Treatment of Widows and Divorced Women
A large majority in Turkey (70%) perceives discrimination against widows with the largest number (52%) of any of the nations polled saying that they are mistreated a great deal. The same pattern applies to divorced women–72 percent think divorced women are mistreated, with 51 percent saying a great deal. This issue may have gained a greater profile in Turkish society as part of the process of Turkey seeking accession into the European Union. The European Parliament has said that while women have officially had full political rights in Turkey since the 1930s, customary treatment of women in the country’s southeast has varied from the legal ideal. (click for poll results)
But here’s some good news:
click here for pollJW: The trick is how to translate the abstract concept of “women’s rights” into cultural categories like widows and divorced women.
Hallo ik zit met een probleempje iik kan geen jongens krijgen en ik vind mezelf veeel te d ben ik nou oko widdow