25 November was declared the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. The 'Unite to End Violence Against Women' campaign is led by the United Nations (UN).
In this context, it is aimed to prevent and eliminate violence against women and to raise awareness worldwide by calling for global action.
Starting his speech by reading Bekir COŞKUN's poem 'When a Woman Goes', Dr. A. Yüksel BARUT emphasized the value of women with the words "Woman is a mother, a woman is a wife, a woman is a friend, a woman is the best teacher" and drew attention to the power of women by saying
''She who rocks the cradle shakes the world"
Referring to the place of women in society from past to present, BARUT included Mustafa Kemal's words in his speech and shared Türkan Saylan's statement 'Every Educated Woman owes the Republic'. He ended his speech by reading Nazım Hikmet RAN's poem 'Woman'.
Starting her speech by saying that violence begins in the language, Psychiatrist Arzu ERKAN YÜCE '…. He emphasized that it would be more correct to say that the person …… committed violence against the woman, and that the name of the perpetrator should be mentioned.
At the same time, she pointed out the negative repercussions of such posts, saying that sharing images of violence in the media and conveying the content of violence are a model for the perpetrators to commit crimes, and traumas are triggered by the victims of violence.
YÜCE talked about generalized but not always true points about violence against women.
Referring to the wrongness of telling women what they should do to avoid being exposed to violence and portraying women as responsible for violence, YÜCE said, "It is not the responsibility of women not to be exposed to violence, it is the duty of men not to use violence."
She ended his speech by stating that 'if one door does not believe, there is another door to believe', stating that the victims of violence should apply to the relevant persons by expressing the violence.
The event came to an end with the contributions of Dr. Nurten ELKİN and our Deputy Dean Dr. A. Yüksel Barut.
