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Towards Equal Representation between Genders in Turkey: Study Visit for Women Politicians, 19-23 September, Stockholm
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 The Study Visit for Women Politicians, which took place between 19-23 September in Stockholm, was an important milestone in KA.DER’s efforts around the recent 2011 general elections. Organized with the support of Swedish Consulate General, facilitation of Fojo Media Institute and journalist Ami Lönnroth, the seminar aimed to examine Sweden’s policies and structures related to gender equality, while also giving participants a comparative perspective between the two countries.
Participants from Turkey included newly elected women MPs from all four political parties that are currently represented in the Turkish Parliament: Mihrimah Belma Satır of AKP, Zuhal Topçu of MHP, Binnaz Toprak of CHP and Sebahat Tuncel of BDP. Other participants were . . . |
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KADER Research on Women’s Representation in Politics by KONDA
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 The research that forms the basis of this report was conducted on March 5 and 6, 2011 by interviewing 5,434 people face-to-face in their homes in 308 neighborhoods and villages of 180 districts of 36 provinces. Eighteen people from each neighborhood were interviewed... . . . |
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KA.DER attended a conference in Lithuania, “Women Enhancing Democracy: Best Practices”
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 On June 30, 2011, KA.DER President, Çiğdem Aydın, attended a conference in Vilnius, Lithuania, titled “Women Enhancing Democracy: Best Practices.” Among the attendees included the President of Lithuania, Dalia Grybauskaite, the President of Finland Tarja Halonen, the U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, as well as numerous other notable figures. . . . |
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GENDER EQUALITY "Women Policies Erased from Political Agenda"
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 Istanbul - BİA News Center / 09 June 2011, Thursday - The replacement of the Ministry of Women and Family Affairs by the newly established Ministry of Family and Social Policies is seen as a breach of international agreements signed by Turkey. Experts see women policies severely jeopardized. . . . |
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New Cabinet lacks women
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| Hürriyet Daily News / 06.07.2011 - Only one female minister appears on the new Cabinet list announced by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday, disappointing and drawing ire from women’s organizations, especially one group that campaigned for more representation in Parliament. . . . |
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Women demand more voice in Turkish politics
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| Thursday, July 7, 2011 / ISTANBUL- Hürriyet Daily News - Turkey’s prominent women NGO’s together published an ad in the country’s major dailies on Thursday, demanding more opportunities for women in vice-ministry positions and in bureaucry. A recent report by U.N. Women also shows how the rule of law in many countries still excludes women. . . . |
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Turkish group seeks to get more women running in future elections
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| Thursday, April 21, 2011 / ISTANBUL - Hürriyet Daily News - Despite failing to reach its target of 275 female candidates for Parliament in the general elections, a women’s political group has vowed to keep fighting and seek more female representation in future polls. “Since women are not appointed to the presidencies of chambers, governorships and district governorships, they cannot enter politics afterward. There is no obstacle except for them not being preferred,” Çiğdem Aydın, the chairwoman of the Association for the Support and Training of Women Candidates, or KA.DER, said Thursday. . . . |
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