Conducting researches and producing knowledge on Islamic feminism, the localisation of feminism and violence against women

Contributing to the feminist movement through knowledge production and carrying out advocacy

Aiming to create a feminist solidarity space where women organize, listen to each other, discuss, learn and support each other

We promote the localization of feminism and conduct research, produce knowledge and carry out advocacy activities that focus on concerns, desires, expectations, and struggles of different women. We inspire women's local struggles and aim to develop ways of struggling. We also endeavor to struggle from a feminist perspective against the patriarchal interpretations of Islam, the social norms surrounding our lives, and the association of these norms with religious references. In this way, we aim to expand the feminist sphere and contribute to the feminist movement.

Adapting to the New Normal: Forming Digital Mediums and Spreading Knowledge Through These Mediums

Within the scope of this project, we produce content in various formats with the purpose of  building knowledge from a feminist perspective and to disseminate it in different digital media platforms. We are working on a podcast series on various topics, a video series suitable for YouTube, and social media campaigns within the frame of […]

2021 - 2022
Adapting to the New Normal: Forming Digital Mediums and Spreading Knowledge Through These Mediums

Naming Violence: Women’s Religious Belongings and Their Ways to Survive

Within the scope of our research titled “Women’s Religious Belongings and Their Ways to Survive Violence”, we aimed to understand the ways women who practice religion in different ways approach violence against women, if and how they make religious references in their narratives and the complicated relations between gender-based violence and social norms. We also […]

2021
Naming Violence: Women’s Religious Belongings and Their Ways to Survive

Fighting Early Marriages: Religious Perspective

In this research with a special focus on early marriage experiences and perceptions, we carried out a survey with 2818 participants and in-depth interviews with 54 people. We also visited the five cities, Ağrı, Erzurum, Yozgat, Afyon, Niğde, where the rates of early marriages are the highest in Turkey according to the data by TÜİK. […]

201 - 2020
Fighting Early Marriages: Religious Perspective

Organizing in Feminist Framework: Different Cities, Different Beliefs

As we carried out the “Women, Body, and Sexuality” workshops, we observed the need for local organizing among the participants. With the aim of meeting this need, we created seven online workshops titled “What to Do and How to Do It Together?” on local organizing activities within the frame of “Organizing and “Mobilization”. The workshops […]

2019 - 2020
Organizing in Feminist Framework: Different Cities, Different Beliefs
  • Increasing the Advocacy Capacities of Women, Specifically Muslim Women

    In 2018, the year we found the association, we organized workshops titled “Women, Body, and Sexuality” in five cities across Turkey with the support of the Swedish Consulate, and in November, we organized a two-day conference titled “Muslim Feminists Tell Their Stories: First Steps Towards Producing and Struggling Together”. In early December, we visited Kuala […]

    Increasing the Advocacy Capacities of Women, Specifically Muslim Women