Instagram's 'Women Supporting Women' Challenge Inadvertently Brings Awareness to Turkish Femicide
However, women in Turkey and beyond are now sharing black-and-white photos to raise awareness about femicide using the hashtag #İstanbulSözleşmesiYaşatır, in reference to the Istanbul Convention, a treaty created to combat violence against women in Europe. According to
the treaty has been"caught up in a maelstrom of disinformation and populist rhetoric, cast as a threat to national sovereignty and twisted by conspiracy theories and smear campaigns."The challenge may not have originated in Turkey, but celebs are using it to voice solidarity with victims of femicides.
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