#istanbulconventionsaveslives

[jennamoreci]

Tagged by @jenmac600 and @iona.wayland - #challengeaccepted I’ve seen a lot of women posting these black and white photos, but not as many are commenting on the reason behind this challenge. It’s a response to the femicide in Turkey as well as the attack against the Istanbul Convention. Women are being killed at an alarming rate with little to no response or punishment to their murderers. If you want to learn more about what’s going on and how you can help, @beelzeboobz and @najwazebian have very helpful posts on the topic. Stay informed ♥️ #istanbulconventionsaveslives https://www.instagram.com/p/CDVy63igCE0/?igshid=ej87shsm0qrd

[portraitsofrose]

#womensupportingwomen hashtag was created to spread awareness on the femicides happening here in Turkey.

Black and white photos of another Turkish women murdered would be plastered on the news and shared all over social media. So stand in solidarity. Turkish women shared their black and white photos of themselves to say “I could be the next”.

Since 2010 there have been over 1000 official reported cases of women being killed in gender-based violence. 474 of these reported deaths happened in 2019, it’s a 200% increase since 2013. July 2020 alone has seen 40 reports of women murdered so far and is set to rise rapidly, more than usual, due to the combined effects of increasingly fragile toxic masculinity, social media trolling, a worsening economy and COVID-19 quarantines. In reality, there are far more femicides that are gone unnoticed.

The Istanbul Convention was created by the Council of Europe to protect women against any and all kinds of violence and prohibit the discrimination against women. It was signed in 2011 and has been effective since 2014.

Now there is a talk from the Turkish government of withdrawing from this treaty and removing the convention entirely.

In effect, this leaves women with no protection. This is a direct attack on women’s rights and their lives.

P.S: Don’t worry about those scars in my hand, I’m not exposed to violence. They were made by my dog, Alex :)

[feminismsnobudget]

Images: Nina Berfelde

[narip]

Faşizmin, gericiliğin yaşamıma müdahale etmesini kabul etmiyorum. Hayattan, özgürlükten, adaletten, eşitlikten, insanlıktan, onurlu bir yaşamdan yana olan haklarımdan, düşlerimden, taleplerimden vazgeçmiyorum. #istanbulsözleşmesiyaşatır #kadıncinayetleripolitiktir ✨ #istanbulsözleşmesiuygulansın #aklınızdanbilegeçirmeyin #istanbulsözleşmesi ✨ #stopfemicide #istanbulconvention #womankillingispolitical #enforceistanbulconvention #istanbulconventionshouldbeimplemented #wedontkeepquiet #istanbulconventionsaveslives #istanbulconventionkeepswomenalive #womensupportingwomen #girlpower #grlpwr #womenempoweringwomen #womenempowerment #womeninspiringwomen #womenpower #equality #justice #freedom #womensupportingwomen #womensrights #humanrights #kadındayanışması #istanbulsözleşmesibizim #aslayalnızyürümeyeceksin #youwillneverwalkalone #neverwalkalone Fotoğraflar: Zeynep Kuray https://www.instagram.com/p/CMpBumvgHQS/?igshid=sq4gz883bo4h

[veganlogicdinamo]

#İstanbulSözleşmesiYaşatır Bugün New York’ta İstanbul Sözleşmesi’ne destek vermek ve kadın cinayetlerini protesto etmek için eylem yaptık. Katılan, katkı veren herkese teşekkürler! Ayrıntıları salı günkü yazımda anlatacağım. 🙏🏼 #istanbulconventionsaveslives (at Columbus Circle) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDreAWyAK-I/?igshid=1aqt0e5o7tbwv

[journeyofdiversity]

