"‘Handcuffing’ violence against women in Turkey
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
DİLEK KARAL
Family and Social Policies Minister Fatma Şahin recently announced that husbands who inflict violence upon their wives will be barred from their own homes and tracked by a monitoring system that will utilize electronic handcuffs. Moreover, Şahin also promised that the ministry would regulate standards for women’s shelters in Turkey to protect women from violence. While the electronic monitoring technique and future reforms for women’s shelters are the topic of wide discussion, the diverse aspects of violence against women that we come across every day in Turkey should be considered once more."
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