Shadow NGO Report on Turkey’s Seventh Periodic Report to The Committee on The Elimination of Discrimination Against Women
Abstract
This Shadow Report1 aims to draw attention to the forms of discrimination faced by women in Turkey. The forms of discrimination that women experience are analysed under eight headings: legal amendments, stereotypes and harmful practices, participation in political and public life and temporary special measures, employment, education, violence, women in rural areas, and refugee, asylumseeking and internally displaced women.