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Tunus Gammarth ‘da «Femmes du Sud, Femmes du Nord, Osons La Réussite» adlı toplantıda verdiğim tebliğin özetini aşağıda bulacaksınız

The size and quality of the human capital in countries is one of the driving forces behind the economic and social development.The policies pursued and activities carried out recently in Turkey are being aware of the fact that women are the subject of the economic and social development and this has yielded an increase in the women’s rates of employment and labor force participation.

Since 2005 there is an upward trend in female labor force participation force due to growing number of women shifting from working in agriculture to salaried work.Women’s employment rate according to turkish statistics in 2004 was 20.8 rose to 26.7 at the end of 2014.According to figures it is observed that women are mostly employed in the service sector with a rate of 49.9%.Women’s employment rate in the agricultural sector which was 50.8% in 2004 decreased to 33%.

The government has taken various measures in the past decade to create employment opportunities in the formal sector and to remove gender related barriers to education and employment.Introduction of compulsory education Law , Employment package 2008, Treasury Support to the credit guarantee fund for women entrepreneurs, Board of National Monitoring and Coordination of Women’s employment constituted.

Many projects are being run at national , regional and local levels for socio economic empowerment of women.Some examples ı can site are ; Equality at Work Platform  , this platform aims to minimize the gender gap in the field of economic participation and opportunities in Turkey. Trainings are held for women vocational courses given by turkish employment agency işkur , trainings for women farmers 4000 women were trained in all 81 provinces.Small and medium industry development organization kosgeb credit supports , micro loan practices for women who have idea to do business and in this way to improve their self confidence.Development agencies are available for reducing inter-regional disparities and achieving regional development.The agencies support the projects aimed at promoting women’s labor force participation.Lastly the ministry of food , agriculture and husbandry provides Project supports for rural development cooperatives and the ministry of customs and trade offers Project supports for other cooperatives such as small enterprises and crafts to encourage women’s cooperatives.

Besides governmental actions taken to increase women labor force participation çivil society organizations like c20 work locally , nationally and internationally .The idea to create this policy and advocacy platform to tackle inequalities was given in Turkish G20Presidency  meeting.As a policy and advocacy platform the c20 brings together civil society organizations from around the World to engage with G20 Governments on key issues of mutual concern. Female labor force participation has crucial importance for Turkey and necessary actions are taken to increase this number both by government and çivil society organizations

Doç.Dr.Zeynep Alemdar, Rana Birden Çorbacıoğlu ve Christina Bache Fidan’ın Kurucusu oldukları Dış Politikada Kadınlar İnisiyatifinin 2015 ‘teki etkinlikleri aşağıdaki gibi olmuştur:

1. Kadınların çatışmaların önlenmesi, çözümlenmesi ve barışın sağlanması çabalarına tam olarak dahil edilmeleri amacıyla Birleşmiş Milletler Güvenlik Konseyi 1325 sayılı kararının 15. yıldönümünü Aralık ayında iki etkinlik ile hatırladık.

 a. 10 Aralık tarihinde İsveçli iki kuruluşla, Raoul Wallenberg İnsan Hakları ve İnsani Hukuk Enstitüsü (RWI)
ve Operasyon 1325 ile Türkiye’de 1325’in uygulanması konusunda neler yapılabilir konulu
bir planlama toplantısı yaptık.

b.17 Aralık tarihinde ise Birleşmiş Milletler Toplumsal Cinsiyet Eşitliği ve Kadının Güçlenmesi Birimi (BM Kadın) Avrupa ve Orta Asya Bölge Ofisi’nin düzenlediği, yerel sivil toplum örgütleri ile akademisyenleri ve uzmanları bir araya getiren toplantıya katılarak yine 1325 Ulusal Eylem Planı üzerine konuştuk.

