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Throughout the ages, from the earliest days of Islam to contemporary times today, Muslim women have been and continue to be active leaders in their communities and countries across the world. This directory is a growing archive of leading Muslim women scholars, activists, writers, politicians, artists, religious and spiritual leaders, civil society leaders and more. Please contribute to this archive by suggesting Muslim women to be featured through our recommendation form.

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Leyla Pervizat

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Known For: Women’s rights defender; Feminist researcher
Country: Turkey

About

Leyla Pervizat, Ph.D is a woman’s human rights defender and a feminist researcher. She completed her doctoral dissertation, titled Honor Killings within the Context of International Human Rights Law: Conceptual and Legal Analysis, and Evaluation of Legal Cases in Turkey, at the Department of International Relations and Political Science at the Marmara University. Her comprehensive and interdisciplinary doctoral dissertation will soon be published in English. In the past, she worked as the Project Coordinator of Prevention of Honour Killings in South Eastern and Eastern Turkey. Ms. Pervizat lectures on gender studies and family violence at the Haliç University in Istanbul. For the last five years, as a member of Amnesty International Turkey, she has worked on training religious leaders at the Presidency of Religious Affairs, a state body, on women’s rights (e.g., eliminating violence and discrimination against women).

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