Özet:

In Turkey, women have not been able to take advantage of their employment opportunities by staying outside of their workforce for many years. Nowadays, women find employment opportunities depending on their education. In addition, the low economic level of the families coming to the city with migration turns the work of the woman into an obligation. Women’s earnings by finding employment opportunities reduce the inequalities they experience from the social gender roles. It is therefore important for women to gain employment and income. However, getting employment and income does not completely eliminate the problems arising from women’s social gender roles. Particularly women working in low-paid jobs are unable to make independent decisions on their income. It is important to see how low-paid workers use their income. In this study, we tried to interpret the relationship with the change in gender roles by determining how women working in low-paid jobs use their income. The study focused on the change in gender roles and the change in women’s position in society. In Turkey, women’s employment and income conditions have been evaluated. The results of the study were analyzed as a result of interviews with 41 women working through the Work. The study found that low-paid women used their income to meet their family’s basic needs and their children’s expenses. The findings show that low-paid women cannot use their income to meet their personal needs in accordance with their own independent decisions, but they do not have too much complaints because they are working. They believe that women should sacrifice as spouses and mothers because they have internalized their social gender roles. This is also effective in not changing the ideas that family members, especially their children, should use their income to meet their needs, regardless of how hard they work.

Özet:

Women in Turkey have not been able to benefit from employment opportunities for many years, for they have been kept out of the workforce. Nowadays, women have the opportunity to work depending on their educational status. In addition, families with low economic income, who have migrated to cities, make it necessary for their women members to work. The fact that women earn their living by finding employment opportunities decreases the chances of gender inequality. Therefore, women's employment and income are important. However, employment and income do not completely eliminate the problems stemming from women's gender roles. Especially women who work in low-paid jobs cannot obtain independent decision-making power on their income. At this point, it is important to examine how low-wage women use their income. This study evaluates the relationship between the changes in gender roles and how women working in low wage jobs use their income. First of all, the change in the roles of women in society is discussed. Then the employment and income situation of women in Turkey are evaluated. In the findings of the study, the data obtained as a result of interviews with 41 women working through İŞKUR were analyzed. As a result, it was found that women who work for low wages used their income to meet the basic needs of their families and their children's expenses. Although the findings showed that women working at low wages could not use their incomes to meet their personal needs in line with their independent decisions, they did not have too many complaints about their working. Women believe that they should make sacrifices as spouses and mothers because they have internalized their gender roles. No matter how hard they work, they are determined not to change their thought that they have to use their income to meet the needs of family members, especially for their children.

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