[Brussels 14 June 2013] The stalemate between the protesters and the violence of the government continues in Turkey. Things in Turkey are getting worse...

The Women’s Coalition has prepared the Statement that the EWL (European Women’s Lobby) Coordination for Turkey also supports. Women’s organizations all around Turkey are making statements from diverse fronts to increase the voice and diversity of protests.

Global Fund for Women

http://www.globalfundforwomen.org/impact/news/183-2013/2066-dispatch-from-istanbul?utm_source=housefile&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Email

Police unleashed tear gas and water cannons on a crowd of almost 5,000 people in Taksim Square Tuesday night, according to Deniz Nihan Aktan of Istanbul Feminist Collective and Global Fund for Women grantee partner, Filmmor

News from La Via Campesina (Spanish and French versions available on Via Campesina website below)

(Jakarta, 4th of June 2013) Within the setting of the VI Conference of La Via Campesina which will be held in Jakarta, Indonesia, women farmers from Asia, Europe, America and Africa will hold the IV International Women's Assembly on 6 and 7 June, using the slogan Sowing the seeds of action and hope, for feminism and food sovereignty!