Three ministers and head of Turkey Presidency of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) met on Wednesday in The Turkish capital Ankara to present a new Action Plan for 2022 to address violence against womencomplicated issue Most notably, domestic violence and femicide, perpetrated by former or current spouses or others family Individuals. Ministers praised progress in Reduce the annoying number of “Women killed” but also I acknowledge need for more cooperation on The issue Where they signed a cooperation protocol between them ministries.
The protocol Covers the increasing coordination between the Ministry of the Interior, which deals with criminal side of The issueMinistry of Family and Social Services, which occupies the lead of Efforts to provide shelter and awareness women in dangerMinistry of Education, which aims to educate people At a younger age to raise awareness on The issue Which is still largely linked to the patriarchal mentality.
Focus action plan on five sides – access to justice for Victims, policies, coordination, preventive and protective measures, public Awareness and accurate data collection on The issue.
Family and Social Services Minister Derya Jannik said at the meeting that successive governments of The current AKP has implemented many regulations and measures to reduce violence against women on Principle of “zero disparity” in The past two decades, but the process was not “complete”after.” work to ensure Application of Privacy Terms for women (to protect identity of Domestic violence victims), we’ll do it work for Effective implementation of Health measures and advisory services for victims.”
Yannick said the violence was now “diverse”. “Apart from physical, psychological, economic and sexual violence, we now have virtual Violence, something we need to work for prevention,” referring to the targeting of cybercrime womenincluding stalking and bullying. The minister also He dismissed allegations that injunctions were rare or not well implemented in cases of domestic violence. “This is not something that can be prevented simply by executing injunctions for the perpetrators. Unfortunately, we’ve seen in The past five years that about 81% of womenThe murders were committed by the perpetrators and they did not seek restraining orders for Earlier “.
Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said they did plans Underway to address various aspects of The issue One of their priorities is to increase the number of women with access To the KADES application from 3.4 million to 5 million. KADES, who stands for for Women’s Emergency Support Application, is an application for smartphones allows Potential Domestic Violence Victims to Alert Security Forces, Essentially, a ‘Panic Button’ with Short emergency response time.
Soylu said they were also work to achieve it easier for Victims of domestic violence in risk By protecting their identity, in particular in Legal procedures or official transactions where they have to provide evidence of ID. He said their ID cards would be protected by A new privacy regulation. He said they would also increase the number of Electronic monitoring centers, at the rate of 500 to 1500, are spread throughout the country “within a month”. Positions Track Movements of Perpetrators, if they are convicted or have an injunction issued against them against or under suspicion of commit such acts and/or have criminal Complaint raised against they. The minister They said they were also trying to increase the number of shelters for women Flee from their violent partners and appeal to the municipalities in Cost of those shelters to enhance their capabilities.
“We achieved progress in The fight against towards violence women But what we do not have zero Cases, we don’t think through comprehensively progress. as of March 22, Issue of womenHomicides decreased by 29% compared to last year But this is not enough “.
For his part, Minister of Education Mahmoud Ozer said that the strong solution to the problem of issue will be educating children From pre-school. “studies show that more children Educated, say what they have criminal inclinations in The future. Thus, starting education at an early age is important,” noting that they were planning to open 3,000 people more Kindergarten in Next years. He said they have employed about 60,000 counseling teachers, who provide psychological counseling services in schools and all of They have been trained on Raising awareness of violence against women Among the students.
Ali Arbash head of Diyanet, she said they were giving sermons in mosques help Brought down targeting violence women And the sermons will continue on this year as well as to bring issue to focus of Male mosque congregation. He said they were also Provide spiritual advice to women stay in Domestic violence escape shelters.
Three ministers and head of Turkey Presidency of Religious Affairs (Diyanet) met on Wednesday in The Turkish capital Ankara to present a new Action Plan for 2022 to address violence against womencomplicated issue Most notably, domestic violence and femicide, perpetrated by former or current spouses or others family Individuals. Ministers praised progress in Reduce the annoying number of “Women killed” but also I acknowledge need for more cooperation on The issue Where they signed a cooperation protocol between them ministries.
The protocol Covers the increasing coordination between the Ministry of the Interior, which deals with criminal side of The issueMinistry of Family and Social Services, which occupies the lead of Efforts to provide shelter and awareness women in dangerMinistry of Education, which aims to educate people At a younger age to raise awareness on The issue Which is still largely linked to the patriarchal mentality.
Focus action plan on five sides – access to justice for Victims, policies, coordination, preventive and protective measures, public Awareness and accurate data collection on The issue.
Family and Social Services Minister Derya Jannik said at the meeting that successive governments of The current AKP has implemented many regulations and measures to reduce violence against women on Principle of “zero disparity” in The past two decades, but the process was not “complete”after.” work to ensure Application of Privacy Terms for women (to protect identity of Domestic violence victims), we’ll do it work for Effective implementation of Health measures and advisory services for victims.”
Yannick said the violence was now “diverse”. “Apart from physical, psychological, economic and sexual violence, we now have virtual Violence, something we need to work for prevention,” referring to the targeting of cybercrime womenincluding stalking and bullying. The minister also He dismissed allegations that injunctions were rare or not well implemented in cases of domestic violence. “This is not something that can be prevented simply by executing injunctions for the perpetrators. Unfortunately, we’ve seen in The past five years that about 81% of womenThe murders were committed by the perpetrators and they did not seek restraining orders for Earlier “.
Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said they did plans Underway to address various aspects of The issue One of their priorities is to increase the number of women with access To the KADES application from 3.4 million to 5 million. KADES, who stands for for Women’s Emergency Support Application, is an application for smartphones allows Potential Domestic Violence Victims to Alert Security Forces, Essentially, a ‘Panic Button’ with Short emergency response time.
Soylu said they were also work to achieve it easier for Victims of domestic violence in risk By protecting their identity, in particular in Legal procedures or official transactions where they have to provide evidence of ID. He said their ID cards would be protected by A new privacy regulation. He said they would also increase the number of Electronic monitoring centers, at the rate of 500 to 1500, are spread throughout the country “within a month”. Positions Track Movements of Perpetrators, if they are convicted or have an injunction issued against them against or under suspicion of commit such acts and/or have criminal Complaint raised against they. The minister They said they were also trying to increase the number of shelters for women Flee from their violent partners and appeal to the municipalities in Cost of those shelters to enhance their capabilities.
“We achieved progress in The fight against towards violence women But what we do not have zero Cases, we don’t think through comprehensively progress. as of March 22, Issue of womenHomicides decreased by 29% compared to last year But this is not enough “.
For his part, Minister of Education Mahmoud Ozer said that the strong solution to the problem of issue will be educating children From pre-school. “studies show that more children Educated, say what they have criminal inclinations in The future. Thus, starting education at an early age is important,” noting that they were planning to open 3,000 people more Kindergarten in Next years. He said they have employed about 60,000 counseling teachers, who provide psychological counseling services in schools and all of They have been trained on Raising awareness of violence against women Among the students.
Ali Arbash head of Diyanet, she said they were giving sermons in mosques help Brought down targeting violence women And the sermons will continue on this year as well as to bring issue to focus of Male mosque congregation. He said they were also Provide spiritual advice to women stay in Domestic violence escape shelters.