Yes, oneness 💙🦢💜 Release duality and integrate polarity☯️ Graciously received ↩💌✨ @lenagabriella1111 🌹👸💞 . Duality is a human illusion. Against each other or apart ➡️✖⬅️‼️⬅️✖➡️ Polarity connects. The forces of creation lead to interaction ☯️‼️🔄 . #womansupportingwomen #newearth #challengeaccepted #oneness #bewusstleben #openmind #deeptalk #sinnfluencer #heavenonearth #istanbulconventionsaveslives #yinyang☯ #changeyourmindset #gaia #empathsbelike #lovetheprocess #mothernature #blackandwhiteportrait #meditationplace #anderquelle #inspirationoftheday #selfie📷 #creativesoul #healingenergy #getoutsideandexplore #annehmen #weareone #geben #create #seinlassen #manifestyourlife https://www.instagram.com/p/CDR0EcvqzAr/?igshid=1vg5uxyxg7leu

[ozlemyeni]

I have been asked why shared my black&white photo with a frame says to #istanbulsozlesmesihayatkurtarir #istanbulconventionsaveslives Thanks a lot, Dear Claire for your question and support! Means a lot!! So that’s why I want to share my photo on here again with an explanation! 🙏🏻 📌 This stands started after #PınarGültekin murdered. She was reported missing in Turkey's Aegean province of Muğla on 16 July and found dead after being brutally murdered five days later. A man has been detained in relation to her killing. Pinar was just 27 years old.⁠(@businesschicks) 📌This was not the first murder neither in Turkey nor the other countries, and unfortunately, it is not going to stop if we don't do anything about it!!! So here it is we are trying to reach out, be there for each other and support as much as we can!!! No matter how hard, we will create a better world together 🙏🏻♥️🙏🏻 📌The Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, better known as the Istanbul Convention, is a human rights treaty of the Council of Europe against violence against women and domestic violence which was opened for signature on 11 May 2011, in Istanbul, Turkey. The convention aims at prevention of violence, victim protection and "to end with the impunity of perpetrators". As of March 2019, it has been signed by 45 countries and the European Union. On 12 March 2012, Turkey became the first country to ratify the Convention, followed by 33 other countries from 2013 to 2019. (Wikipedia) #noviolenceagainstwomen #challengeaccepted #womensupportingwomen #womenempowerment #şiddetehayır #6284yaşatır #6284üuygula https://www.instagram.com/p/CDRA2v-gS_v/?igshid=1613yt5amd1d2

[hannahlongjewelry]

#challengeaccepted (thanks @melinda.risk.jewelry )! #womensupportingwomen is about #femicide, about #genderviolence, not just gauzy black and white selfies and generalities. It was started by women in Turkey after the brutal murder of Pinar Gultekin #pinargultekin, who was strangled, burned and placed in a barrel with concrete poured over her by an ex-boyfriend. The black and white photos highlight that it could be any of us women, posted by police as missing or killed. The governments of Turkey and Poland have announced they plan to withdraw from what is known as the Istanbul Convention, “The Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence which is based on the understanding that violence against women is a form of gender-based violence that is committed against women because they are women. It is the obligation of the state to fully address it in all its forms and to take measures to prevent violence against women, protect its victims and prosecute the perpetrators. “ Gender violence has worsened during the pandemic. The Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (GREVIO) for the Istanbul Convention held its 21st meeting, from 25 to 28. There is so much work to be done! #istanbulconventionsaveslives #istanbulconvention #niunamenos #fuckmisogyny #anamendieta #endgenderbasedviolence #pınargültekin #sayhername #rebeccahblum #endmisogyny #artnewssucks #hannahlongjewelry #womensrights #womenempoweringwomen #feminist #feminism #equalrights #kindness #compassion #onelove (at Boynton Beach, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDPdiA3Basu/?igshid=bxr3z5xnose4

[mrscam776]

