The depth of trauma: The children left behind after femicide in Turkey

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Femicide is experienced almost every day in Turkey due to male violence; tens of thousands of families and children who are affected by the violence are, at the same time, left behind. In this study, in-depth interviews were conducted, using a qualitative method, with 6 children and 17 caregivers who were left behind following 10 cases of femicide, and the problems and needs experienced by these people are revealed.

External Authors

Gamze Erükçü Akbaş
Kasım Karataş
The struggle with violence against women must be understood as a two-dimensional struggle. While defending women’s rights and providing for gender equality constitute the first dimension, ensuring that the rights of children left behind after femicide and the platforms where children can react to femicide and violations of women’s and children’s rights' in line with their rights to participation compose the second one.

 

 


 

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