A Comparative Analysis of the Approaches of Politi-cal Parties and Women’s Organizations in Turkey on Gender Equality and Women's Issues

Year 2021, Volume: 17 Issue: 36, 2447 - 2470, 30.04.2021

A. Fulya Şen

https://doi.org/10.26466/opus.860859

Cited By: 1

Abstract

This paper deals with how gender inequality and the major issues facing women are represented in the policy texts of political parties and within the strategies of women’s organizations in Turkey. Thus, it attempts to reveal different and similar perspectives on the gender regime in the political and civic sphere. For this purpose, it utilizes the content analysis method to look for answers to the following questions: What are the main foci of political parties and women’s organizations on women's issues? What are the policies of political parties and women’s organizations about the issues that women face in modern society? This paper compares political parties and women's organizations in terms of their objectives on gender equality and women’s rights. Thus, it will be possible to understand the approaches of the political parties and women's organizations on women's issues and the main themes of their discourses on women’s rights and to provide a holistic view of the inadequacies of policies on women’s rights and gender equality. The study concluded that political parties deal with women's issues on the basis of ideological priorities while the women’s civil society organizations and women’s rights activists aim at advancing women's rights.

Keywords

Gender equality, women, gender regime, women, political parties

Türkiye'deki Siyasi Partilerin ve Kadın Örgütlerinin Cinsiyet Eşitliği ve Kadın Sorunları Konusundaki Yaklaşımlarının Karşılaştırmalı Bir Analizi

Abstract

Bu makale, cinsiyet eşitsizliğinin ve kadınların karşı karşıya olduğu temel sorunların siyasi partilerin politika metinlerinde ve Türkiye'deki kadın örgütlerinin stratejileri içinde nasıl temsil edildiğini ele almakta, böylelikle siyasi ve sivil alanda cinsiyet rejimine ilişkin farklı ve benzer bakış açılarını ortaya çıkarmayı amaçlamaktadır. Bu amaçla, siyasi partilerin ve kadın örgütlerinin kadın meselelerindeki ana odaklarının ne olduğu ve modern toplumda kadınların karşılaştığı sorunlarla ilgili siyasi partilerin ve kadın örgütlerinin konuyu nasıl ele aldıkları sorularına yanıt aranmıştır. Bu makale, siyasi partileri ve kadın örgütlerini cinsiyet eşitliği ve kadın hakları konusundaki hedefleri açısından karşılaştırmakta, siyasi partilerin ve kadın örgütlerinin kadın sorunlarına yaklaşımlarını ve kadın hakları konusundaki söylemlerinin ana temalarını anlamak ve kadın hakları ve toplumsal cinsiyet eşitliği politikalarının yetersizliğine bütüncül bir bakış sağlamaktadır. Çalışma, siyasi partilerin kadın sorunlarını ideolojik öncelikler temelinde ele alırken, kadın sivil toplum örgütleri ve kadın hakları aktivistlerinin kadın haklarını ilerletmeyi amaçladığı sonucuna ulaşmıştır.

Keywords

Cinsiyet eşitliği, kadın örgütleri, cinsiyet rejimi, kadın sorunları, siyasi partiler

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