Toktaş Ş., Diner C.
Women's Studies, vol.44, pp.611-634, 2015 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
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Publication Type:
Article / Article
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Volume:
44
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Publication Date:
2015
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Doi Number:
10.1080/00497878.2015.1036158
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Journal Name:
Women's Studies
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Journal Indexes:
Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
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Page Numbers:
pp.611-634
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Police Academy Affiliated:
No
Abstract
This paper gives a general
picture of women’s shelters in Turkey
with its history and current state, based on findings from a field work
consisting of 40 in-depth interviews with administrators and staff of women’s
shelters and counseling centers. Thirteen of the interviewees are from NGOs
that specialize in combating violence against women, sixteen of them are
administrators at municipalities, and eleven of them are social workers and shelter
directresses that are associated with the General Directorate of Social
Services and Protection of Children. The study finds that municipality and
NGO-run women’s shelters in Turkey
need to rely on their own administrative and financial resources in order to
provide services for women and children such as daycare centers, adult
education or legal aid. There is no coordination or an institutionalized
mechanism of information-sharing and resource pooling between the shelte