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Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Turkish women strive for gender equality | Live from the Arab Spring | Jewish Journal

Turkish women strive for gender equality

Calls for pregnant women to stay home

by Steve Dorsey, The Media Line

Elif Kamisli sits with two friends on the patio of a streetside cafe in Istanbul. Even wearing a slim black dress, she is not hard to spot -- she's very pregnant, nine-months pregnant, in fact.

Her shapely figure, Kamisli told The Media Line, often draws attention, but not always in the best way.

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