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A lecture entitled “Women’s Rights: Discrimination in the Family and in the Workplace” was held by the TRNC Foreign Affairs Ministry Professionals and Spouses Association (DİMED). The lecture was held at Lefkosa Merit Hotel on Saturday, and started with a moment’s silence and the National Anthem. Speaker of the Assembly Sibel Siber, Supreme Court President Narin Ferdi Şefik, UBP Lefkosa Deputy İzlem Gürçağ and academics from Turkey attended the lecture.
Chairman of DİMED, Assistant Professor Oya Ertuğruloğlu, who made the panel’s opening speech, stated that it is the first time that the association has put together a panel on a topic that concerns the issues which women face.
Presentations such as “The position of the women in the family” by Prof. Dr. Ayşe Akın, “Strengthening of the Status of Women” by Prof. Dr. Nermin Özgülbaş and “Women’s Rights in TRNC Law” by Supreme Court Chairman Narin Ferdi Şefik took place in the lecture.