Hazal Atay

Hazal Atay holds a Master’s degree in Political Studies from the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) and is currently a PhD candidate in Comparative Politics at Sciences PoHer research is co-supervised by Réjane Sénac (CEVIPOF – Sciences Po) and Zehra F. Kabasakal Arat (University of Connecticut).

Her PhD thesis is on the drafting of gender policy in Turkey. Her doctoral research has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 665850. Her research interests include feminist theory, gender studies, institutionalism and postcolonial theory. Hazal was a visiting student at the University of Cambridge, Centre for Gender Studies in Spring 2019. She has taught at the Sciences Po undergraduate campuses in Reims and Paris.

Thesis working title: Reconnaissance, représentation et participation : analyse du système de coprésidence et des engagements politiques des femmes en tant que coprésidentes dans le cas kurde de la Turquie. (FR)

Thesis supervisor: Réjane Sénac

Publications

• “En Turquie, la leçon des maires kurdes sur l’égalité entre femmes et hommes”, The Conversation, 7 April 2019, https://theconversation.com/en-turquie-la-lecon-des-maires-kurdes-sur-legalite-entre-femmes-et-hommes-115020
• “What we need to learn about gender parity in Turkey’s Kurdish municipalities?”, The Conversation, 3 April 2019, https://theconversation.com/what-we-need-to-learn-about-gender-parity-in-turkeys-kurdish-municipalities-113799
• “Avorter ‘en ligne’ pour contourner les législations restrictives ”, The Conversation, 5 February 2019. https://theconversation.com/avorter-en-ligne-pour-contourner-les-legislations-restrictives-110643
• “Is the future of abortion online? ”, The Conversation, 27 January 2019. https://theconversation.com/is-the-future-of-abortion-online-110339
• “When Abortion is ‘Haram’, Women Find Strategies to Claim Their Rights”, The Conversation , 8 October 2018. https://theconversation.com/debate-when-abortion-is- haram-women-find-strategies-to-claim-their-rights-104177
• “Quand l’avortement est ‘haram’, les femmes au prises avec la jurisprudence islamique”, Le Monde, 12 October 2018.https://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2018/10/12/quand-l- avortement-est-haram-les-femmes-aux-prises-avec-la-jurisprudence- islamique_5368650_3212.html
• “ Que dit l’Islam sur l’IVG?”, Slate, 11 October 2018. http://www.slate.fr/source/168443/hazal-atay
• “Telemedicine Abortion in Restrictive Settings: An Abortion Revolution and A New Velvet Triangle”, Arrow for Change , Issue: The Right to Choose. https://arrow.org.my/publication/afc-the-right-to-choose/
• Archeology of the Abortion Law in Turkey: Abortion Regulations, their Gains, Constraints and Contestations , Fe Dergi 9, no. 2 (2017), 1-16. DOI: 10.1501/Fe0001_0000000184. http://cins.ankara.edu.tr/
• “En Turquie, la politique porte toujours la moustache”, OrientXXI , 5 December 2017. https://orientxxi.info/magazine/en-turquie-la-politique-porte-toujours-la-moustache,2150
• “Turkey’s Suffragettes: Politics Still Wears a Moustache ”, The New Arab , 12 December 2017. https://www.alaraby.co.uk/english/comment/2017/12/12/turkeys-suffragettes- politics-still-wears-a-moustache

hazal.atay@sciencespo.fr