Monthly Archives: March 2012

Istanbul, Femen di nuovo in azione – foto

Ieri, 8 marzo, le ragazze ucraine del gruppo Femen si sono date da fare con trucchi, pennarelli e cartelli. Questa volta il luogo della protesta è stato Istanbul. Le giovani, rigorosamente in topless, sono scese in piazza per dire basta alle violenze contro le donne turche. La protesta è stata inscenato 24 ore dopo l'ennesimo omicidio. Nella giornata di ieri, infatti, una donna di 40 anni è stata uccisa da un parente dopo un litigio con il marito. La manifestazione è durata appena un minuto: le ragazze sono state subito caricate sui veicoli >>>

Turkey acts to better protect women from abuse

Police detain one of Ukrainian women's rights activists as they stage a topless demonstration to protest domestic violence against women in Turkey, near the Byzantine-era Haghia Sophia, in Istanbul, Thursday, March 8, 2012, just hours after a man shot dead a female relative. AP Turkey's Parliament marked International Women's Day on Thursday, March 8, 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 >>>

Девушки из FEMEN выступили с бутафорскими следами побоев и ожогов

Украинские феминистки из группы FEMEN были задержаны полицией в Стамбуле в ходе уличной акции по случаю 8 марта – Международного женского дня. Об этом сообщает Lenta.ru со ссылкой на Hurriyet Daily News. Активистки FEMEN по традиции появились перед публикой в практически обнаженном виде, однако на лица и тела девушек были нанесены бутафорские >>>

FEMEN activists detained in Istanbul

The demonstration was aimed at drawing attention to violence against women and was specifically designed to take place on International Women’s Day, March 8. Four members of the FEMEN group, topless and wearing bruise-like makeup, chanted slogans and displayed banners in the one-minute protest in Istanbul to mark International Women’s Day on Thursday. The protest banners read slogans such as “Stop acid attacks,” “Why?” and “What for?” The FEMEN members fought back when the police tried to >>>

Topless protesters detained

Turkish police detained four Ukrainian feminists who staged a topless protest in one of the busiest spots of Istanbul on Thursday, said an AFP photographer. Four activists of the Femen group chanted slogans and unfurled banners outside Hagia Sophia church, now a museum, to protest against domestic violence in Turkey and to express solidarity with female victims of acid attacks. Shortly after the group's protest marking International Women's Day, police rushed to the scene and dragged the activists into a police vehicle. Femen, a small but feisty feminist group based in Ukraine, operates under >>>

Istanbul: Vier Frauenrechtlerinnen in Istanbul festgenommen

Istanbul (AFP) - (AFP) In Istanbul sind vier ukrainische Aktivistinnen festgenommen worden, nachdem sie sich bei einer Protestaktion in der Innenstadt teilweise entkleidet hatten. Die Mitglieder der feministischen Gruppe Femen entrollten am Donnerstag vor der früheren Kirche Hagia Sophia ein Banner und riefen Slogans, bevor sie von der Polizei abgeführt wurden, wie ein AFP-Fotograf berichtete. Mehr zum Thema Sport erfahren Sie hier. Anzeige >>>

Turkey’s Parliament enacts laws to protect women, children from abuse

ANKARA, Turkey - Parliament marked International Women’s Day on Thursday by approving a package of laws aimed at better protecting women and children from abuse. Turkey, as it vies for European Union membership, is struggling to discard long-held cultural practices that denigrate women in a largely patriarchal society. The predominantly Muslim country also is fighting to curb “honor killings’’ of women deemed to have tarnished the reputation of their relatives, sometimes by having a premarital affair or a child out of wedlock. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan >>>

Detienen a feministas por celebrar en topless el Día de la Mujer

En la conferencia de prensa, antes de la acción, las chicas declararon que su objetivo principal es proteger los derechos de las turcas, para que estén listas a "poner el pecho". En tanto, el Parlamento turco aprobó una ley para combatir el problema de la violencia contra las mujeres en este país, una norma que había generado muchas expectativas, pero cuyo contenido final ha sido criticado como insuficiente por varias ONG. La aprobación de esta ley, justo en el Día de la Mujer, tiene una enorme carga simbólica en un país en el que unas 250 mujeres murieron en 2011 >>>