The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) made a call to its members for women’s employment in order to activate and encourage female labor force participation in Turkey. TOBB Women Entrepreneurs Board President Nurten Öztürk said that she will reward the company that increases women’s employment the most until 19 November.
According to TUIK data, 49.9% of the population in Turkey consists of women. In the report, the labor force participation rate was 32.8%, while the male labor force was 70.3%. Based on this, TOBB Women Entrepreneurs Board President Nurten Öztürk implemented a project that will make women smile.
State; While the Turkish Employment Agency (İŞKUR), Social Security Institution (SGK), Small and Medium Enterprises Development Organization (KOSGEB) and public banks provided incentives to increase women’s employment, the private sector also took responsibility.
TOBB Women Entrepreneurs Board President Nurten Öztürk, who implemented the project, said that in order to increase the female employment rate in companies, the most women should be employed. He informed that the company that he provides will be rewarded.
40 THOUSAND PEOPLE IN 81 CITIES
Nurten Öztürk stated that businesses showed great interest in the project and added employment to 40,000 women in 81 provinces. announced that it intends to provide she stated that during the pandemic period, women were affected more than men, and that the already low workforce was gradually decreasing.
“BUSINESSES MUST TAKE RESPONSIBILITY!”
While underlining the importance of the project they implemented in order not to allow this regression, “We expect businesses to surprise us in November with the letters we sent out. Businesses need to take responsibility in this regard.” explained as.
