scholarly journals LEGAL DIMENSION OF CHILD MARRIAGES IN TURKEY: COMPARED WITH THE EASTERN EUROPE AND MIDDLE EAST COUNTRIES

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 338-354
Author(s):  
Oğuz Polat ◽  
Zeynep Reva
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Early Marriage ◽  
Child Marriage ◽  
Future Prospects ◽  
Middle East Countries ◽  
The Status ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Status Of Women

Child marriage is defined as a marriage before the age of 18. In many countries, a significant number of girls still marry before the age of 18. The country governments and international communities are increasingly aware of the negative impacts of child marriages, but the actions to end the practice is still limited. Child marriage threatens particularly girls’ lives and health, and it limits their future prospects. Early marriages are not considered as a "problem" by the majority of the society where as it is a phenomenon that has been existing for long years in our country. It is observed that one of the most important sources of legitimacy of marriage is public accord and these marriages are realized mostly in the framework of this accord. Patriarchal and traditional social structure have unfortunately normalized and legitimized early marriages. It is necessary to hold meetings to create and develop awareness for implementation of Turkish Civil Code, Turkish Penal Code and Law on Protection of Minors. It will be therefore possible to ensure that children, families and people understand what kind of problems and penal responsibilities that early marriage of children constitutes Child marriage is a problem that prevents the exercise of human rights, undermines the status of women and deprive child from their main rights including especially the education. Their marriages are a field that must be struggled with in Turkey targeting social gender equality.

scholarly journals Human Rights for Women's Development in Multidimensional: A Step towards Gender Equality in Education

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 84-88
Author(s):  
Andrey Shastri
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Women's Development ◽  
Human Right ◽  
The Status ◽  
Collection Period ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Equality In Education ◽  
Status Of Women

Women's educational human rights and gender equality is one of the burning topics nowadays. Following the gender equality framework proposed by United Nations in its Millennium Summit in 2000 declared "Gender equality and women empowerment". This present study tries to review gender equality for women in many aspects, including the major concern in this review, i.e., education and human right. After analyzing several documents in the net during the collection period, this study sees that women have achieved a lot. However, yes still they are lagging in terms of equality in education and human right. The fact showed women are far lagging and leave alone on the question of gender equality. The present paper explores and highlighted these issues as the central questions related to women's rights and also attempts to wrestle with the few challenges that faced by the women education system in India as a specific example. At last, this paper also try to highlight some strategy as to upgrade the status of women in society, ever since this study believes that Educating a woman will uplifts her life as well as the quality of the nation.

scholarly journals Gender and Islam in Africa

2012 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 87-90
Author(s):  
Yushau Sodiq
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Family Law ◽  
Gender And Sexuality ◽  
Great Contribution ◽  
Religious Texts ◽  
Production Of Knowledge ◽  
The Status ◽  
Class Status ◽  
Status Of Women

Gender and Islam in Africa is a great contribution to the scholarship onAfrican women. The contributors, all of whom come from different disciplines,seek to elevate the status of women by promoting gender equality,human rights, and democracy in androcentric African societies. They appealfor more women to participate in the reshaping and reforming of women’sroles; assert that women were part of Africa’s development; and maintainthat male religious scholars who interpret Islamic religious texts in a way designedto relegate women to second-class status, as opposed to Islam, are theprimary cause of women’s predicaments. This work is divided into threemajor sections: “Women Re/produce Knowledge,” “Re/constructing Women,Gender, and Sexuality,” and “Shari‘ah, Family Law, and Activism.” The contributorscite many examples of female scholars, among them Nana Asma’uand Malama Aishatu Dancandu, and their production of knowledge beforeand after colonialism.

Part II Subsidiary Human Rights Organs, 7 The Commission on the Status of Women

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kabasakal Arat Zehra F
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Women's Rights ◽  
Women’S Rights ◽  
Women's Issues ◽  
The Status ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Status Of Women ◽  
Operational Structure

This chapter describes the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), which was the first international organ ever created to promote women’s rights and equality. The status of women has been on the agenda of the United Nations since its inception and typically addressed as an issue of discrimination in relation to human rights. As the UN’s work on human rights has evolved and expanded, so have its apparatuses and activities on the advancement of women’s rights and status. The CSW played a key role in drafting declarations and treaties that promote women’s rights, organizing world conferences on women, the development of other UN agencies that address women’s issues, and monitoring and evaluating the attention given to women by other agencies. The chapter examines and discusses the CSW’s operational structure, changing agenda, major accomplishments, the difficulties encountered by the Commission, and the controversies surrounding both its work and the UN approach to women’s issues.

