Gülsüm Kav (born 1971) is a Turkish feminist activist, writer and doctor. She is one of the founders of the organisation We Will Stop Femicide Platform, who raise awareness of gender-based violence in Turkey and campaign on behalf of the families of victims of femicide.
Kav was born in 1971.[1] She graduated from Eskişehir Anadolu University Faculty of Medicine in 1996 and in 2002 she was appointed a specialist at Istanbul University Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty Deontology Department.[2] She started her career as a medical ethics specialist and continued with the Istanbul Regional Directorate Patient Rights Specialist.[3] Since 2012, she has continued to work as a specialist at Şişli Etfal Training and Research Hospital.[3]
Kav has also worked in the Human Rights Commission in Ankara and in a variety of medical settings, including: the Forum of the Istanbul Medical Chamber, the Physician Forum, the Gynaecology Committee, the Ethics Committee and the Istanbul Representation of the TTB Women's Medicine Branch.[4]
Activism
Kav, a feminist activist, is the general representative of We Will Stop Femicide Platform.[5] In 2014 she was elected to the Executive Board of the United June Movement.[6] Kav has appeared in multiple media outlets discussing the problem of violence against women in Turkey.[7][8] She is a writer and columnist, who has been published by organisations such as: Yarın Haber;[9] Yeni Yaşam.[10]
