Turkey Gender Inequality

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GENDER DISCRIMINATION
Since the beginning of time, men have always been considered that they are stronger than women in all way.In a perfect World, men and women would be equal in all matters. However, we do not live perfect world, and men and women are not equal in any way. From the past to today, being men is always have advantages in Turkey. Especially the east part of Turkey it is important that being a man because of the customs. In addition, during the Ottoman Empire, women have been played an active role in important political matters.(Gamm,2012) In today 's world, although women have a lot of rights, women and men are not equal disappointingly. In this paper, I …show more content…

Nowadays, women have the higher educational opportunity and higher position in a workplace than before but inequality still persists. Education is the right of every human without noticing they are men or women. Everybody has the right to education according to Universal Declaration of Human Rights(UDHR, 1948). It is necessary that every man and women in the country must know how to read and write. Gender inequality in education is extremely high(Bozkurt, 2010). Women who are living in cities have a chance to go to school, colleges and universities. However in villages, it is hard to complete even the primary school in Turkey.(Unicef, 2013). The study which was made public last July is based on data collected by the Turkish Statistical Institute, or TÜİK, in 2008. While the literacy rate is higher for 15 to 24 year-olds, there are still 406,000 young people who do not how to read and write.(Radikal, 2010). To increase the literacy race, girls’ education should be …show more content…

Although women have come a long way, the inequality exists. All human beings have the right to education, work, and other opportunities. Because of men were more active in earning, fighting, running a business, it cannot continue like that. Houseworks and taking care of children are a role assigned to women by society because of their gender. In this essay, firstly I mentioned about the inequality in politics. In the past, it was hard to see women in politics. However, over the years, women get a lot of opportunities, and they started to participate politics. The second matter was that the inequality in education. There was a time that people thought it was not necessary to educate girls. Now we have begun to notice that girls’ education is essential. In addition, education is the right of every human according to Universal Declaration of Human Rights. (1948). Lastly, I mentioned about the inequality in a workplace. Most of the women earn less Money than men. It is the simple example that, there is an inequality between men and women.In addition, society needs to realize that just because a woman is pregnant there is no need to put her out of work. We should know that education is the solution that all of these problems. According to Nelson Mandela, education is the weapon that we can use it for changing the World. Believe in women’s potentials in order to maket he World a better place for

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