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The idea of KAMER was born at the peak of violence during 1993-95. It was officially founded in 1997 and continued to grow and strengthen in the following years. Currently we are trying to expand our activities that are ongoing in the 23 provinces of Eastern and Southeastern Anatolia to districts, villages, and remote neighborhoods. We are now thousands of women. We used to whisper that we are feminists, now we are shouting out for all to hear.
We started with what was most difficult for us. Risking being cast out, deserted, and condemned… Although most of us first became aware of violence under custody or in the streets, we saw the link between different forms of violence and recognized that it all starts inside the home.
We started experiencing personal awareness as we tried to develop an arena independent of all our identities in order to question sexism. We questioned our own violence and discrimination, how we oppressed and how we were oppressed.
We know that feminism is indispensable for a world that is free of hierarchy, discrimination, and violence, one where sharing, solidarity, transparency, participation, and being on the side of what is right and the righteous.
We believe that the methods women have devised to free themselves of violence will make this new world possible...
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Turkey ‘must do more to help victims of abuse’“Not enough is being done to prevent violence against women,” said Nebahat Akkoc, the director of the Women’s Centre, or Kamer, a non-governmental network of institutions set up to help women in need. “According to Turkish law, women have to expressly ask for help, and many do not know that.”
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Turkey ‘must do more to help victims of abuse’“Not enough is being done to prevent violence against women,” said Nebahat Akkoc, the director of the Women’s Centre, or Kamer, a non-governmental network of institutions set up to help women in need. “According to Turkish law, women have to expressly ask for help, and many do not know that.”
We Can Change“Insanlar mücadeleleriyle varolurlar“. Zeynep Gambetti, a scholar of Kurdish politics, found this comment inscribed in the visitors’ book at the Diyarbakir Art Centre’s exhibit of photographer Ami Vitale’s Kashmir photos. The phrase roughly translates as; “people come into existence through their struggles“...
Cinsel İstismarla Suçlanan Vakit Yazarı Üzmez’e TahliyeKüçük yaşta kız çocuğuna cinsel istismarda bulunmak suçlaması ile tutuklu yargılanan Vakit yazarı Hüseyin Üzmez, Adli Tıp Kurumunun çocukla ilgili verdiği ''beden ve ruh sağlığının bozulmadığı'' yönünde rapor doğrultusunda serbest bırakıldı.
İHD: Maltepe Cezaevinde Çocuklar İşkence Görüyor Cezaevinde tutulan çocukların kendilerine psikolojik ve fiziksel işkence edildiğini söylediğini aktaran avukat Tamer, acilen önlem alınmasını istedi. İHD konuyla ilgili bir rapor hazırlayacak. Uzmanlar "Çocuklar ceza sisteminden çıkarılmalı" diyor
T.C. Başbakanlık T.C. Başbakanlık İnsan Hakları Başkanlığı'nın KAMER raporlarını da değerlendirerek hazırladığı "Töre ve Namus Cinayetleri Raporu" açıklandı.
Yargıtay Kararı Töre Cinayetlerini Teşvik EdiciBaşbakanlık İnsan Hakları Başkanlığı (Bihb) Başkanı Prof. Dr. Tahsin Fendoğlu, "Yargıtay'ın Aile Meclisi Kararı Olmadan Töre Cinayeti Olmaz" Kararına Tepki Göstererek Kararın Yeni Töre Cinayetleri Teşvik Edebileceğini Söyledi.
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