#Repost @anitakopacz ・・・ Repost from @thebizbruja • Repost from @julesyparker This is Pınar Gültekin.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ She was reported missing in Turkey's Aegean province of Muğla on July 16th and found dead after being brutally murdered five days later. A man has been detained in relation to her killing. Pinar was a 27 years old.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Turkey has one of the highest rates of femicide in the world. People in Turkey regularly see black and white images of women on their news screen who have been violently murdered.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ The black and white challenge circulating right now?⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ It began in response to Pinar's death as a way for Turkish women to raise their voices against these atrocities, stand in solidarity with those lost and draw attention to this issue.⁠ ⁠⠀ This is more - way more - than just an opportunity to post a nice black and white photo of yourself and encourage other women to do the same. It's about more - way more - than just women supporting women. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ I will share to my stories more information and encourage you please to amplify the voices of the people (not me - them) who are trying to remain focused here on the very real reason this challenge began. And vital to note too that as more and more information comes to light here that the exact origins of challenges like this can be very hard to find. Activism that uses social media in this way is not simple. Many other issues have encouraged things like the posting of certain photos for varying issues for years. What is known however from my research is that THIS iteration of it began this way. And has been essentially rubbed out. If anything about this that I share here is proven wrong or out of date or context then I will be accountable for that and change it. ⁠⠀ And may all of us once again (just like blacked out squares here on IG right?) take a collective breath for a moment and unpack why it is that an issue like this that has its origins in violence against women of colour has been taken over so uncritically, with such speed and very 'conveniently' dropping the original context as to why it started...⁠ #istanbulconventionsaveslives #istanbulsözleşmesiyaşatır #kadınaşiddetehayır #justiceforpinar https://www.instagram.com/p/CDPTDl-AOmP80Ad0AOgtfrb_2utos_hnOCMNyg0/?igshid=9r2ua0h6zqks

[rebel-girl-queen-of-my-world]

Repost from @julesyparker • This is Pınar Gültekin.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ She was reported missing in Turkey's Aegean province of Muğla on July 16th and found dead after being brutally murdered five days later. A man has been detained in relation to her killing. Pinar was a 27 years old.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Turkey has one of the highest rates of femicide in the world. People in Turkey regularly see black and white images of women on their news screen who have been violently murdered.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ The black and white challenge circulating right now?⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ It is at least partly from/in response to Pinar's death as a way for Turkish women to raise their voices against these atrocities, stand in solidarity with those lost and draw attention to this issue.⁠ ⁠⠀ This is more - way more - than just an opportunity to post a nice black and white photo of yourself and encourage other women to do the same. It's about more - way more - than just women supporting women. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ I will share to my stories more information and encourage you please to amplify the voices of the people (not me - them) who are trying to remain focused here on the very real reason for this challenge. And vital to note too that as more and more information comes to light here that the exact origins of challenges like this can be very hard to find. Activism that uses social media in this way is not simple. Many other issues have encouraged things like the posting of black and white photos for varying issues for years. What is known however from my research is that THIS iteration of it has at least parts of its most recent emergence in this way. And has been essentially rubbed out. If anything about this that I share here is proven wrong or out of date or context then I will be accountable for that and change it. ⁠⠀ And may all of us once again (just like blacked out squares here on IG right?) take a collective breath for a moment and unpack why it is that an issue like this that has its origins in violence against women of colour has been taken over so uncritically, with such speed and very 'conveniently' dropping the original context as to why it started...⁠ #istanbulconventionsaveslives #istanbulsözleşmesiyaşatır #kadınaşiddetehay https://www.instagram.com/p/CDOxurRAOAB/?igshid=zd3xl8i2mlz5

[waittillthestarscomeout]

#ChallengeAccepted @ilse_mystory & @lodeba We’re 2020. You have literally no excuse. Educate yourself on how equality doesn’t mean lesser rights for other individuals in our society. Read #InvisibleWomen by @ccriadoperez to start with. #womensupportingwomen #istanbulconventionsaveslives #makingwomenvisible https://www.instagram.com/p/CDOm-0WgQet/?igshid=1req0a7f89e66

[midnightsmoon]

Since I’ve seen people talking shit about the black & white picture challenge, I thought maybe you should all know about it’s origin and what’s going on in my country currently.

We are waking up to news of another woman being murdered in a gruesome way EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. While the government does absolutely nothing to protect us from these predators walking freely among us, they also don’t do shit when we’re dead. INFACT THEY ARE TRYING TO QUIT THE VERY THING THAT IS LITERALLY MADE TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING.

