by Meltem Ağduk and Nükhet Kardam – Turkey – Violence against Women (VAW) is a violation of human rights rooted in inequality between women and men. Resistance to combating VAW in many Muslim majority countries is ingrained in both the…
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Mobilizing Religious Leaders to Combat Violence against Women in Turkey
Tagged with: Education, gender equality, human rights, Islam, Politics, Turkey, Violence Against Women, women's empowerment
Posted in Education, FEATURE ARTICLES, MIIS Update, The World
Posted in Education, FEATURE ARTICLES, MIIS Update, The World
The “democratic evolution” of the Kurdish Question:Turkish and Kurdish Mothers Campaign for Peace
by Dr. Emel Baştürk Akca – Turkey – “We mothers, whose hearts are burning, have come together so that there will be no more pain. We do not want our children to die.” These words belong to Nurten Ekinci, a…
Tagged with: activism, Democracy, Ethnicity, human rights, Kurds, Motherhood, Politics, Self-Determination, Turkey, War & Conflict
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
Posted in FEATURE ARTICLES, Politics
