Sosyal Diyalog Yoluyla Tekstil Sektrndeki Kadnlarn alma Koullarnn yiletirilmesi Projesi
  Improvement of Working Conditions of Women Employed in the Textile Industry through Social Dialogue

1. Project Title:

Improvement of Working Conditions of Women Employed in the Textile Industry through Social Dialogue

2. Project Owner and Partner:

Öz İplik-İş All Weaving, Yarn, Tricot and Garments Industry Workers Trade Union and Kayseri Kocasinan Municipality

3. Project Duration:

10 Months

4.Project Start and End Date:

29.11.2006 28.09.2007

5. Project Objectives:

Finding solutions to the problems of women working in textile industry through facilitating bipartite social dialogue within the sector; creating a model for increasing the participation of women in labour force, raising awareness regarding communal gender, contributing to the economic, social and democratic development of the country and for future developments and practices; improving working conditions of women in the textile industry in Kayseri by establishing common day-care centers for working women through bilateral social dialogue.

6. Target Groups and Final Beneficiaries:

Women working in Soley, Yata and stikbal firms in textile industry in the Kayseri I. Industrial Zone. The kids and families of working women, other 300 workplaces and women working within I. Industrial Zone, Haclar Industrial Zone in Kayseri, Yeni Sanayi, Orta Sanayi and Free zones, Kayseri and Turkey

7. Results:

  • A pilot day-care centre for the children of women working in the factories of Soley, Yata, stikbal and Merkez elik has been established, all related parties have been gathered together for establishing and implementing day-care centers that the children of all women working within Kayseri Industrial Zone through dialogue and cooperation, and an infrastructure for a day-care centre that could benefit the industrial zone has been prepared,
  • The profile and working conditions, needs and problems of the target group of the project has been determined through a survey conducted during the project,
  • In order to facilitate the conduct of working and domestic lives of the target group, trainings in social environment and private communication, gender equality and union rights under latest legal regulations, the art of communication, self-confidence and motivation that have been determined as the biggest needs by surveys, rights of working women vis--vis EU law and Turkish law to inform employees regarding law have been conducted, productivity has been tried to be increased by raising awareness through these trainings,
  • The project has contributed to the establishment of working women council regarding the problems that the target group faces, to the enhancement working conditions and the improvement of social dialogue at work place level.

8. Project Outputs:

  • Social Dialogue in the EU and in Turkey, Working Life and Women in the EU and in Turkey and Target Group Trainings,
  • Study visit to Italy,
  • Survey and needs assessment,
  • Working Women Council, Textile Industry Committee and Social Dialogue Platform Meetings,
  • Publications: Project promotion brochure, research report regarding the determination of the problems of working women within textile industry, 3 different training booklets, website.

9. Comments from the Project:

Because the project has used social dialogue as a tool in its activities and targets, has been designed for women that constitutes priority both in EU social policies and in EU employment policies, and has handled women at sectoral level in textile industry where they are employed intensively, it is connected to the overall objectives of the Programme to a great extent. The working conditions of women has been tried to be improved within the scope of the project. The project is also related to the principle of equality of opportunities, which is one of the main branches of EU Employment Strategy. This principle emphasizes that women and men shall have equal opportunities in order to increase the rate of participation of women in labour market and better conditions shall be created for them to reconcile domestic and working lives. With this project, the leading employee and employer unions within textile industry, in which they are social partners, have acted through social dialogue with the responsibility and awareness of producing policies supporting the access of women to labour market in order to increase womens rate of participation in labour force that is amongst the priorities in national and international arena. 		 
     

Improving The Working Conditions Of The Women Working In The Textile Sector Through Social Dialogue Project

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