More and Better Jobs for Women: Women’s Empowerment through Decent Work in Turkey

The overall objective of the project is to contribute to women’s empowerment in Turkey by providing decent work opportunities through capacity development of relevant institutions, ALMP interventions and enhancing awareness on gender equality, women’s human rights and rights at work. The proposed project will help in integrating gender sensitive approaches into active labour market policies and in identifying those occupations where there are more decent employment opportunities for women to be employed in the project provinces. The project is expected to serve as a model for other provinces in advancing gender equality in employment and providing decent employment opportunities for women. Immediate Objectives/Outcomes 1. Employment policies benefiting women developed and implemented within the framework of decent work and gender equality 2. Employability of women increased and unemployed women enter the labour market through effective job counseling and active labour market policies (ALMPs) 3. ILO’s rights-based approach integrated into vocational training programmes and awareness raised on gender equality and labour standards

Project symbol

TUR/12/02/SID

Admin unit

ILO-Ankara

Start date

01/03/2013

End date

01/07/2016

Total allocation

40534

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

36966

Development Partners

Sweden, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency

Country/Countries

Türkiye

Outcomes

Skills Development