scholarly journals Gender and Modernization in Turkey

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (5) ◽  
pp. 273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tülin Tuna
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Education Level ◽  
Turkish Republic ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Roles And Responsibilities ◽  
Legal Reforms ◽  
Multiple Factors ◽  
The Status ◽  
Key Words Gender ◽  
Status Of Women

This article aims to explain gender equality in Turkey. The gender concept which implies socially determined roles and responsibilities of men and women varies across different societies and in time. The gender is determined by multiple factors. Besides gender has an impact on every period of life in different ways. There can be inequality in using the opportunities, allocation and utilization of resources, accessing the services because of gender. Women have more disadvantages and lower social statuses compared with men are influenced much negative from so-called inequalities. Several reforms have been carried out since beginning of Turkish Republic in order to provide gender equality. These reforms aim to boost the woman’s economic, cultural and social development. However, today sex based inequality is one of the foremost current problems, although these reforms. When the status of woman in Turkey is examined, it is observed that education level of woman has low and involvement in business life is inadequate. Together with this fact, it is obvious that woman could not exceed gender role despite legal reforms in Turkey and take its place in political area. However, fertility conscious of women started to increase. Therefore, the rates of fertility decrease. To sum up, it was observed that today there are many stages in order to reach the level desired in regard to provide gender equality.   Key Words: Gender in Turkey, Gender equality, The Status of Women in Turkey.

“Innovations in Institutional Arrangements for Promoting Gender Equality at National Level”

1970 ◽  
pp. 94-95
Author(s):  
Lebanese American University
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
National Level ◽  
Round Table ◽  
Institutional Arrangements ◽  
The Status ◽  
High Level ◽  
Status Of Women

Commission on the Status of Women - Forty-Ninth Session28 February to 11 March 2005Summary submitted by the Chairpersons of the high-level round table

scholarly journals Peralihan Cara Pandang Masyarakat Terhadap Praktik Pernikahan Dini

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 47-62
Author(s):  
Andi Nur Fikriana Aulia Raden ◽  
Azmil Fauzi Fariska ◽  
Mariana Mariana
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Early Marriage ◽  
Child Marriage ◽  
Snowball Sampling ◽  
Purposive Sampling ◽  
The Public ◽  
South Sulawesi ◽  
Qualitative Descriptive ◽  
The Times ◽  
The Right

The public understands early marriage as stated in Law No. 16 of 2019 concerning Marriage as an amendment to Law Number 1 of 1974 that child marriage occurs at the age of under 19 years for both men and women and or those who have not reached puberty. This paper aims to examine the shift in the public's perspective on the practice of early marriage explicitly that occurred in Bone Regency, South Sulawesi, and its relation to Human Rights. This study uses qualitative descriptive data analysis techniques with stages; data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion. Researchers conducted interviews with informants who had been selected through snowball sampling and purposive sampling techniques. This study shows that the community's response to early marriage has changed along with the times, namely that in the past people considered early marriage as a way to maintain family honor, but is now considered a family disgrace. Factors for early marriage include promiscuity; the honor of family and relatives, local customary norms, less educated parents, and the economic burden of the family. Meanwhile, from a human rights perspective, the practice of child marriage is a serious part of child abuse concerning the right to education and employment.Masyarakat memahami pernikahan dini sebagaimana tercantum dalam UU No. 16 Tahun 2019 tentang Perkawinan sebagai perubahan terhadap UU Nomor 1 Tahun 1974 bahwa pernikahan anak terjadi pada usia di bawah 19 tahun bagi laki-laki maupun bagi perempuan dan atau mereka yang belum akil baligh. Tulisan ini memiliki tujuan untuk mengkaji peralihan cara pandang masyarakat terhadap praktik pernikahan dini secara eksplisit yang terjadi di Kabupaten Bone Sulawesi Selatan serta kaitannya dengan Hak Asasi Manusia (HAM). Penelitian ini menggunakan teknik analisis data deskriptif kualitatif dengan tahapan; reduksi data, penyajian data, dan kesimpulan. Peneliti melakukan wawancara terhadap informan yang sudah dipilih melalui teknik snowball sampling dan purposive sampling. Penelitian ini memberikan hasil bahwa respon masyarakat terhadap pernikahan dini berubah seiring dengan perkembangan zaman, yakni yang dulunya masyarakat menganggap pernikahan dini sebagai salah satu cara untuk menjaga kehormatan keluarga, namun sekarang dianggap sebagai aib keluarga. Faktor terjadinya pernikahan dini diantaranya adalah pergaulan bebas; kehormatan keluarga dan kerabat, norma adat lokal, orang tua yang kurang terpelajar, dan beban ekonomi keluarga. Adapun jika dipandang dari perspektif HAM, praktik pernikahan anak merupakan bagian serius dari pelecehan anak sehubungan dengan hak atas pendidikan dan ketenagakerjaan.

