Date of publication: April 21, 2008
Source: Turkish Daily News
Excerpt from article:
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's much debated call to women to give birth to at least three children was criticized yet again yesterday with the argument that having more children will exclude women from the labor force, thereby making them more dependent on men.
"A woman stays away from her job for at least six years on average for pregnancy breaks if she has three children. This means, women told to have three children will not be able to work. They will have to take care of their children and husband instead," said writer Nuray Sancar at a conference on problems faced by working women held in Istanbul yesterday.
Referring to the recent social security reform bill endorsed by Parliament late Thursday, Sancar said, "The new amendments will disadvantage women who are already having difficulties in working life by taking away their acquired rights." ...