According to data collected by BIANET in 2010, males of all age groups, professions and status from almost all over Turkey exposed women of all age groups, professions and status to physical, psychological, sexual, economic and emotional violence.
Month: January 2011
Commission on Equal Opportunities: Discrimination against women still strong
The study on violence about Violence on Women due to Children’s Gender, which was prepared by Assoc. Dr. Serpil Altuntek for the Traditional Marriages Sub-Commission within the body of Commission on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men in the Assembly, revealed interesting results.
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2010 black year for women in Turkey
2010 was yet another black year as far as women killing was concerned in Turkey. According to the figures, 16 women were mercilessly murdered mostly by people close to them, namely husbands, fathers, boyfriends or brothers.