"KAMER, a women's center and an experiment in cultivating cosmopolitan norms". (March 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Arat, Yeşim; Altınay, Ayşe Gül
• Is Part Of: Women's studies international forum. Volume 49(2015)
• Page Start: 12
• Page End: 19
• Publication Date: 2015-03
• Subjects: Women's studies -- Periodicals; Feminism -- Periodicals; 305.4
• DOI: 10.1016/j.wsif.2015.01.001
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0277-5395

Abstract

Synopsis: 1 In this article, we shall focus on KAMER-Women's Center, the largest women's NGO organized in Eastern and South Eastern Turkey to see how it negotiates and nurtures cosmopolitan norms among women of conflicting persuasions. KAMER is a striking case because it has been successful in bringing together women with deep hostilities and uniting them over human rights based feminist values in a struggle against gender based violence. KAMER thus cultivates cosmopolitan norms through its unique struggle against gender based violence. Its non-violent activism is particularly noteworthy because the organization reaches women in the context of militarized ethnic nationalisms, both Turkish and Kurdish, in Kurdish populated Southeastern Turkey.