Turkey acts to better protect women from abuse
SELCAN HACAOGLU | March 8, 2012 11:04 AM EST | AP
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey's Parliament marked International Women's Day on Thursday by approving a package of laws aimed at better protecting women and children from abuse.
As it vies for European Union membership, Turkey – a predominantly Muslim country – is struggling to discard long-held cultural practices that denigrate women in a largely patriarchal society. It also is fighting to curb "honor killings" and murders of women deemed to have tarnished the reputation of their relatives, sometimes by having a premarital affair or a child out of wedlock.
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