2. Hollings Center for International Dialogue ile Mayıs ayında başlayan işbirliğimiz düzenlediğimiz Yuvarlak Masa Serisi ile devam etti.

a. 27 Mayıs’ta Hollings Center’ınUluslararası İlişkilerde Genç Profesyoneller grubuna yönelik, kadınların sivil topluma, siyasete ve dış politikaya katılımı konulu bir toplantı yaptık. Üç kurucu üyemizin de kendi deneyimlerini paylaştığı bu toplantıda, Christina Bache Fidan A.B.D.’de henüz ortaokuldayken başlayan, sivil topluma ve yerel politikaya katılma deneyimini, Rana Birden Çorbacıoğlu Türkiye’de kadınların sivil toplumdaki durumunu, Zeynep Alemdar ise kadınların barış süreçlerine katılmalarının yollarını ve katkılarını anlattı.

b. 17 Eylül 2015’te Ürdün eski Kültür Bakanı ve  Hükümet Sözcüsü ve Ürdün Kadınlar Birliği’nin eski başkanı avukat ve insan hakları aktivisti Asma Khader ile kadın mültecilere özel bir vurgu yaparak Orta Doğu’da kadınların
karşılaştığı zorluklar ve tehditler konusunda konuştuk.

c.16 Kasım’da ise IMF Ortadoğu ve Orta  Asya Bölümü Kıdemli Ekonomisti ve IMF Toplumsal Cinsiyet Danışma Grubu Üyesi Ferhan Salman ile Cinsiyet Eşitliğinin Makroekonomik Etkileri üzerine sohbet ettik.

3.  Eylül, Ekim ve Kasım aylarında sırasıyla gerçekleştirilen C 20, W 20 ve G 20 Zirvelerine katıldık.

Woman of Europe Award / Women of Europe Network
With the aim of reviving the Woman of Europe Award, interested EMI members have met and shared ideas to prepare a new proposal for a Woman of Europe project:
Mission statement
Realising that the role of women in the European project remains largely unrecognized, the European Movement Woman of Europe Award aims to highlight the contribution of women in advancing the project of European unification, and to increase the involvement of women in European integration.
Woman of Europe Award
To this end, it aims to set up a European-level Woman of Europe Award and an adjoining Women of Europe Network composed of women active in European integration. The Award will honour women that strive or have strived to advance the European project, in their professional or private capacity.
Women of Europe Network
The network will bring together the European winners and nominees, as well as previous national winners, the women- and gender equality networks of the EMI’s International Associations as well as women networks of project partners. The network is inclusive, pro-European, and open to all genders. It aims to create linkages, share experiences and promote exchanges between women who work on European integration to enable them to increase their involvement in the European project.
Involvement of the European Movement
This project serves four goals that are important for the European Movement: it will recognise women for their contribution to the European project and aim to increase their role; it will stress the important values of human rights and gender equality; it will increase awareness of the work the European Movement International and its members undertake in the effort to advance European integration; and it will create new linkages between existing networks.
Action plan
To set up the proposed Award and Network, a Steering Committee will be formed, consisting of 6 members: the EMI Secretary General, one EMI staff member, and two representatives each of the National Councils and International Associations. They will undertake the following actions:
o Build partnerships with a leading European women’s organisation; a media partner; and an institutional partner;
o Raise funds (via sponsorship) for the organisation of the Award ceremony, the Award itself (possibly in-kind), and the set-up of the network;
o Organise the first Award ceremony and the adjoining Women of Europe Network, provide the enabling structures for a self-managing network, set up a database, and organise a first meeting in the margins of the ceremony;
o Collect nominations and form a jury to select the winner of the 2016 or 2017 Woman of Europe Award. Each member organisation can put forward one nominee, as well as (members of) the partnering women’s organisation (tbd). Eligible to be nominated are women who, in their professional or private capacity, strive or have strived to advance the European project.
All EMI members are invited to express their interest in the project and to join the project preparations.
Submitted for adoption by
EM Norway, EM Ireland, EM Germany, EM France, EM Serbia, AFEM, CESI, ALDE (ALDE GEN), CEMR.