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  We Have New Rights

  Women for Women's Rights - New Ways, Turkey, 2001

  Women for Women's Human Rights - New Ways series entitled 'We Have Rights!' constitutes part of this organisation's efforts to render laws accessible for all and to do this with a rights perspective. In this series, publications use simple, clear language and are rich in terms of visual material.
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  Turkey: End Violence against Women in Custody

  Amnesty International, 2003

  Every day women across Turkey experience sexual and other physical violence. Women from all social and cultural backgrounds have been abused, assaulted and raped by state security forces, acquaintances, complete strangers, and by family members, including their partners. The concept of ?honour? is used to attempt to silence women who are sexually assaulted.
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  Turkey: Women Confronting Family Violence

  Amnesty International, 2004

  The human rights of hundreds of thousands of women in Turkey are violated every day. They are hit, raped, and in some cases even killed or forced to commit suicide. Husbands, brothers, fathers and sons are responsible for most of these abuses.
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  Spotlights on rights: reproductive rights and community action in Colombia: an exercise in social accountability

  International Planned Parenthood Federation, 2004

  This briefing describes a community-based sexual and reproductive rights (SRR) initiative carried out by the International Planned Parenthood Federation/Western Hemisphere Region (IPPF/WHR) in Columbia, India and Malaysia. Concrete illustrations are given of project activities. For example, in Monteria, Columbia, a youth leaflet and video was produced to raise awareness of people's rights.
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  The ??Natasha?? Experience: Migrant Sex Workers from the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe in Turkey

  Pergamon, 2002

  Women have been migrating across the world in increasing numbers and the sex industry remains one option for work in host countries. This paper looks at the case of migrant sex workers from the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe in Turkey, documenting sex workers' experiences in Istanbul.
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  Concluding Comments of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on Turkey's Fourth and Fifth Periodic Report on the Convention for the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)

  United Nations, 2005

  This report sets out the response of the United Nations 'Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women' to Turkey's fourth and fifth Periodic Report on the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW).
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  Shadow NGO Report on Turkey's Fourth and Fifth combined Periodic Report to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women

  Women for Women's Rights - New Ways, Turkey, 2005

  This Shadow Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) report written by Women for Women's Human Rights - New Ways is endorsed by the Women's Platform on the Turkish Penal Code which is made up of 27 groups and organisations.
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  Gender and Citizenship: What Does a Rights Framework Offer Women?

  BRIDGE, 2000

  This article describes how the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), and the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) Programme of Action have been used by an NGO in Bangladesh to mobilise around issues of violence against women (VAW) and reproductive health.
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  Promotion of Sexual Rights in Africa: Lessons from the Africa Regional Sexuality Resource Centre Initiative

  BRIDGE, 2005

  This power-point presentation examines the challenges and rewards of using a rights-based approach to promote healthy, responsible and pleasurable sexuality in Africa. It draws on the ongoing work of the Africa Regional Sexuality Resource Centre (ARSRC), which is funded by the Ford Foundation as part of a worldwide initiative - ?Global Dialogue on Sexual Health and Well-being?.
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  What is the ?Rights-Based Approach? all about? Perspectives from International Development Agencies

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2004

  Why is human rights thinking now so closely linked to development work? What are the different approaches among development actors and what are the limitations and implications for development policy and practice? This paper looks at the ?rights-based approach - (RBA) as used by multilateral institutions, bilateral agencies and international non-governmental organisations.

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