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Ozer shares message on

International Women’s Day

ON International Women's 153 countries in the World Eco- mented!...” “With this awareness,
Day, in a joint statement by the nomic Forum's 2020 Global Gen- as ADDP, we celebrate the Inter-
Atatürk Society UK (ASUK) and der Inequality Index. According national Working Women's Day
Atatürk World Platform Chair- to the data of the We Will Stop of our Republican women with all
woman Jale Ozel, look over this Femicide Platform, 280 femicides our associations. It is worthy of
history of Turkish women and and 217 suspicious female deaths us, who grew up benefiting from
Mayor met the changing and difficulty wom- were detected in 2021. the blessings of the Republic, not
en have face thought out time in
Instead of the mentality that to follow this course, but to fight
members of the Turkey. killing a woman is shameful, the with men and women in order to
“The number of women and Istanbul Convention should be take the rights that were once set
community in London children who are harassed at put into practice again and the law an example in the world and take
them further.”
home, at work or at school has numbered 6284 should be imple-
increased tremendously in recent
years. The first way to create an
THE Aksaraylılar also known as you. We have come to visit you to
the Aksaray in the UK meet with inquire about your condition. unconscious society is to block
their namesakes Mayor in London. “We know how homesick you are. the way of women's education;
Aksaray Mayor Evren Dinçer We will come together with more It is the creation of conditions in
from Turkey was in London over than a thousand of our citizens in which education cannot be given.
the weekend meeting with mem- the programs that will continue for This is the beginning of the goal
bers of the community originating about 3 days. of bringing the society back to
from the Aksaray Province who live I would like to thank our associa- the darkness of the Middle Ages,
in London. tion presidents who hosted us here especially by leaving the girls be-
Mentioning his projects and ac- and everyone who participated in hind from education.
tivities in his speech in the pro- the programs.” Because women are the core of
gram, President Dinçer said, “Our Dinçer later met with members a society. Children, who are the
work continues uninterruptedly at of the West England Association future of societies, receive their
every point of our city. I am very and Yuvam 68 Association saying first education from their moth-
happy to be here today. “We would like to thank our presi- ers...”
Where our compatriots are not dent who has not forgotten us and Evaluating Turkey today Ozel
far from us, we are always with came all the way from our country.” said: “Turkey ranked 130th out of Jale Özer