Turkey’s withdrawal from women’s protection treaty, ‘worrying step backwards’

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Turkey’s withdrawal from women’s protection treaty, ‘worrying step backwards’

Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 23 Mar 2021, 11:11 pm Print

UNDP Turkey / Levent Kulu Two women walk in the Taksim district of Istanbul, Turkey.

Turkey’s decision to withdraw from an important treaty on protecting women is “a very worrying step backwards”, a group of independent UN human rights experts said on Tuesday.