Parliament to act on violence against women

Family and Social Policies Minister Fatma Sahin is preparing for a series of meetings to ensure that women's rights are contained effectively in the new constitution. Parliament is getting ready to take significant steps in upcoming weeks to alleviate violence against women.Family and Social Policies Minister Fatma Sahin will meet with non-governmental organizations and collect their proposals so that women's rights are contained effectively in the new constitution.A parliamentary debate on an important treaty by the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and men is scheduled for the coming weeks. The government is sending the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence to Parliament for the debate.Parliament's Commission on Equal Opportunities for Women and Men has set up a sub-commission with the aim of securing women's rights in the new constitution.