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World Bank Group Gender Strategy 2024-2030: The Road to Equality

The World Bank Group’s Gender Strategy for 2024-2030 aims to end poverty and create a more livable world by reducing gender inequality. The strategy includes comprehensive measures to promote women’s full and equal participation in economic, social and political life. The Strategy sets out the policies, programs and financing instruments necessary for women’s empowerment and

UNESCO 2024 Global Education Monitoring Report: How Technology is Shaping Equity and Diversity in Education

UNESCO’s 2024 Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report takes an in-depth look at the impact of technology on equity and diversity (DEI) in education. The report’s striking findings highlight the potential of technology to increase equality of opportunity in education, while also showing that existing inequalities persist in the digital world. In this blog post, we

Women, Business and the Law 2024: Towards Global Gender Equality

The year 2024 will witness important developments in women’s rights and gender equality. The “Women, Business, and the Law 2024” report published by the World Bank examines the legal and regulatory barriers affecting women’s participation in economic life around the world. This report evaluates 190 economies and reveals the challenges women face in business life

Gender Inequality in Türkiye: Highlights of the WEF 2024 Report

The 2024 Gender Inequality Index report published by the World Economic Forum (WEF) reveals Türkiye’s performance on gender equality. According to this report, Türkiye ranks last in Europe and 127th out of 146 countries worldwide. This data shows that Türkiye still has serious problems in terms of gender equality and that important steps need to

An Obstacle to Gender Equality in Business Life: Queen Bee Syndrome

Gender equality in the workplace is still a major issue today. One of the reasons for this problem is a phenomenon known as queen bee syndrome. Queen bee syndrome can be defined as a competitive and even aggressive attitude of women who are successful in business towards their fellow women. These women may see themselves

In 2023, we BELIEVED in Change!

Our program “Sesi Açıyoruz!”, which we launched with the contributions of Harvard Business Review, met with the audience with 14 episodes in 2023. I would like to share with you the evaluation of this journey, during which we experienced moments full of pride and hope, and my thanks. “Sesi Açıyoruz!” actually harbors a big dream

PwC Turkey Women in Working Life Index 2023: Status of Gender Equality in Turkey

PwC Turkey published a report evaluating the representation and progress of women in business life in Turkey in 2023. The report states that the labor force participation rate in Turkey is 36.4 percent for women and 70.9 percent for men, while the representation of female employees in managerial positions is 17.1 percent. The report emphasizes

Women’s empowerment requires an additional investment of 360 billion dollars a year, UN report finds

“Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Status Report on Gender Equality 2023” shows that urgent and decisive action to achieve gender equality is inevitable. The report, released on September 7 by Women and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA), predicts that at the current rate, more than 340 million

Gender Equality in Numbers

Many efforts are being made in Turkey to promote equality between women and men. However, there is still a lack of equality between women and men in areas such as employment rates, political representation, and managerial positions. According to the “Women in Statistics, 2022” report published by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat), based on the

Diversity, equity, and inclusion at work

Diversity, equity, and inclusion in business life is not only an ethical issue but also important for the success of businesses. Diversity increases the capacity for innovation and creativity by bringing people with different talents and perspectives into businesses. Equality creates a work environment where everyone has the same rights, while inclusion creates an environment