Pinar Ilkkaracan
Biographic Data
| ID | 1445787 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Pinar Ilkkaracan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Pinar |
| FAMILY NAME | Ilkkaracan |
| SIGNATURE | ILKKARACAN P |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Deconstructing Sexuality in the Middle East
Deconstructing Sexuality in the Middle East
The main concern of this volume is to explore the contemporary political and social dynamics pertaining to sexuality in the Middle East. The chapters illustrate that discourses, debates and challenges that surround sexuality are complex, and cannot be reduced to a single underlying factor, be it religion, culture, feminism - or secularism
Human rights education as a tool of grassroots organizing and social transformation
Women for Women’s Human Rights (WWHR)—New Ways has been carrying out a Human Rights Education Program for Women throughout Turkey for over a decade, in cooperation with community centers. The training has a holistic, comprehensive nature, linking several areas of human rights through a critical gender perspective lens. One of the overarching aims of the program is to support women's grassroots organizing in economically disadvantaged areas by equ…
Women, Sexuality, and Social Change in the Middle East and the Maghreb
Introduction IN THIS age of globalization, women's bodies and sexuality are increasingly becoming arenas of intense conflict. Conservative and religious right political forces are fiercely trying to maintain or reinforce traditional mechanisms of control over women's sexuality and even create new ones. Four UN conferences held in the 1990s—the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo, the 1995 Beijing Conference…
Exploring the context of women's sexuality in Eastern Turkey
Customary and religious laws and practices are often used as tools to control women's sexuality and to maintain the imbalance of power in sexual relations.. This paper describes customary and religious laws and beliefs and their impact on the situation ofboth rural and urban women in Eastern Turkey, based on a study among 599 women from the region, most of whom are or have been married. It shows that early marriage and polygyny are still prevalen…
Women, Sexuality, and Social Change in the Middle East and the Maghreb
Introduction IN THIS age of globalization, women's bodies and sexuality are increasingly becoming arenas of intense conflict. Conservative and religious right political forces are fiercely trying to maintain or reinforce traditional mechanisms of control over women's sexuality and even create new ones. Four UN conferences held in the 1990s—the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo, the 1995 Beijing Conference…
Exploring the context of women's sexuality in Eastern Turkey
Customary and religious laws and practices are often used as tools to control women's sexuality and to maintain the imbalance of power in sexual relations.. This paper describes customary and religious laws and beliefs and their impact on the situation ofboth rural and urban women in Eastern Turkey, based on a study among 599 women from the region, most of whom are or have been married. It shows that early marriage and polygyny are still prevalen…
Human rights education as a tool of grassroots organizing and social transformation
Women for Women’s Human Rights (WWHR)—New Ways has been carrying out a Human Rights Education Program for Women throughout Turkey for over a decade, in cooperation with community centers. The training has a holistic, comprehensive nature, linking several areas of human rights through a critical gender perspective lens. One of the overarching aims of the program is to support women's grassroots organizing in economically disadvantaged areas by equ…
Exploring the context of women's sexuality in Eastern Turkey
Customary and religious laws and practices are often used as tools to control women's sexuality and to maintain the imbalance of power in sexual relations.. This paper describes customary and religious laws and beliefs and their impact on the situation ofboth rural and urban women in Eastern Turkey, based on a study among 599 women from the region, most of whom are or have been married. It shows that early marriage and polygyny are still prevalen…
Women, Sexuality, and Social Change in the Middle East and the Maghreb
Introduction IN THIS age of globalization, women's bodies and sexuality are increasingly becoming arenas of intense conflict. Conservative and religious right political forces are fiercely trying to maintain or reinforce traditional mechanisms of control over women's sexuality and even create new ones. Four UN conferences held in the 1990s—the 1994 International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) in Cairo, the 1995 Beijing Conference…
Human rights education as a tool of grassroots organizing and social transformation
Women for Women’s Human Rights (WWHR)—New Ways has been carrying out a Human Rights Education Program for Women throughout Turkey for over a decade, in cooperation with community centers. The training has a holistic, comprehensive nature, linking several areas of human rights through a critical gender perspective lens. One of the overarching aims of the program is to support women's grassroots organizing in economically disadvantaged areas by equ…
Deconstructing Sexuality in the Middle East
The main concern of this volume is to explore the contemporary political and social dynamics pertaining to sexuality in the Middle East. The chapters illustrate that discourses, debates and challenges that surround sexuality are complex, and cannot be reduced to a single underlying factor, be it religion, culture, feminism - or secularism
Deconstructing Sexuality in the Middle East
Sociology (5 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Human sexuality (4 works) · Islamic Studies and History (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Middle East (3 works) · Economic growth (2 works) · Human rights (2 works) · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies (2 works)