Economic Situation of Women in the Turkish Republic (During 2004-2010)

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Due to gender inequality in the labor market which exists in most societies with different levels of economic development, considering the employment status of women and leading them right to the labor market can advantage communities from this potential factor. This paper is derived from the research project named “political, economic, social and cultural rights of women in Turkey during 2004-2010”, which is proposed by Islamic Culture and Relations Organization, Department of Humanities and Cultural Studies. The aim of this study is to identify the economic situation of women in the Turkish Republic, as one of the neighboring countries of Iran. On this basis, and given the limited resources available, as well as the date of issue in Iran this study examines the economic status of women in Turkey. The present study aims at interpreting and analyzing the economic situation of women in Turkey. We used the analytic-descriptive method and gathered the data through document-library method. These data are extracted from last results of the Turkey Statistic and Information Organization census, statistical annals, Statistic and Information Center, high education institutes, and Turkey Statistics institute during 2004 to 2020. The findings show that though the studies about women show women presence in world labor markets, but their participation in Turkey economical activities is much less than men and their unemployment is increasing. In this paper, after an overview of the theoretical foundations of the labor market for women, to study and analyze how the structure of women's employment in Turkey has been and the last section is devoted to the analysis of the results and provide recommendations.

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Volume 3, Issue 6 - Serial Number 6
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  • Receive Date: 29 September 2012
  • Revise Date: 25 November 2012
  • Accept Date: 16 December 2012

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