Housework.. An Obstacle for Female Labor Force
The main obstacles to increased female labor participation in Turkey are housework, childcarn and elder care, a recent survey has shown… One of the biggest online career portals in Turkey — Monster Türkiye – announced the results of its survey called “The Problems of Female Labor Participation in Turkey” on Monday.
The survey indicates that 74 percent of participants believe housework, children and elder care are the main reasons forcing women to stay at home rather than participating in the labor force. Yet, life is not trouble-free for employed females as 54 percent say women quit their jobs over “gender discrimination, mobbing [bullying] or sexual abuse” in the workplace. The perception of those three threats to women’s presence in the labor force is even stronger among female participants in the survey — 68 percent of them believe gender discrimination, bullying and sexual abuse are the reasons women give up their jobs, while 39 percent of men expressed a similar view.
Workplaces lacking a nursery, day care center or feeding room negatively affects female labor participation, according to 41 percent of women and 29 percent of men, while 79 percent of men and 71 percent of women believe housework and child care negatively impact the number of women in business life.
According to the Monster survey, 64 percent of respondents say the main reason preventing women from being promoted to a top position at work is the widely held perception that “housework and childcare are women’s duties” and the belief that these responsibilities “naturally” obstruct women from being promoted to high-ranking positions. The second reason (at 60 percent) is gender discrimination in which men are preferred over women for managerial posts, with 73 percent of women believing gender discrimination favors men for upper level position and 39 percent of the male respondents thinking so.
Commenting on the results of the survey, Seden Gürcü, Monster Türkiye’s marketing director, said female labor force participation is a must for sustainable development; yet there are “cultural, social and economic hindrances” with regard to this situation in Turkey. “Measures should be taken for women to find jobs, and there should also be efforts spent on improving women’s skills,” she noted.
SOURCE: TODAYSZAMAN.COM
The main obstacles to increased female labor participation in Turkey are housework, childcarn and elder care, a recent survey has shown.
One of the biggest online career portals in Turkey — Monster Türkiye – announced the results of its survey called “The Problems of Female Labor Participation in Turkey” on Monday.
The survey indicates that 74 percent of participants believe housework, children and elder care are the main reasons forcing women to stay at home rather than participating in the labor force. Yet, life is not trouble-free for employed females as 54 percent say women quit their jobs over “gender discrimination, mobbing [bullying] or sexual abuse” in the workplace. The perception of those three threats to women’s presence in the labor force is even stronger among female participants in the survey — 68 percent of them believe gender discrimination, bullying and sexual abuse are the reasons women give up their jobs, while 39 percent of men expressed a similar view.
Workplaces lacking a nursery, day care center or feeding room negatively affects female labor participation, according to 41 percent of women and 29 percent of men, while 79 percent of men and 71 percent of women believe housework and child care negatively impact the number of women in business life.
According to the Monster survey, 64 percent of respondents say the main reason preventing women from being promoted to a top position at work is the widely held perception that “housework and childcare are women’s duties” and the belief that these responsibilities “naturally” obstruct women from being promoted to high-ranking positions. The second reason (at 60 percent) is gender discrimination in which men are preferred over women for managerial posts, with 73 percent of women believing gender discrimination favors men for upper level position and 39 percent of the male respondents thinking so.
Commenting on the results of the survey, Seden Gürcü, Monster Türkiye’s marketing director, said female labor force participation is a must for sustainable development; yet there are “cultural, social and economic hindrances” with regard to this situation in Turkey. “Measures should be taken for women to find jobs, and there should also be efforts spent on improving women’s skills,” she noted.