“The Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, better known as the Istanbul Convention, is a human rights treaty of the Council of Europe against violence against women and domestic violence which was opened for signature on 11 May 2011, in Istanbul, Turkey. The convention aims at prevention of violence, victim protection and "to end with the impunity of perpetrators".

The meaning behind the black & white challenge is to stand in solidarity with and for women of Turkey and for the women we have lost. Women are sharing black & white pictures of themselves as a reminder that it could be any of us with our black & white pictures on the news. These post also include the hastags #IstanbulYasasıYaşatır #KadınaŞiddeteHayır meaning #IstanbulConventionSavesLives #NotoViolenceAgainstWomen

While I know any international people participating in this challenge w/o knowing it’s origin, doesn’t have any ill will but PLEASE KNOW WHY WE’RE POSTING THESE PICTURES AND HASHTAGS THEN YOU CAN BE A PART OF OUR CAUSE AND HELP US MAKE OUR VOICES HEARD FROM ALL AROUND THE WORLD.

You can find the original post here it is made by the instagram account @/auturkishculturalclub and the account has a lot more information about what is happening and how you can help.

here is a post you can share to let more people know about the origin of this challenge.

here is the petitition you can sign to protect our Istanbul Convention.

And here are some donation links for the cause:

https://en.morcati.org.tr/donate/

https://flyingbroom.org/donate-us/

[veganlogicdinamo]

İSTANBUL SÖZLEŞMESİ’NE DOKUNMA!

Geçen hafta sonu New York’ta kadın cinayetlerini protesto etmek ve sözleşmeyi desteklemek için gerçekleştirdiğimiz eylemin ayrıntılarını anlattım. Yazıda söz ettiğim 14 yaşındaki müthiş vegan aktivist Erin Ersoy’a yürekten teşekkürler!

Ayrıca eylemde @esik_platform adına Türkçe basın açıklamasını okuyan, Kadın Partisi Kurucu Eş Başkanı Fatma Aytaç’a ve katılarak destek olan herkese sessiz kalmadıkları için teşekkür ederim.

#istanbulsözleşmesiyaşatır #istanbulsözleşmesinedokunma #istanbulconventionsaveslives

[khalilhumam]

In Turkey, women rise up to stop withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention

New Post has been published on http://khalilhumam.com/in-turkey-women-rise-up-to-stop-withdrawal-from-the-istanbul-convention/

In Turkey, women rise up to stop withdrawal from the Istanbul Convention

The Istanbul Convention is a Council of Europe treaty designed to prevent violence against women

Screenshot from Anit Sayac home page.

A website called Anit Sayac (Turkish for “monument tracker”) indicates the number “276” on its home page at the time of writing this story. It represents the number of women who were murdered in domestic violence attacks in Turkey—just in 2020. The counter is updated every day. But it is the names of the victims, written just below it, that strike the site's visitors. Among them is 27-year-old Pinar Gultekin, whose murder by her partner in July sparked public outrage and protests. On the same day that Pinar's body was found by the police, the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) announced it would withdraw from the Istanbul Convention, a treaty signed by member states of the Council of Europe to prevent violence and domestic abuse against women. In 2012, Turkey became the first country to ratify the treaty—with support from the now-ruling AKP. The treaty came into force in Turkey in 2014. Nowadays, the party led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan perceives the Convention to be antithetical to “Turkish family values.” Numan Kurtulmus, deputy chair of the AKP, said on a July 2 TV interview that it was “wrong” for Turkey to have ratified the convention. “There are two issues in this convention which we do not approve of,” he said. “First is the gender issue, and the other is the sexual orientation issue. There are also other issues but these two have been the concepts which have played into the hands of and create spaces for the LGBT and marginal elements to work within.” The party's position resonates with Turkey's conservatives. Abdurrahman Dilipak, a popular Islamist columnist, described the convention in 2019 as “a devil with an angel’s face” and “a trap” set to destroy the traditional family. Meanwhile, local women's rights organisations who help with survivors domestic violence fear that Turkey's withdrawal from the convention will be devastating to their work—as well as to the families seeking justice for loved ones who were victims of femicide. Mor Cati, a leading Turkish NGO working to prevent and document domestic violence, argues that any government attempt of withdrawal from the treaty could face a legal challenge. “According to the Turkish constitution, international agreements on human rights are above internal laws,” said Mor Cati lawyer Meline Cilingir, on an interview with Middle East Eye. “If the parliament tries to overturn the convention, women's rights organizations will try and take it to the constitutional court to request its cancellation,” she added. Not everyone within the ruling party is in favour of withdrawal. The Women and Democracy Platform (Kadem), an organization co-founded by Erdogan's daughter Sumeyye Erdogan Bayraktar in 2013, has publicly defended Turkey's membership in the treaty. On a July 10 statement, Kadem said that “in a relationship where there is no love and respect and one party is tormented with violence, we cannot talk about ‘family’ anymore.”

