectors’

Naci İnci, the appointed rector of Boğaziçi University, had a protection order issued as per the Law no. 6284 on Protection of Family and Prevention of Violence Against Women. Women protested this order in İstanbul’s Kadıköy.

2 November 2021

İstanbul’s neighborhoods headed by 150 women, 812 men

WOMEN’S REPRESENTATION

İstanbul’s neighborhoods headed by 150 women, 812 men

There are no women neighborhood heads in a total of 88 neighborhoods in Adalar, Arnavutköy, Bahçelievler, Kağıthane and Sultanbeyli districts.

19 October 2021

University students protest ‘pyjama ban’ on women at a public dorm in İzmir

'KNOW YOUR PLACE'

University students protest ‘pyjama ban’ on women at a public dorm in İzmir

University student women have protested the administration of İzmir Cihannüma Higher Education Credit and Hostels Institution (KYK) dormitory for banning women students from wearing pyjamas outside their rooms.

18 October 2021

New report documents LGBTI+ and women’s organizations’ struggle for peace

BY DEMOS

New report documents LGBTI+ and women’s organizations’ struggle for peace

Research Association for Democracy, Peace and Alternative Politics has released its new research report: “From Converging Roads to Narrowing Grounds: The Struggle for Peace by LGBTI+ and Women’s Organizations in Turkey”.

23 September 2021

Climate crisis affects women, women affect climate struggle

AS THE CLIMATE AND WORLD CHANGE - 13

Climate crisis affects women, women affect climate struggle

“It is easier for men to leave in a crisis due to the roles attributed to them. The burden of home and responsibility for the care of the elderly and children don't let women leave. That may be why women's climate struggle is so much more faithful and stubborn.”

12 August 2021 Merve Özçelik

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