٠٠:٠٣:٢١Female activists and earthquake survivors gave artistic expression to their demands in Hatay, on Wednesday, marking International Women's Day.
Footage features dozens of female activists and survivors from the earthquake-hit towns of Defne, Samandag, Serinyol, and Antakya gathering in a tent settlement equipped by the Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) to leave their paintings and inscriptions on a banner.
"We know that women are the most affected in disaster areas and women need to come together the most. We are trying to create the ground for this," stated resident Berna Demirdas.
Among other issues, participants criticised a rising profiteering tendency for rents in earthquake-affected areas on the part of the market and policymakers.
"We wish our state elders had been with us on the first day. If they had saved our people. That is what we would like," said an earthquake victim.
Following the earthquakes on February 6, more than 50,000 people died in Turkey and Syria, while more than one and a half million people were left homeless.
Over a month later, many are still waiting to be relocated after their houses were either damaged or destroyed in the earthquake.
Turkey: 'Women are the most affected in disaster areas' - Artistic protest staged in Hatay on Int. Women's Day
Female activists and earthquake survivors gave artistic expression to their demands in Hatay, on Wednesday, marking International Women's Day.
Footage features dozens of female activists and survivors from the earthquake-hit towns of Defne, Samandag, Serinyol, and Antakya gathering in a tent settlement equipped by the Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) to leave their paintings and inscriptions on a banner.
"We know that women are the most affected in disaster areas and women need to come together the most. We are trying to create the ground for this," stated resident Berna Demirdas.
Among other issues, participants criticised a rising profiteering tendency for rents in earthquake-affected areas on the part of the market and policymakers.
"We wish our state elders had been with us on the first day. If they had saved our people. That is what we would like," said an earthquake victim.
Following the earthquakes on February 6, more than 50,000 people died in Turkey and Syria, while more than one and a half million people were left homeless.
Over a month later, many are still waiting to be relocated after their houses were either damaged or destroyed in the earthquake.
Female activists and earthquake survivors gave artistic expression to their demands in Hatay, on Wednesday, marking International Women's Day.
Footage features dozens of female activists and survivors from the earthquake-hit towns of Defne, Samandag, Serinyol, and Antakya gathering in a tent settlement equipped by the Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) to leave their paintings and inscriptions on a banner.
"We know that women are the most affected in disaster areas and women need to come together the most. We are trying to create the ground for this," stated resident Berna Demirdas.
Among other issues, participants criticised a rising profiteering tendency for rents in earthquake-affected areas on the part of the market and policymakers.
"We wish our state elders had been with us on the first day. If they had saved our people. That is what we would like," said an earthquake victim.
Following the earthquakes on February 6, more than 50,000 people died in Turkey and Syria, while more than one and a half million people were left homeless.
Over a month later, many are still waiting to be relocated after their houses were either damaged or destroyed in the earthquake.