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June 17, 2009

Women’s Groups Urge Mobilization on Gender Equality

by Aysegul Aybar, Today's Zaman, Turkey - Women's organizations have called for gender equality education for all in society starting from the top levels, including the president and the prime minister, and down to the bottom, including private citizens, police officers, judges and prosecutors in the wake of a landmark European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) decision that punished Turkey for failing to provide its citizens with better protection from domestic abuse.

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