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 …

Mobilizing Religious Leaders to Combat Violence against Women in Turkey Read more »

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 …

The “democratic evolution” of the Kurdish Question:Turkish and Kurdish Mothers Campaign for Peace Read more »