Bridging the gender gap in Turkey : a milestone towards faster socio-economic development and poverty reduction

39334 September 16, 2003 Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Unit Europe and Central Asia Region Bridging the Gender Gap in Turkey: A Milestone Towards Faster Socio-economic Development and Poverty Reduction  Acronyms and Abbreviations ANC Antenatal Care CEDAW Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women CEEP European Center of Enterprises with Public Participation ????? CGA Country Gender Assessment EEC European Economic Community ETUC European Trade Union Confederation FP Family Planning GDI Gender Development Index GDSPW General Directorate on the Status and Problems of Women HDI Human Development Index ILO International Labor Organization MARA Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs MCH Mother and Child Health METGE Vocational and Technical Education Development Project NGO Nongovernmental Organizations OHCHR Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights PHC Primary Health Care PSRF Public Servants Retirement Fund SII Social Insurance Institution SIS State Institution of Statistics SME Small and Medium Enterprises SPO State Planning Organization STDs Sexually Transmitted Diseases TDHS Turkish Demographic Health Survey TESK Confederation of Turkish Craftsmen and Tradesmen TISK Turkish Confederation of Employers' Association UNDP United Nations Development Program UNECE United Nations Economic Commission for Europe UNFPA United Nations Population Fund UNICE Union of Industrial and Employers' Confederations of Europe ii  List of Contributors Feride Acar, Professor, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Middle East Technical University. A. Halis Akder, Professor, Department of Economics, Middle East Technical University. Ayse Akin, Professor, Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University. Canan Arin, Attorney-at-Law, Istanbul. Dilek Cindoglu, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Bilkent University. Yildiz Ecevit, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Middle East Technical University. Ayse G