%0 Journal Article
%T Mobilizing for Women¡¯s Organizations: Getting into Activism
%A Elif Gazio£¿lu
%J Fe Dergi : Feminist Ele£¿tiri
%D 2011
%I Ankara University
%X his paper focuses on women activists. It centres on the activists¡¯ perceptions and experiences of becoming and being activists in women¡¯s organizations in Turkey. Turkey has witnessed a gradual increase in the number of women¡¯s organizations since the 1980s. While increasing political and cultural diversification shaped Turkish politics in general throughout the 1980s, women with diverse socio-cultural backgrounds and particular political, religious or ethnic affiliations started to mobilize in women¡¯s organizations. Respecting this, this paper explores how and to what extent the process of becoming and being a woman activist is shaped by the activists¡¯ backgrounds and affiliations.
%K activism
%K women¡¯s organizations
%K political
%K religious and ethnic affiliations
%U http://cins.ankara.edu.tr/mobile.pdf