scholarly journals Faktor-Faktor yang memengaruhi pernikahan dini di Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Adinda Hermambang ◽  
Choirul Ummah ◽  
Eunike Sola Gratia ◽  
Fathul Sanusi ◽  
Wilda Maria Ulfa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Women's Education ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Binary Logistic Regression ◽  
Wealth Index ◽  
Absolute Number ◽  
Early Marriage ◽  
Child Marriage ◽  
The Status ◽  
Logistic Regression Method ◽  
Working Status

One of the social problems that existed in Indonesia is high rates of early marriage or child marriage. Based on its absolute number, Indonesian has been one of top ten country with the highest number of child marriage all over the world. Early marriage is defined as a marital union by women under 16 years old. Many factors affect early marriage, such as education factor, economy factor, and culture factor. Furthermore, early marriage may have effects on deteriorating physical and psychological health, low educational attainment, and increasing risk of domestic violence. By utilising 2017 IDHS dataset, this study aims to examine the determinants of early marriage in Indonesia. This study applies binary logistic regression method for the data analysis. The results of this study show that variables significantly affect the status of early marriage are marital status at the first sexual intercourse, residential type, partner’s working status, women’s education, and partner’s education. Moreover, variables that do not significantly affect the status of early marriage are women’s working status, wealth index, and interaction between women’s education and wealth index.

scholarly journals Gender Equality Issues in Optical Feminist Jurisprudence and Implementation in Indonesian

FIAT JUSTISIA ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 355
Author(s):  
Heri Setiawan ◽  
Steven Ouddy ◽  
Mutiara Girindra Pratiwi
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Feminist Jurisprudence ◽  
Family Responsibilities ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Biological Sex ◽  
The Status ◽  
Biological Interpretation ◽  
The Law ◽  
Status Of Women

Gender meaning of fundamentally different from biological sex. Biological sex is a gift; we are born as a man or a woman. However, the path that makes us masculine or feminine is a combination of the building blocks of basic biological and biological interpretation by our culture. From the tiny baby to reach old age, we learn and practice specific ways that have been determined by the community for us to be men and women. Gender is a set of roles as well as costumes and masks at the theater, convey to others that we are feminine or masculine. Device specific behaviors include appearance, dress, attitude, personality, work inside and outside the household, sexuality, family responsibilities and so together polish "gender roles" us. If someone mentions or asks about gender, then what is meant is gender in the context of language approach. This term became very commonly used in the last few decades. Feminist jurisprudence is a legal philosophy that is based on gender equality in politics, economic and social. Feminist jurisprudence unpacks and explain how the law plays a role to legalize the status of women in subordination to men, in other words, the law as a means to preserve the status quo, namely the dominance of men over women. Moreover, feminist jurisprudence is also trying to make a change/transformation changing the status of women by changing laws and its approach and its stance on gender cases be more fair and balanced. This is an emancipatory project woman in law. Keywords: Gender; Feminist Jurisprudence; justice; men and women.

Critical Issues on Gender Equality and ICTs in Latin America

2017 ◽  
pp. 263-275
Author(s):  
Aimée Vega Montiel
Keyword(s):  
Political Economy ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Latin America ◽  
New Media ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Media Environment ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
The Status

In the context of the new media environment, several social, political and economic divides are being produced. As the effects of those changes are not neutral, because of gender inequality, the status of women's human rights in the digital age are precarious. To what extent does the new media environment promote women's human and communication rights or contribute to sustaining the oppression of women in society? Based on the feminist political economy perspective, the aim of this paper is to analyze some of the critical issues on gender equality and ICTs in Latin America.1

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