Women's Shelters in Turkey: A Qualitative Study on Shortcomings of Policy Making and Implementation

dc.contributor.authorDiner, Çağla
dc.contributor.authorToktaş, Şule
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-06T18:13:00Z
dc.date.available2021-02-06T18:13:00Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.departmentFakülteler, İktisadi, İdari ve Sosyal Bilimler Fakültesi, Siyaset Bilimi ve Kamu Yönetimi Bölümüen_US
dc.description.abstractDespite a long history of women's movements and policy-making efforts to ameliorate women's status in Turkey, the number and quality of women's shelters are far from sufficient. This article aims to reveal the shortcomings of shelter policy through the lens of those "at work" on this important social issue using a qualitative research design. Forty semistructured in-depth interviews were conducted with municipal administrative officials, state social workers, and employees of civil society organizations that run shelters. The research findings reveal that there is a lack of effective authority that has the willpower to combat violence against women, and that it is difficult to keep shelters secure in a patriarchal society away from the male gaze. Furthermore, results indicate that there has been an erosion of social services provided by the state.en_US
dc.identifier.citation7
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/1077801213486258en_US
dc.identifier.endpage355en_US
dc.identifier.issn1077-8012en_US
dc.identifier.issn1077-8012
dc.identifier.issue3en_US
dc.identifier.pmid23676448en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84877777955en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.startpage338en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12469/3866
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1177/1077801213486258
dc.identifier.volume19en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000318953800004en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ2
dc.institutionauthorDiner, Çağlaen_US
dc.institutionauthorToktaş, Şuleen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSage Publications Incen_US
dc.relation.journalViolence Against Womenen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectDomestic violenceen_US
dc.subjectSocial workersen_US
dc.subjectWomen in Turkeyen_US
dc.subjectWomen's sheltersen_US
dc.titleWomen's Shelters in Turkey: A Qualitative Study on Shortcomings of Policy Making and Implementationen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dspace.entity.typePublication

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