Turkey's Engagement with Global Women's Human Rights

Examining the rise of global women's human rights and their interpretation and application to Turkey, Nuket Kardam provides an in-depth study that applies global norms - including women's empowerment, overcoming violence against women, and gender and good governance - to a specific locale in order to examine events post application. The volume examines whether a gender equality regime exists and looks into the Turkish attempt at compliance. Moreover, it analyzes the tension between abstract universalism, Western enlightenment values, and local values and identities, including the role of Islam regarding women's rights. This groundbreaking study also includes research on the Turkish women's movement, its discourses and its relationship with the state from the 1980s to the 1990s during which time multilateral and bilateral donors exerted their influence, and the European Union and new partnerships formed with the state."