Women Breaking the Glass Ceiling

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Women Breaking the Glass Ceiling
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What is the Glass Ceiling?

• The term glass ceiling refers to situations
  where the advancement of a qualified person
  within the hierarchy of an organization is halted
  at a particular level because of some form of
  discrimination, most commonly sexism. This
  situation is referred to as a "ceiling" as there
  is a limitation blocking upward advancement, and
  "glass" (transparent) because the limitation is
  not immediately apparent and is normally an
  unwritten and unofficial policy.

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Dimensions of Glass Ceiling

• Barriers male managers put such as giving less
  duties taking into consideration of woman
  employees household duties
• Barriers female managers put such as trying to
  keep the queen bee position-being the only
  woman at top.
• Barriers women put their own ways such as
  internalizing common negative values towards
  women
• The family-work conflict
• Economic and social barriers hinder to reach
  resourses such education, finances, etc.

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Statistics on Working Women inTurkey

• Womens participation rate in our country in the
  15-64 age groups is only 26.9
• Labour force participation rate of women who
  live in urban areas is 18.3

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• 57.2 of women work in the agriculture sector
  and 50 of the the women in agriculture sector
  are part of family work force without pay
• women working in services sector is 13.3
• Commercial sector is 4

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Top Executive Women

• women who work as an executive personel is 23
• Today, across Turkey, total percentage of women
  top executives is 7
• 1 of women are in the highest positions.

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• HOWEVER....

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Women Labour by Professionals

• 29 of doctors
• 36 of university academicians
• 24 scientific and technical jobs
• 33 of architects,
• 29 of lawyers,
• 32 of economists and
• 21 of top and middle executives at public
  institutions

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Banking Sector

• The top managers of 4 out of 25 banks are female
  and 50 of employees are women in banking sector
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• In Turkey, women working in the banking sector
  are in an even better condition in terms of pay
  they receive and the possibility to climb to top
  positions when compared with their counterparts
  all around the world, says Yardim one of the
  executive of prominent finance institutions

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• In Turkey, Women can be successful as long as
  have the equal opportunities as men.
• Women who are well-educated and socialized can
  break the glass ceiling.

• ...And women who take risks, women who are
  outside...However, education is a problem in our
  country. The more education level arise, the more
  brilliant leader women appear in business area...

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I was not afraid of taking risks.. I didnt set
a limit to myself...

• DIDEM GORDON
• Yapi Kredi Bank portfolio General Manager

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What important is to manage with employees and
the boss

• SIRMA UMUR
• ProcterGamble US Canada
  
• 
  Head Manager

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I did not imprison myself into a small area...

• CANAN
  EDIBOGLU
• Head Manager of Shell Turkey
  

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to make a difference, first of all, one should
dare to risk of being a pioneer.

• GÜLER
  SABANCI
• CEO of the Sabanci
  Holding
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  with 65 firms

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Arzuhan Dogan Yalçindag Turkish
Industrialists and Businessmens Association
President , Dogan TV chairman of the executive
board

• Personally I believe there isnt glass ceiling
  sendrome for educated women in Turkey.

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An interesting Dilemma The Participation of
women to labour market is low. ( 27) On the
other hand, most women who are in job market are
well-educated and ambitious.

• According to Kariyer.net (most effective job
  searching website across Turkey), 51 of four and
  a half million of CVs belong to females. 40 of
  women are university graduates and 10 are
  holding a post-graduate degree. 12 of those
  women are high school gradutes and about 12 have
  graduted from vocational schools.

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Kariyer.net head manager
Pembe Candaner

• Working women
  should never give up self-development and
  self-determination.In Turkey,it is an advantage
  that women emloyees are well-educated. Thats
  because in globalization era, professionals who
  can follow developments and evaluate innovations
  through the path of success are desirable.I
  believe women can do it. Responsibilities of
  family prevent women to work intensively.
• Women are not supported by other women so
  female empolyees career opportunities are
  limited. At this point, men should support their
  wives and sisters. In business world, both women
  and men should learn to benefit each others
  strong sides.By acting this way, it can be
  achived big improvements.

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The problem occurs because of the lack of
education.

• Today, researches show that
• The more education level increase the more women
  participate to labour force

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While ending...

• Because I am a woman, I must make unusual
  efforts to succeed. If I fail, no one will say,
  "She doesn't have what it takes" They will say,
  "Women don't have what it takes.
• Clare Boothe Luce, American Diplomat and
  Playwright ,1903-1987