http://www.opendemocracy.net/article/5050/16_days/education_turkey Comments for "Educating for women's rights in Turkey , Evre Kaynak " en http://www.opendemocracy.net/article/5050/16_days/education_turkey <p> Over the past 10 years, Turkey has witnessed major reforms in the sphere of women&#39;s human rights and the prevention of violence against women, largely due to the successful advocacy efforts of the women&#39;s movement, spearheaded by women&#39;s NGOs. The first breakthrough was the adoption of the 1998 <a href="http://www.wwhr.org/law_no_4320.php">law on the protection of the family</a> aimed at preventing domestic violence, followed by reform of the <a href="http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-10052314_ITM">Civil Code in 2001</a>, and most recently reform of the <a href="http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2004/09/913fafcb-3efe-495e-927b-3136e7d6cc23.html">Turkish Penal Code in 2004</a>. Through these reforms, women have attained the legal basis to exercise their human rights. </p>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/article/5050/16_days/education_turkey" class="read-more" title="Read the rest of this posting.">Read the rest of this post...</a><p><a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/article/5050/16_days/education_turkey">read more</a></p> http://www.opendemocracy.net/article/5050/16_days/education_turkey#comment 50.50 16 days Creative Commons normal Evre Kaynak Mon, 10 Dec 2007 15:56:34 +0000 35358 at http://www.opendemocracy.net