While rights are disappearing, women in Turkey have no equality, security and employment.

While March 8 is celebrated around the world for women’s achievements in the social, cultural and economic fields, it signifies a call for equality, while Turkey reveals a picture of collapse with its performance in increasing the violence and inequality in recent years. In Turkey, which is in the same league as countries like Afghanistan, Pakistan and Congo in terms of gender inequality, only 19 out of 100 women are registered and in full-time employment. Thirty percent of women, who make up 49.9 percent of the population, stated that they felt unsafe walking alone at night. Turkey, which entered the International Day of Working Women on March 8 with a dire picture this year, also appeared in international reports with its poor performance. According to the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Inequality Report 2022, Turkey ranked 124th out of 146 countries.

IN THE SAME LEAGUE WITH ARABIA

While countries like Afghanistan, Pakistan and Congo ranked last on the list, Turkey was followed by countries like Angola and Saudi Arabia. In the report, Turkey ranked 134th in women’s economic participation, 101st in education, 99th in health and survival, and 112th in political participation. According to the report prepared by the Confederation of Revolutionary Workers Unions, while the real unemployment of young women in Turkey reaches 49.9 percent, 3 out of 10 women are informally employed. According to the Women’s Work Report produced by Genel-İş, a total of 1,533,000 women work part-time in Turkey, while 73 percent of part-time workers are informally employed.

1 in 3 women do not feel safe walking

According to the ‘Women with Statistics’ study by the Turkish Statistical Institute, 30.4 percent of women felt unsafe when walking alone in their neighborhood at night. According to the data, by the end of 2022, the number of women deputies among 579 deputies was 100, while the rate of female teachers among teachers working in higher education was 33.2 percent, and the rate of women in management positions it was 20.7 percent. .

Employer called to donate salaries

Nilüfer Çevikel, President of the Turkish Young Entrepreneur Association (TÜGİAD), Nilüfer Çevikel, said that obstacles to women’s participation in education, business life and politics must be removed for the development of the social structure, saying : “Women cannot have as much place as men in the business world because of the cultural environment, family responsibilities, educational level and similar obstacles,” he said, noting that many business people like him are entitled to retirement with the EYT Law, Çevikel called on employers to donate their one-year pensions to AFAD for the benefit of our earthquake victims.