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Turkey’s femicide toll soars amid coronavirus lockdowns | Al Monitor

Al-Monitor

Executive Summary

At least 18 women have been killed across Turkey, 12 of them at home, since March 11, 2020, when Ankara confirmed its first COVID-19 case, according to the We Will Stop Femicide Platform, a civic group dedicated to fighting violence against women.

Author(s)

Sibel Hurtas
The “stay home, stay safe” mantra against the coronavirus is having dreadful — and even deadly — consequences for women in Turkey, where, activists warn, measures to contain the outbreak are exacerbating the rampant problem of femicide and domestic violence in the country.

 

 


 

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