The new TUSİAD is about women and technology

Ever since Erol Bilecik became president of the Turkish Industry and Business Association (TÜSİAD), the institution has concentrated more on women's issues and technology. Of course, this is the observation of an outsider, as I really would not like to do injustice to the previous presidents. TÜSİAD has always been the leading institution when it comes to empowering women in the workforce. But with Bilecik, who comes from a technology background as the founder and CEO of Turkey's largest technology distributor, TÜSAİD now has a new perspective on how to empower women with technology. 

TÜSİAD has issued two reports in recent weeks. They are very valuable on their own, but they are also complementary.

The first focused on women in Turkey. Basically, it says that Turkey must invest in women as underlined by the part below. 

According to TÜSİAD's "Women Matter" report, increasing women's participation in the labor force implies significant growth potential for the global and Turkish economy. Gender diversity is a pressing global issue offering huge potential for human development, labor markets, productivity and GDP growth. If women, who account for half the world's population, could achieve their full economic potential, the global economy would boom. In 2015, McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) estimated the size of the economic potential of gender parity, and found that in a best-in-region scenario, in which all countries match the gender diversity improvement rate of the fastest improving country in their region, as much as $12 trillion, or 11 percent, could be added to forecasts for global GDP in 2025. Turkey has a much higher economic potential than the global average. But Turkey ranks 130th among 144 countries on the Global Gender Gap Index...