Rethinking feminist solidarity between Turkey and Syria Published: 22 December 2025 Article If built on shared political principles, sustained collaboration, and equal representation, a joint feminist front between Turkey and Syria can generate the kind of transformative power that today’s anti-gender climate seeks to constrain. Meriç Çağlar
Syrian women’s voices: Legal, social and security realities in the post-Assad transition Published: 22 December 2025 Article Sustainable progress in women’s rights cannot be achieved through top-down, externally imposed frameworks. It must emerge from local knowledge, local leadership, and locally driven solutions. Lina Ghoutouk
Syrian women: The future depends on whose voices shape it Published: 22 December 2025 Article We need a feminist media agenda to protect, amplify, and institutionalise Syrian women’s voices as equal partners in shaping the country’s political future. Kholoud Helmi
Trade, politics and the future: Which path should Europe choose in supply chains? Published: 23 May 2025 News Europe stands at a crossroads. Should it build its trade relations on fundamental values such as human rights, environmental sustainability, and labor rights—or align them with geopolitical interests? In our recent panel held in Berlin, we discussed the role of supply chains in German-Turkish relations.
The Mufti Law Published: 8 November 2017 The law, which women’s organizations and the parliamentary opposition have been protesting comprises significant changes in the regulation of marriage matters contrary to secular principles and to the disadvantage of women. Authorizing religious authorities, the muftis, to officiate marriages is only one of them.
Lost childhoods – Turkey still has one of the highest rates of early marriages Published: 17 April 2017 The 15-years old Derya B. died in October 2016 shortly after giving birth to her first baby. Two underage mothers in Diyarbakır and two others in Muş recently died during labor. Hannah Weiner
Against patriarchy and the constitutional reform: Thousands of women in Turkey march for ‘Hayır’ Published: 15 March 2017 Not afraid, but free and strong: Last week on 8th March - known as International Women’s Day - thousands of women marched across Turkey to gain national and international attention for their current situation. Hannah Weiner
Frauenbewegung zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts Published: 8 February 2017 Wirft man einen Blick auf die Frauenbewegungen zur Zeit des Osmanischen Reiches und der Gründungsphase der Republik Türkei, erkennt man, dass anfangs insbesondere das Recht auf Bildung, das Wahlrecht und die Staatsbürgerschaft als besonders dringend eingestuft wurden. Nacide Berber
Women’s Museums Published: 23 December 2016 The Women's Museum brings together women's museums from different countries of the world.
Civic Charter Published: 22 December 2016 Repression of civil society is on the rise all over the world. The charter aims to support civil society organizations as activists throughout the world, to advocate for their rights and freedom of action, and to demand government guarantees.
