nebahat akkoç

• osi'in ny merkezinde yapacagi bir konusma ile ilgili aldigim bir email araciligiyla hakkinda bilgi edindigim kisi. ka-mer (kadinlar merkezi)'nin kurucusu, 2004 amnesty international ginetta sagan odulu'nu almis. emaildeki kisa biyografiyi copy paste yapiyorum, yorumsuz.
  "nebahat akkoc is a women's rights advocate from turkey's mainly kurdish southeast. a former primary school teacher, she became an anti-violence activist during the conflict between separatist kurdish rebels and turkish forces. after her husband was killed by unidentified assailants in 1993, akkoc was arrested by turkish police and tortured. in 1997, frustrated by the lack of attention to the women's issues by the kurdish political establishment and the human rights community, she founded ka-mer, the first independent women's center to offer legal and psychological counseling for abused women. ka-mer now has centers in seven cities across southeastern turkey. akkoc s latest campaign concentrates on battling honor crimes against women, a custom that is still commonplace in the region."