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Women key to democracy, says Turkish minister
12:23 March 13, 2019 AA
The representation of women in public is one of the key principles for democracy, Turkey's minister of labor, social services and family said Tuesday.Zehra Zumrut Selcuk said equality between men and women is strengthened in Turkey, where legal reforms are being made to not only gender equality, but to make sure there is 'zero tolerance towards violence against women.'She spoke in New York at a conference, “the Role of Women-Friendly Policies in Empowerment of New Generations”, organized by Turkey as a part of the UN's 63rd Session of the Commission on the Status of Women.