Thread by @StefSimanowitz

1/. “Ten years after the #IstanbulConvention was signed, women are speaking today with one voice to demand that the Turkish authorities reverse a decision that will put the safety & even the lives of millions of women & girls in peril.” @AgnesCallamard amnesty.org/en/latest/news…

2/. “Since the announcement that #Turkey will quit the Istanbul Convention, women in Turkey & around the world are coming together. Rather than being cowed, women have been on the streets. Rather than being discouraged women have been galvanised” @amnesty

3/. Since the intention pull out of the #IstanbulConvention was announced, women have been protesting.

In Amsterdam, campaigners laid out 70 pairs of red shoes, each pair symbolising one of the 70 women killed as a result of domestic violence in Turkey since the start of 2021.

4/. “Autocrats are afraid of independent women

They’re afraid of societies where women can freely decide over their bodies & lives

They’re afraid of the strength of women’s & LGBTI movements

That's why they hate the #IstanbulConvention.”
@TerryReintke

5/. “I believe that the women's movement will bring this back & #Turkey’s signature will be on the #IstanbulConvention again." @KeskinEren1

Around the world, people are showing solidarity with women in #Turkey

Join us! #IstanbulConventionSavesLives

6/. “The #IstanbulConvention is ours. We won’t give it up!”

Before #Turkey went into lockdown, the country had seen massive nationwide protests against quitting the Convention

Today, these MPs walked to Taksim Sq #istanbulsozlesmesiyasatir #İstanbul

7/. Today, activists around the world are taking action in solidarity with women in Turkey demanding President Erdogan reverse his decision to withdraw from the #IstanbulConvention

Here @amnestybe activists turn the @TurkEmbBrussels purple last night!

8/. "Little by little we erode the confidence of our girls. We teach them to internalise the gaze of patriarchy...Turkey is a deeply patriarchal, sexist & homophobic country...We need intnl sisterhood. All countries need to ratify & implement the #IstanbulConvention.”
@Elif_Safak

“Turkey’s withdrawal from the #IstanbulConvention will come into force on 1 July, so we still have time to get Pres. Erdoğan to reconsider this dangerous decision.”

My letter in @Independent today
#IstanbulConventionSavesLives #istanbulsozlesmesiyasatir
google.co.uk/amp/s/www.inde…

10/. EŞİK say 2,300+ women in Turkey wouldn’t have been killed had the #IstanbulConvention been enforced since 2014

This graphic shows where the #IstanbulConvention is at in the 47 European countries

Many countries need to sign & ratify the treaty. #IstanbulConventionSavesLives

11/. One in 3 women living in the EU have experienced physical & / or sexual violence since the age of 15

Seven member states, including the UK, must urgently ratify the #IstanbulConvention to protect victims & end impunity for perpetrators (@RenewEurope)

12/. Yesterday, women around the world celebrated the 10th anniversary of #IstanbulConvention & activists protested #Turkey's decision to withdraw from this vital treaty (see @amnesty pics Austria, Netherlands, Belgium)

In #Turkey, 3 women were detained in Taksim Sq, Istanbul👇

13/. Ystdy, the UK joined 18 other countries reaffirming their commitment to the #IstanbulConvention & expressing their hope that Turkey will reconsider its withdrawal decision.

Could this be a sign that @BorisJohnson's govt will finally ratify the treaty?

https://twitter.com/BelgiumAnkara/status/1392008225952837633