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Friday, October 26, 2012

Turkey: two reports highlight huge gap between genders - General news - ANSAMed.it

Turkey: two reports highlight huge gap between genders

26 October, 13:40

(ANSAmed) - ISTANBUL, OCTOBER 26 - Two recent reports, one local and the other global, have highlighted the inequality between men and women in Turkey, especially regarding employment and education issues, daily Hurriyet reports. According to the World Economic Forum's 'Global Gender Gap Index 2012,' Turkey ranked 124th out of 135 countries in terms of its success to achieve sex equality. Another report prepared by Turkish statistical institute, TurkStat, and presented to the Parliamentary Commission on Equality of Opportunity between Genders revealed similar dismal results as it points to an imbalance of female employment in the education sector.

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