#IstanbulConventionSavesLives

Pinar Gultekin's murder helped spark a movement in support for the convention, expressed online by the hashtag #istanbulconventionsaveslives. “Her death was emblematic of longstanding forms of structural violence made possible by acts of omission and commission by the state and its policing functions,” said Asli Bali, faculty director of the UCLA School of Law's Promise Institute for Human Rights. The overwhelming public outcry seems to have made an impression on the AKP—a decision that was meant to be announced in early August has been postponed.

Action to save #IstanbulConventionSavesLives needed today – now! Please promote.

@PoetsVersus @jaeger_julia @AnnetteLawson1 @RedGSagoo @LaurainLondon https://t.co/CWm55HSOXU — Alice Fookes (@alicefookes) September 22, 2020

”We are the best opposition, that’s why the government wants to control us,” says feminist lawyer Canan Arın. As a part of our series on #DefendingHumanRights in #Turkey, we share her story

https://t.co/KN5vDbHJ7F#istanbulSözleşmesiYaşatır#IstanbulConventionSavesLives — NL Helsinki Comité (@NHC_nl) September 21, 2020

Why does the #IstanbulConvention matter? Short answer: Because the #IstanbulConventionSavesLives If you've got three minutes for a longer answer, watch @kadinih‘s latest videohttps://t.co/7rqWtkC2q0 — equalitynow (@equalitynow) September 16, 2020

Hashtag #istanbulconventionsaveslives & black/white selfies are being posted in protest over threats by Turkey's govt to withdraw from European treaty to protect women, & in solidarity w/ murder victims often reported in Turkish newspapers.https://t.co/uqBN31S9ef @sophiedaviesed — equalitynow (@equalitynow) September 12, 2020

No state has ever withdrawn from the Istanbul Convention but, like Turkey, others are considering to do so. Among them is Poland, where conservative politicians have described the Convention as “endangering” to the traditional family. In May 2020, the Hungarian legislature refused to ratify the Convention, objecting to its definition of gender as “socially constructed.” Like Hungary, Bulgaria and Slovakia are signatories to the Convention but haven't ratified it. In 2018, 440 pairs of high heels were placed on the façade of a building in Istanbul. The installation by Turkish artist Vahit Tuna was a memorial to 440 women murdered by their partners or family members in that year alone. As Turkey weighs its membership to the Convention, women ask: How many more pairs of shoes need to be displayed to convince the government that those human lives are at stake?

Written by Arzu Geybullayeva

[zoemurphyrp]

jennaushkowitz Challenge accepted. Thank you to @officialdonnamurphy  @kealasettle  @jackieburnsnyc @alessandratorresani @rachael_holoway @meredithfridline and all the the bad ass women in my life who inspire me, lift me up and challenge me. You are all rockstars ✨ #istanbulconventionsaveslives

[ka-ma-la]

Challenge accepted...

...even when the world isn't watching anymore.

#istanbulconventionsaveslives

#stopviolenceagainstwomen

#kaddınaşiddetehayır

#istanbulsözleşmesiyaşatır

#womensupportingwomen

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