Türkiye

The decision of the replacement of the Ministry of Women and Family Affairs by the newly established Ministry of Family and Social Policies, came espite massive protest of women organizations and a signature campaign with 3,000 participants submitted to the prime ministry on 6 June. 

The increase in the number of female members of Parliament following Sunday’s election is good news, but not sufficient to ensure strong political representation for women, according to women’s rights activists.

Turkey’s political stalemate following the recent elections has overshadowed a key development; the near doubling of women deputies in the Ankara Parliament (Meclis): 14 percent of the Meclis members are now women.

Fatma Sahin has a unique position in Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's new cabinet: she is the only woman minister. That represents a drop from the previous cabinet, which included two.

18 Mar 2012 - In line with the recently recognized International Women’s Day, the UN Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW) discussed an important aspect of women’s inequality around the world. The subject of the 56th session of the UNCSW this year was “the empowerment of rural women and their role in poverty and hunger eradication, development and current challenges.”