Hi everyone,
In the European countries almost 64% adult women were employed, but only 23,5% in Turkey. Remarkable is that 50% of all Turkish women enters in the labor market. That’s doesn’t last long, before many women quit their job. This is just unbelievable! The means reasons why they stop working are due to the fact that women have family obligation or they have poor working conditions.
In the European countries almost 64% adult women were employed, but only 23,5% in Turkey. Remarkable is that 50% of all Turkish women enters in the labor market. That’s doesn’t last long, before many women quit their job. This is just unbelievable! The means reasons why they stop working are due to the fact that women have family obligation or they have poor working conditions.
The International Labor Organization did also some research to know where most women worked. Almost 50 % works in the agriculture sector, then 35% in the service sector and only 15% in the industry. The migration to larger cities is also an important factor. They move away from rural areas to find proper education and legal employment otherwise women can only rely on their spouses.
The most important reason why women don’t stay on the job is… MARRIAGE! Yes, marriage destroys almost every woman’s dream to have a successful job and her level of education doesn’t even matter. In fact 90% unmarried women with university graduation participate in the labor force.
Gulsen Cigdem is also one of those women with an university degree, she had a well-paying job and was responsible for logistics (air, truck and sea) and sales. Cigdem was doing fine, until she gave birth to her first child three months ago. Hopefully she finds an affordable babysitter before her maternity leave expires. Otherwise she will end up like all those other women, and that is difficult to understand that this still happens in the 21ste century. Or is it just me who thinks that?
Friendly greeting from Turkey,
Céline
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/05/world/middleeast/05iht-M05-WORK-WOMEN.html?scp=11&sq=turkey&st=cse
Today I want to talk to you about the opportunities for woman in Turkey. In the 21th Century, women still have to choose between work and children. This in unbelievable, but it exists, namely in Turkey. Saturday is a special day for all the women, the annual gathering to discuss the goals of the 2011 Global Summit of Women. The meeting is for the first time in Istanbul, Turkey.
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