Women's Shelters and Municipalities in Turkey : Between Solidarity and Benevolence

Ekal, Berna

doi:10.4000/echogeo.12509

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“…First, the protection context in Turkey has historically been weak in terms of establishing practices and institutions for social and humanitarian relief work. Owing to operating in a system ‘which does not yet have its own social work code of ethics’ (Ornellas et al, 2019, p. 1190), poor‐quality social services in the country faced significant challenges long before the outbreak of the Syria crisis, including the prevention of and responding to violence against women and domestic abuse (Sahin and Sahin, 2003; Ekal, 2011; Özcan, Günaydın, and Çitil, 2016), forced and underage marriage (United Nations Population Fund, 2014), and child labour (Öncü et al, 2013). In addition, the involvement of Turkish NGOs and state institutions in humanitarian relief work is also relatively new, gaining momentum after the start of the Syria crisis (Binder, 2014; Kutlu, 2015).…”

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A contextual policy analysis of a cash programme in a humanitarian setting: the case of the Emergency Social Safety Net in Turkey

Cetinoglu

Yılmaz

2020

Disasters

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The Emergency Social Safety Net (ESSN) programme, which was launched in 2016, has become the central element of the humanitarian response to the plight of Syrian refugees in Turkey and an instrument of European migration control policies. This paper offers a contextual analysis of this European Union‐funded cash assistance scheme by examining the modes of interaction between its major assumptions and the broader humanitarian response in the context of Turkey. It finds that the ESSN comes with compromises on humanitarian principles and standards, amplifies the protection and assistance divide, and fails to address the realities of Turkey with respect to the country's housing and labour markets and weak protection framework. The paper concludes that a more inclusive approach to eligibility and higher transfer payments can contribute to the addressing of assistance needs provided that cash support is combined with robust protection programming and the implementation of sector‐specific projects and policies.

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A contextual policy analysis of a cash programme in a humanitarian setting: the case of the Emergency Social Safety Net in Turkey

Cetinoglu

Yılmaz

2020

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“…Och där frågan om mäns våld mot kvinnor i en svensk kontext framförallt drivits av en kvinnojoursrörelse som inte självklart stått i kvinnorörelsens centrum (Enander et al 2013), har våld varit kärnan i den breda turkiska kvinnorörelsens krav om kvinnors rättigheter. Den kvinnojoursrörelse vi känner i Sverige och västvärlden finns inte i Turkiet; bara ett fåtal feministiska jourer existerar/har existerat, och istället har feminister krävt att staten tar sitt ansvar för att skydda våldsutsatta kvinnor (Ekal 2011).…”

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När mord blir emblematiska. Våld mot kvinnor i turkisk och svensk media

Eldén¹

2014

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This article analyses how the murder of women, femicide, is framed and understood in today’s media landscape in Turkey. In focus stands the interaction between three actors on the media arena: feminists, the media and politicians, and the process through which these actors shape stories about gendered violence. During the last few years, Turkey has witnessed a growing media visibility of gendered violence, mainly reflected in news reporting and discussions about murders of women. A feminist understanding of violence in which individual cases are linked rather than isolated was partly picked up by the media, and some cases became emblematic: generalised as a concern for other cases and important for how violence against women was framed. Through these cases not only women’s groups but also the media itself raised demands for state responsibility and state intervention in the struggle to end violence against women. The state saw the urge to respond and show engagement. The overall aim of the article is to explore whether media stories about murders of women that have reached an emblematic status in a given context close down or open up for public discussion. The article intends to give a deepened theoretical understanding of emblematic cases by asking whether they open up for stories in which new patterns and linkages are given space, or if they close down an issue and promote only one type of narrative in the public discussion about violence. For this purpose, the article also turns to the Swedish arena and the public discussions about honour related violence.

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“…Dessa platser visade sig vara mer mångfacetterade än vi föreställt oss, finnas på olika nivåer och vara av olika karaktär. Interaktionen mellan media och aktivister fanns exempelvis i feministiska/homoaktivistiska media watchgrupper, i aktioner/kampanjer med syfte att få medial uppmärksamhet, i alternativ media inom och utanför kvinnorörelsen, i initiativ inom mainstream-media, och i personliga kontakter mellan kvinnoaktivister och journalister eller individer som definierar sig som både och (Eldén och Ekal 2014).…”

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“…Och där frågan om mäns våld mot kvinnor i en svensk kontext framförallt drivits av en kvinnojoursrörelse som inte självklart stått i kvinnorörelsens centrum , har våld varit kärnan i den breda turkiska kvinnorörelsens krav om kvinnors rättigheter. Den kvinnojoursrörelse vi känner i Sverige och västvärlden finns inte i Turkiet; bara ett fåtal feministiska jourer existerar/har existerat, och istället har feminister krävt att staten tar sitt ansvar för att skydda våldsutsatta kvinnor (Ekal 2011).…”

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Det våldsbevittnande barnets ontologi

Andersson

Cater

2014

TGV

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The recurring demand in Sweden today is to view children witnessing domestic violence as victims of crime. In this article, we discuss the ontological status of the child and how witnessing violence might affect this status. In light of research on children witnessing domestic violence and how these children are described in support methods, we aim to contribute to the understanding of the ontology of children and particularly of the child witnessing domestic violence. This is related to the political history of and current theories on children. Previous research shows that witnessing domestic violence increases the risk for developing violent behaviors. Despite this, current Swedish support methods pay little attention to possible use of violence among these children. This could entail that important aspects are not given discursive space within interventions. Chris Jenk’s writing on mythological imageries of children is related to children witnessing domestic violence. The imageries of Apollo and Dionysus respectively produce different ideas about innocence, vulnerability, responsibility and competence. An Apollonian imagery of children witnessing domestic violence focuses exclusively on children as victims, ignoring their potential for violence. The Dionysian imagery on the other hand generates an idea of children with an innate propensity for violence, which threatens their ontological status as victims. Furthermore, the ontology of children explored in the context of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and a more complex understanding of children is called for. The imagery of Athena is put forth to broaden the understanding of children as responsible and participating on their own terms. This imagery goes hand-in-hand, we argue, with John Wall’s call for a childism parallel to feminism.

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Women's Shelters and Municipalities in Turkey : Between Solidarity and Benevolence

Cited by 19 publications

References 8 publications

A contextual policy analysis of a cash programme in a humanitarian setting: the case of the Emergency Social Safety Net in Turkey

A contextual policy analysis of a cash programme in a humanitarian setting: the case of the Emergency Social Safety Net in Turkey

När mord blir emblematiska. Våld mot kvinnor i turkisk och svensk media

Det våldsbevittnande barnets ontologi

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