Amnesty International Turkey - Stop Violence Against Women! Petition

To take part in the petition to end violence against women in Turkey, please fill the blanks in the form below and describe the first thing you will do in a world in which violence against women no longer exists.

[Additional information about the Stop Violence Against Women campaign].

For each person that participates, one square of the red field below will be revealed. When the picture is fully revealed, the petition will be sent to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Signatures to this petition are also collected in cooperation with women's NGOs.

When you click upon a black or white square of the picture, you will see the information (name, city, age and the vision of a world without violence against women) of the person the square in question represents. Red squares do not contain information.

"Prime Minister
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Prime Minister's Office,
06573 Ankara

Dear Prime Minister,

As part of the "Stop Violence Against Women" campaign, started by Amnesty International on March 5th 2004, and with the support of non-governmental organisations working for women's human rights, we call upon you to look into the following. Amnesty International and the NGOs working for women urge you to

Take steps to prevent violence against women by funding a sufficient number of appropriate shelters in collaboration with NGOs experienced in working to protect women from violence;

Ensure that sufficient information and points of access for women to report violence, including hotlines covering all regions of Turkey staffed by sufficiently trained personnel, brochures and posters disseminated at hospitals, primary health care centres and courts, and websites, exist;

Ensure that members of the judiciary and security forces receive mandatory training to ensure that women are protected from violence in the community, and that government officials who fail to carry out their legal duty to protect women and prevent violence when clearly required to do so, are disciplined;

Ensure that police and gendarmerie officials receive mandatory training in responding to reports of family violence immediately and effectively, and that those members of the security forces who fail to respond effectively to family violence are disciplined.

It is our wish that, in the light of our above demands, your Government fulfil its responsibilities to eradicate violence against women through its actions, and support such work in Turkey and in other countries.

Respectfully,"