W-20 which has established in order to enhance women’s effectiveness in business life and KADEM is a committee member is going to be launched in September.
W-20 which has been established as part of G-20 for the first time, Women and Democracy Association (KADEM), Women Entrepreneurs Association of Turkey (KAGİDER) and Turkish Businesswomen Association (TİKAD) are committee members and carried out under the presidency of Gülden Türktan, is going to be launched at national and international levels in Turkey in September.
W-20 which is one of the groups as Think-20 (T20), Business-20 (B20), Labour-20 (L20), Youth-20 (Y20) and Civil-20 (C20) that has been established under the umbrella of G-20 is going to be launched at international level in Ankara on September 6, 2015 with participation of 20 different countries; it is going to be launched at national level in Istanbul on September 11, 2015. W-20 aims to reduce the factors like low education level, cultural norms, gender roles burdened only women and division of labour based on gender, that hinders women be active in business life.
After national and international launches in September, International W-20 Summit is going to be carried out on October 7-8, 2015 with participation of W-20 committee members of all G-20 countries; and G-20 Leaders’ Summit in which W-20 strategies will be presented in addition to negotiations, panels and round-table discussions is going to be carried out on November 15-16, 2015.
THE IDEA OF W-20 ARISED IN 2014
W-20 come to the fore for the first time in G-20 Summit in Australia in 2014, but it could not be put into practice. Ali Babacan proposed it again for the agenda in B-20 meeting held in Turkey last year. W-20 proposal which took form around the question “what can we do in order to enhance women’s effectiveness in business life” paved the way for implementation of the proposal in Turkey.
W-20 includes the objectives of putting women’s status in business life on the agenda, mentioning injustice and inequality based on gender in participation in business life, enhancing the number of women in labour force and eliminating wage differential between women and men based on gender. Besides, encouraging women entrepreneurship, ensuring women have leadership positions in public sphere and business life and a number of socio-economic issues like political, educational and health are also items of the agenda of W-20.
Crucial Dates for W-20 Turkey
September 6, 2015: W20 International Launch (Ankara)
September 11, 2015: W20 National Launch (Istanbul)
October 7-8, 2015: International W20 Summit with participation of committees of all G20 countries (Istanbul)
November, 15-16, 2015: G20 Leaders’ Summit in which W-20 strategies will be presented in addition to negotiations, panels and round-table discussions (Antalya)
