Femicide detectives: 'Counting bodies is the best place to start'
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- 14 Mar 2022
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Femicide - the killing of women and girls because of their gender - is the most extreme form of gender-based violence, but in many countries no record is kept of the number of cases. BBC 100 Women spoke to three women who carry out detective work to ident
Gulsum Kav began a campaign to stop femicide in 2010, the year after the dead body of a teenager, Munevver Karabulut, was found in a bin in Istanbul. It took police more than six months to track down the suspect, leading to protests on the streets of Istanbul.
One of Gulsum's goals was to understand how many murders take place in Turkey, in which the killer's motive is gender-related.
Another was to provide support to Munevver's family as the case came to trial. "We have a slogan today, 'You will never walk alone,' which came from this," she says.
But soon Gulsum and her fellow activists in We Will Stop Femicide found themselves taking on the role of investigators. Read More...
