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For Women By Women Project aims at bringing female photographers together to help create change in the current status of women in Turkey and to stop violence against people, especially women.The project commenced in Istanbul with the auctioning of photographs donated by 111 professional and amateur female photographers. During the fundraising event brief information on the current status of Turkish women was provided to create awareness in this critical issue. The first Photo Auction took place in Darphane-i Amire Building, Topkapi Palace Istanbul, Turkey on May 14, 2005. Close to 10,000 USD was raised for the Independent Women Association supporting shelther in southern part of Turkey. Along with the auctioning there has been an extensive press/media campaign to raise awareness and inspire others to take action and put an end to violence against women.
Following the auction, photographs have been exhibited at the 4th Diyarbakir Arts and Culture Festival, Duzce Festival, Canakkale, Kars, London, UK and the Washington DC, USA. The proceeds of the auction are donated to a women's shelter in Mersin. The shelter provides supportive services for victims of domestic and sexual abuse. In order to create a sustainble funding opportunity photographs are auctioned / for sale online. To see these photographs please visit: For Women By Women: Kadinlar icin Kadinlar Tarafindan [site in Turkish kadinlaricin.org].
USA (Washington DC) Exhibitions and Events
"According to recent studies more than half a million girls do not attend school each year even though in Turkey it is compulsory to get education for at least 8 years. 86.1% of the victims of domestic violence are women. 58% of women in east and south-east Anatolia reported having experienced a physical assault and 23% of high and middle income women had been assaulted or beaten by their husbands in 1998. 39.2% of women agree that a husband is justified in beating his wife; 63% of young women between the ages of 15 and 19 agree that beating can be justified. Around 27% of women in Turkey currently participate in the labor market, whereas in 1998 this was 35%. Political participation of women in Turkey remains worryingly low... "
Source: DIE, UNICEF and EP Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality Reports