In Turkey, the number of women and teenage girls who face different kinds of obstacles continuously increases. Every day we wake up to news about this specific topic. “Husband killed his wife.” “Father raped his 13-year-old daughter.” Despite that these headlines are everywhere, there is no improvement, on the contrary, the number of women who are subjected to violence is increasing even more. However, violence is not the only issue. The inequality between women and men in many areas, such as the workplace and education field, cannot be overlooked either. Although women are indispensible to our society, they are discriminated against due to the bigotry created by cultural and religious dynamics and stereotyping.
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