Women in the workforce

Sabanc? Holding Chairwoman Güler Sabanc? has said women's participation in business life is not a preference, privilege or a matter of equality, but rather an obligation to lead the country to success and growth, in a written statement ahead of International Working Women's Day on March 8.

70 percent of women with small children are not employed in Turkey, UN Women's Lakshmi Puri saysSome 70 percent of women with children under the age of 6 are not employed in Turkey, compared to 29 percent in Europe, U.N. Women Assistant Secretary-General Lakshmi Puri has said, warning over the negative impact it could have on the country.

Not one Japanese company applied for a subsidy program aimed at promoting more women to senior jobs, an official said Sept. 28, an embarrassing blow for Tokyo's push to boost the economy with female workers.

Hundreds of firms had been expected to apply for cash rewards in exchange for reaching targets to place women in high-ranking jobs and train female workers for senior positions.

Women20, the engagement group established for the first time under Turkey?s G-20 presidency, will ask leaders to endorse a roadmap for women?s inclusion in the workforce, according to Gülden Türktan, the body?s president The Turkish G-20 presidency surprised the international community by launching Women20, according to Gülden Türktan, a member of a women?s NGO that pushed the government

Only 4.4 million of 8.1 million employed women in Turkey were registered, lower than the population of Turkey's third largest city, according to the head of the Women Entrepreneurs Association of Turkey (KAG?DER). 

YenidenBiz has organized more than 50 trainings and workshops to date. There are more than 300 CVs in the group's database, with 42 women placed into jobs since the venture's inception Having worked in top executive positions at major corporations in Turkey for 15 years, Eylem Yal?n left the workforce to tend to and spend time with her newborn child.

The Grant Thornton International Business Report shows that top management positions in Greece that are held by women reached 27% in 2015, dropping from 29% in 2014. Only 15% of the women who participated in the research said they worked for 1-5 years before being promoted to a top position compared to the Eurozone average of 33%.

A total of 42 companies from Turkey, including daily Hürriyet, have signed the Women?s Empowerment Principles (WEPs), founded in collaboration with U.N. Women and U.N. Global Compact, on March 6, ahead of International Women?s Day on March 8.

The Women Employment Law is on the agenda; it could pass in parliament any moment. Women in this country, you know, are regularly being encouraged to give birth. The law enables new mothers to work part-time and receive a full salary.

Men outnumber women in workforce

BELGRADE -- Women account for 42 percent of employees in Serbia, which indicates that the number of men in the workforce is higher by 16 percent compared to women.

This data is contained in a Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia (RZS) study.