content tagged with women and politics

Four of 15 Detained Women Politicians Released

Four of 15 Detained Women Politicians Released

11 of the politicians who were detained in southeastern province Şırnak yesterday have begun to depose in the security directorate.

30 January 2019

Don't Touch the BDP's Women Deputies

WOMEN'S SOLIDARITY PROTEST

Don't Touch the BDP's Women Deputies

In the women's solidarity protest, women called attention to the fact that the BDP's women deputies are being insulted and exposed to physical violence. Women said "The AKP wants war, women wants peace."

6 October 2012 Tomris Alvala Abisel

"MoS Offers to Solve Unemployment by Leaving Women Home"

Reacting to Şimşek's logic that unemployment rose because women began looking for work, Eğitim-Sen's İşbert urges concrete steps to provide appropriate facilities to make women join the workforce.

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

"Local Governments Should Set Up Gender Equality Comissions"

"Local Governments Should Set Up Gender Equality Comissions"

Ka-Der Ankara branch director Ustun demands gender-based local services following elections on March 29. Women's involvement in decision-making is imperative as well as gender sensitive statistics and governance.

3 February 2009

Parliament's Equality Commission In September

Fatma Şahin, a deputy for the Justice and Development Party, says they are expecting that the bill to form commission about the equality between men and women will become a law in September.

29 July 2008 Tolga Korkut