BIA 12.02.2008 The Peace Parliament organised a symposium entitled “Democratisation and the Kurdish Issue during the New Constitutional Process.” Without women, peace is not achievable.
Research indicates that circumcision is also practiced by Kurds. Most people react surprised by this information. "Isn't this an African problem?" According to some Kurdish Iranian based NGO's and women organizations on both side of the borders of Iran and Iraqi Kurdistan 70% of the Iranian Kurdish women is circumcised. According to a WADI report 65% of the rural regions of Slemani also practice circumcision.
Women NGOs protest against government schemes for new legislation on dressing to impose restrictions justified with "general morality".Women's organisations are worried about constitutional reform schemes carried out by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP).
Bianet-
On Friday, around 150 women marched in Taksim in order to protest against the sexual harrassment of women on New Year’s Eve and the fact that the police released the suspected perpetrators.
BIA 23.11.2007 122 women, many of them well-known singers, actresses, writers, academics and journalists have gathered under the slogan "We have promised peace" and published their call for peace on the internet and in newspapers.
Kurdish Women Fighters: The Turks Refuse to Speak to Us
Al-Sharq Al-Awsat -The London daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat recently published an interview with several Kurdish women fighters from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).
Feedback
BIA 14.02.2008 Two “peace mothers” were taken into custody after trying to make a press statement in Taksim. Activists have called for their release.
BIA 12.02.2008 The Peace Parliament organised a symposium entitled “Democratisation and the Kurdish Issue during the New Constitutional Process.” Without women, peace is not achievable.
Research indicates that circumcision is also practiced by Kurds. Most people react surprised by this information. "Isn't this an African problem?" According to some Kurdish Iranian based NGO's and women organizations on both side of the borders of Iran and Iraqi Kurdistan 70% of the Iranian Kurdish women is circumcised. According to a WADI report 65% of the rural regions of Slemani also practice circumcision.
Women NGOs protest against government schemes for new legislation on dressing to impose restrictions justified with "general morality".Women's organisations are worried about constitutional reform schemes carried out by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP).
Bianet-
On Friday, around 150 women marched in Taksim in order to protest against the sexual harrassment of women on New Year’s Eve and the fact that the police released the suspected perpetrators.
BIA 23.11.2007 122 women, many of them well-known singers, actresses, writers, academics and journalists have gathered under the slogan "We have promised peace" and published their call for peace on the internet and in newspapers.
Al-Sharq Al-Awsat -The London daily Al-Sharq Al-Awsat recently published an interview with several Kurdish women fighters from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).