\n<\/a>\u0130stanbul LGBTI Solidarity Association partook in the campaign with a \u201cPanel on the Sexual and Bodily Rights of Refugee Women and LGBTI\u201d held in \u0130stanbul Bilgi University Social Incubation Center in \u0130stanbul.<\/p>\n
Convening at the \u201cWorkshop on Psycho-Social Support\u201d co-organized by Kaos GL Association and TOHAV, LGBTI activists discussed ways of \u201chealing\u201d together in the aftermath of the Ankara massacre, easing the pains through solidarity, and continuing the struggle by preserving the hope amidst our current environment of war and violence. The most important outcome of the workshop that lasted two and a half hours was the emphasis on standing together as a powerful impetus in resisting for peace.<\/p>\n
The panel was moderated by \u0130stanbul University Faculty of Political Sciences lecturer Associate Professor Zeynep K\u0131v\u0131lc\u0131m who conducts field research on Syrian refugee women and LGBTI. Proffering examples from the dialogues that take place during her research, K\u0131v\u0131lc\u0131m said, \u201cWe are in the fourth year of the war that erupted in Syria and we are responsible for our reticence. We must take action on this issue all together. This ongoing state of the Syrians\u2019 lack of status must be ended immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n In her speech titled \u201cThe Gender of Immigration\u201d \u00d6zg\u00fcl Kaptan, who has been working in the field with refugee women for almost two years on behalf of Women\u2019s Solidarity Foundation (KADAV) and Women Without Borders, explained the terms that define emigrants such as immigrant, asylum-seeker, refugee, guest, illegal alien, undocumented, etc. Noting that the term \u201cillegal alien\u201d used for paperless immigrants who have not been registered has an escalating effect on hate speeches against immigrants, Kaptan emphasized the importance of dialogue and solidarity for the solution of these problems.<\/p>\n Diyarbak\u0131r Metropolitan Municipality Fidanl\u0131k Yezidi Camp director M\u00fczeyyen An\u0131k Ayd\u0131n expounded the conditions and difficulties in the Yezidi camps maintained with the efforts of municipalities in the region without any financial or infrastructural support from the state. She said that presently in the camps there are around 4,000 Yezidis among whom there is a prevalent practice resembling the caste system, and that all decisions concerning women are taken by men. Ayd\u0131n underlined that immigrant Yezidi women cannot practice their sexual and bodily rights and that there are severe rights violations. Further explaining that municipalities try to provide all services including shelter, health and education for the Yezidis who do not receive any form of state support, Ayd\u0131n stated there are major shortages primarily in terms of human resources.<\/p>\n Lawyer F\u0131rat S\u00f6yle of Lambda\u0130stanbul LGBTI Solidarity Association stated that as Lambda\u0130stanbul they have established a commission for refugees and are providing legal support for LGBTI refugees who apply to them. Noting that the rights violations experienced by LGBTI in Turkey are experienced also by refugees, S\u00f6yle observed that despite the immigration administration put in place the system is run by the police, and that the number of LGBTI refugees who have to do sex work in order to meet their needs for shelter and food is increasing by the day. S\u00f6yle added that the trans individuals held in camps in satellite towns cannot access the health services and medicine they require for their transition process.<\/p>\n The panel which was concluded with a question-and-answer session emphasized the importance of recognizing the existence of immigrants in Turkey and conducting common works to lead a life together, and made suggestions for creating public opinion towards the adoption and implementation of legal regulations required for the refugees\/immigrants\/asylum-seekers to lead humane lives; supporting refugee women and LGBTI to create their own initiatives for organizing; opening multilingual and multicultural counseling centers; and developing solutions through solidarity networks. All these discussions were also shared live in social media through @kadinih and @lambda_istanbul twitter accounts.<\/p>\n 12.11.2015 <\/strong><\/p>\n Kad\u0131n\u0131n \u0130nsan Haklar\u0131 – Yeni \u00c7\u00f6z\u00fcmler Derne\u011fi \/ Women for Women’s Human Rights-New Ways (WWHR) www.kadinininsanhaklari.org,\u00a0Tel : (+90) 212 251 00 29 Kaos GL Derne\u011fi \/ Kaos GL Association www.kaosgl.org Tel : +90-312-2300358 Faks : +90-312-2306277<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The international campaign for sexual and bodily rights titled \u201cOne Day, One Struggle\u201d organized simultaneously by the Coalition for Sexual and Bodily Rights in Muslim Societies (CSBR) member organizations every year on November 9 was realized in 8 countries this year with various events held by 20 organizations. 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<\/a>\u015eehnaz K\u0131ymaz Bah\u00e7eci of WWHR-New Ways delivered the opening speech of the \u201cPanel on the Sexual and Bodily Rights of Refugee Women and LGBTI\u201d which was heavily attended by individual participants as well as representatives of numerous non-governmental organizations working in fields of women, LGBTI and human rights. Information on CSBR and the \u201cOne Day, One Struggle\u201d campaign was relayed in the opening speech conveying that the coalition was established in 2001 as an international entity with the aim of creating a common line of struggle for sexual and bodily rights advocates and expanding the fields of struggle for feminists, activists and rights advocates in face of increasing pressure created by religion and traditional norms and rising conservative policies in the political arena. Bah\u00e7eci explained that since 2009 CSBR has been organizing the \u201cOne Day, One Struggle\u201d campaign every year on November 9 in order to draw attention to sexual, bodily and reproductive rights and the struggle carried out for these rights. She emphasized our ever growing need to come together against the problems of refugees, which we witness everyday especially in big cities, escalated by the ongoing war in Syria. She underlined the importance of the women\u2019s movement acting in solidarity with refugee women and LGBTI.<\/p>\nNilg\u00fcn Y\u0131ld\u0131r\u0131m \u015eener of the Human Resource Development Foundation (\u0130KGV) stated that sexual violence is used as a method of war between the fighting parties in Syria. Giving examples from the cases they encounter in the counseling center for Syrian asylum-seekers set up in Esenler, \u0130stanbul, \u015eener stressed that 10 out of every 100 asylum-seekers applying to the center have been subjected to sexual violence. She said that among the case files opened at the center during the January-July 2015 period, 89 of the sexual violence victims were women, 37 men, and 9 were LGBTI individuals. Delivering a summary of the sexual and bodily rights violations of women and LGBTI, \u015eener underlined that housing is the gravest problem along with the very widespread fear of harassment and rape. She also talked about the prevalence of major problems such as the constantly changing practices regarding access to health care services, and the impossibility of access to services such as birth control and abortion.<\/p>\n
\nLambda\u0130stanbul LGBT\u0130 Dayan\u0131\u015fma Derne\u011fi \/ LambdaIstanbul LGBTI Solidarity Association
\nhttp:\/\/www.lambdaistanbul.org, Tel: 0549 490 90 71<\/p>\n