BasakOvacik
Dr.Ovacik
Turkish Association of University Women
23 March 2021-Backlash Against the Istanbul Convention
Red Pepper Association
Human rights of women, Violence against women
SDG5 – Gender Equality, SDG16 – Peace and Justice Strong Institutions
Polygamy (2016), Harassment (2016), Tolerance of Minority Groups (2016), FGM (2016), Child Marriage (2016)
It is very related as my country announced that it withdrew from the convention.
The Istanbul Convention -The Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence is an important legal document protecting women. Some countries want to withdraw from the convention as it is against the patriarchal system. The speakers talked about its importance and gave some country examples from Turkey and Poland.
They all get informed about the regional(Europe) convention protecting women's rights against violence. They can adopt the same law to their national law codes. Or they can call their own governments to sign.
Violence against women should be the red line of all women’s rights organization. It is the biggest priority now as they are more affected during Covid-19.
