“The Istanbul Agreement Keeps Alive”

the-istanbul-agreement-keeps-alive We say “The Istanbul Agreement Keeps Alive” for Pınar, Münevver, Özgecan, Emine, Şule and all the women who have not been reported by the media; many nameless women that have been victims of violence, abuse and cruel murder perpetrated by their husbands,

We say “The Istanbul Agreement Keeps Alive” for Pınar, Münevver, Özgecan, Emine, Şule and all the women whohave not been reported by the media; many nameless women that have been victims of violence, abuse and cruel murder perpetrated by their husbands, partners, fathers, brothers, etc.

“The aim of the Istanbul Agreement is to actualize a Europe that has eliminated violence against women and domestic violence based on the following mutually agreed upon points:

a) Protect women against all forms of violence and prevent, investigate and eliminate violence against women and domestic violence;

b) Contribute to eliminating all forms of discrimination against women and, including the empowerment of women as one of the factors, to considerably broaden equality between women and men;

c) Plan a comprehensive framework, policy and preventive measures to protect and help all victims of violence against women and of domestic violence;

d) Broaden international cooperation to eliminate violence against women and domestic violence;

e) Adopt an all-encompassing approach to eliminate violence against women and domestic violence by providing help and support to institutions and law enforcement agencies to enable them to work together.”  (Istanbul Agreement 2011, p.4)

May you rest in peace Pınar.


22.07.2020