Activities of Emine BOZKURT related to 2011/2066(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
A 2020 perspective for women in Turkey (short presentation)
Reports (1)
REPORT on a 2020 Perspective for Women in Turkey PDF (221 KB) DOC (132 KB)
Amendments (8)
Amendment 56 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11
Paragraph 11
11. Welcomes the initiatives of the Turkish Government in reorganising the system of shelters in consultation with all stakeholders; calls on the Turkish Government to meet the goal it set for itself with the Law on Municipalities and build a shelter in every municipality with at least 50 000 inhabitants; emphasizes the importance of increasing security and capacity in the existing shelters, of employing well trained and well paid social service personnel and making sure by way of vocational training courses and other services that women in shelters acquire adequate capabilities to build a new life for themselves and their children;
Amendment 61 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11 a (new)
Paragraph 11 a (new)
11a. Underlines the importance of treatment of men with a tendency for violence, therefore suggests that men against whom a restraining order has been issued are rehabilitated by probation bureaus;
Amendment 66 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Turkish Government to criminalise forced marriage, and underlines the importance of awareness rising at schools and for parents concerning the unlawfulness of forced marriages,
Amendment 69 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Asks the Turkish Government whether the number of "honour killings" has shown any decrease in the years following the amendment in the Turkish Penal Code listing "honour killings" as an aggravated circumstance in case of murder; asks the Turkish Government how often the judges have ruled on "honour killings" and what the punishments have been; in this regard also calls on the Turkish Government to conduct a research on the sudden increase of female suicide cases in Eastern Turkey;
Amendment 79 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Notes that the percentage of pre- schooling among children in the 0-5 age group is still very low and urges the Turkish Government to allocate enough resources to extend affordable child care services for this age group;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Welcomes the initiatives of the Turkish Government aimed at criminalissuch as the Social Risk Mitigation Project (conditional cash transfer) which involves paying familure to send children to schoolies in need an amount of money for every child going to primary school; notes the fact that the amount given to families for girls is higher than that given to boys and that this amount is handed to the mothers; welcomes that this way, the problem of schooling of girls and the empowerment of women within the family structure is addressed simultaneously;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19
Paragraph 19
19. WStresses that the problem of genderstereotyping can best be addressed within the education system; therefore welcomes the establishment of the Gender Equality Commission within the Ministry of Education and its achievements in eliminating sexist language, pictures and expressions from educational material;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 36
Paragraph 36
36. Notes that special attention should be given to the empowerment of women in the less developed regions of Turkey; welcomes, therefore, the Turkish Government’s projects such as offering vocational training courses within CATOMs (Multi Purpose Society Centres) in South East Turkey, but underlines the need for more of such initiatives in drawing up and promoting targeted equal opportunities and women’s rights programmes;