NEWS
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We demand that the process to ban or further restrict abortion be ceased immediately!
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 As 900 organizations and tens of thousands of people who are signatories and supporters of the Say No To Abortion Ban campaign, we hold that the right to safe abortion is an indivisible part of women’s right to make decisions about their bodily and reproductive rights. As women who took action right after the Prime minister made his statement on abortion, we started a national and international petition demanding this process be ceased IMMEDIATELY.
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OPEN LETTER TO PRIME MINISTER RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN
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 Dear Prime Minister, your recent statements make us think that the State seeks to have a say on the women’s body once again and thus make us concerned.
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For the attention of the public, No to Child Brides, Child Mothers and Child Workers!
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 We as NGOs working for the human rights of girls and women, think that the proposal named ‘Bill of Law Regarding Making Changes in some laws and Elementary Education Number 222 ‘ which is now in the agenda of the Turkish National Assembly has to be withdrawn in order to be resubmitted and formalized upon extensive discussion of the subject by all stakeholders from an academic point of view by reviewing the existing data.
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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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