Joint statement  by 156 women’s and LGBTI+ organizations on their demands regarding combating violence against women in the wake of the parliamentary ratification of the Bill Amending the Law on the Execution of Sentences (Turkish, English)

Joint statement reflecting the opinion of women’s organizations on Proposed Amendments Curtailing Women’s Rights to Article 175 of the Civil Code

Petition and boycott campaign against Flormar and Yves Rocher demanding the reinstatement of 120 workers (mostly women) fired on the grounds of having joined a labor union

(Turkish, English, French)

Petition and campaign for the withdrawal and revision of the “Draft Law Proposing Amendments to the Turkish Penal Code and Other Laws” brought to Parliament on the 9^th of April 2018 seeking to alter the crime of child sexual abuse without any regard for children’s rights, no rights-based approach or consultation of relevant parties

Petition and protest campaign against the Draft Law Proposing Amendments to the Population Services Law and Other Laws (commonly known as the Mufti Law) and the Draft Law on Victims’ Rights that would augment the pressure on women and LGBTI+ individuals, brought on to the Parliamentary agenda despite the many objections voiced – particularly by women

Petition and campaign calling for the immediate release of 10 rights defenders including our friends and Women’s Coalition members İlknur Üstün and Nalan Erkem, detained without legal basis as they attended a civil society workshop

The “We demand free sanitary pads in prisons!” campaign and petition organized to counter and eliminate the requirement to purchase pads for a fee in prisons, the problem of their inaccessibility due to lack of quantity and variety, and the resulting violation of the right to health of women and trans men in prison.

Statement on how the amendment to article 103 of the Turkish Penal Code (TCK) could, in its implementation, create the risk of courts looking for consent in children aged 12 to 15