Pınar İlkkaracan is a researcher trained both in psychotherapy

Psychotherapy

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 and political science

Political science

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 and a human rights

Human rights

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 activist. She is the co-founder of two NGOs

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, Women for Women’s Human Rights (WWHR) – NEW WAYS, a women’s NGO that led various successful legal reforms in Turkey

Turkey

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 towards gender equality in Turkey and the Coalition for Sexual and Bodily Rights (CSBR), a network of leading organizations and academics from 14 Muslim

Muslim

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 countries.

Pınar

Pınar

Pınar is a common feminine Turkish given name. In Turkish, "Pınar" means "Spring" , and/or "Fountain".-People:* Pınar İlkkaracan, Turkish human rights activist* Pınar Köksal, female Turkish composer* Pınar Kür, Turkish contemporary author...

 İlkkaracan is the editor of Women and Sexuality in Muslim Societies (translated into Arabic and Turkish) and Deconstructing Sexuality in the Middle East (2008), as well as many other articles. She was awarded the prestigious Gruber Prize for Women’s Rights

Gruber Prize for Women’s Rights

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 of The Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation

Peter and Patricia Gruber Foundation

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in 2007 for her leadership for women’s rights at the global level.