Turkish Women Absent from Business and Public Sector
Almost half [45%] of urban Turkish women believe economic independence for women is unnecessary, and younger generations seem to share this view more than the older generations, according to [a newly published poll by the Women Entrepreneurs Association of Turkey, or KAGIDER]. Almost 50 percent of women between ages 15 and 19 believed a woman’s place was at home, near her children.
The profile of an entrepreneur in Turkey is of a male aged 25 to 34 with a primary or high school degree coming from a mid-level income, KAG?DER said in its press release about the research. In an environment like that, only slightly more than 13 percent of urban women ever seriously contemplate starting a business and nearly half of those who started a business quit later. The tendency to undertake such an enterprise is much higher for those women who are university graduates and divorced. (click for article)
Women in politics (click here): Women represent 9.1 percent of the Turkish Parliament and 0.56 percent of local administrations, while the figure sits at 30 percent in the European Parliament. Among 3,225 mayors in Turkey, only 18 are female.
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