Turkey unveils new action plan for violence against women
Published 01 Jul,2021 via Hürriyet Daily News - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan unveiled a new action plan to enhance legal, administrative and political means in combatting violence against women on the day Turkey formally withdrew from the Istanbul Convention.
“Our fight against violence against women did not begin with this convention, and it will not end by withdrawing from this convention,” Erdoğan said at an introductory meeting of the fourth National Action Plan for Combating Violence Against Women on July 1 in Ankara.
The action plan, which covers all the actions to be taken between 2021 and 2025, was announced as Turkey accomplished all the necessary procedures for its withdrawal from the Council of Europe’s Istanbul Convention. Turkey said it pulled back from the convention on the ground that it was undermining family values.
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