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Turkey: Bill to clear rapists of minors

Turkish women protest against a bill which would pardon some people imprisoned for statutory rape. Photograph: Sedat Suna/EPA A bill in Turkey that would overturn men’s convictions for child sex assault if they married their victim has provoked fury, with critics accusing the government of encouraging rape of minors with the proposals. The opposition, celebrities, …

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Turkish authorities shut down first Kurdish all-female news agency

JINHA staff at a press conference in Istnabul Jinha Women’s News Agency/ Facebook   ‘We do not bow down to the decrees of the AKP, which is misogynistic and counts women as nothing’ By Alexandra Sims Turkish authorities have shut down the world’s first international feminist news agency amid a wide ranging government crackdown on …

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Always Disobedient – Still on the Streets – 25 Year Anniversary of Women in Black

From October 7th to 10th, actions and activities were organized regarding the 25 year anniversary of the founding of Women in Black, Belgrade. In the Centre for Cultural Decontamination on October 7th the exhibit Always Disobedient – On the Same Task was held. At the exhibit, the stage action Personal/Political/International was performed, in which alongside …

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Detention of World March of Women activists in Turkey

Statement of the World March of Women After the detention of the Co-Mayors of Diyarbakir Metropolitan Municipality, Ms. Gültan Kışanak and Mr. Fırat Anli, both members of the People’s Democrat Party, on the 25th October 2016 in the surrounding buildings of the municipality accused of having terrorist links,   today the police attacked the demonstrators protesting …

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