Abstract:

he concept of gender represents that femaleness and maleness are learnt patterns which are established by society. he gender studies necessitate not only the studies about women but also diferent sexual orientations, gender identity and discriminatory attitudes for them should be taken into account. Moreover, individuals’ taking an active role in society and being able to live in harmony with society is closely related with recognizing and exercising their rights. Education, one of these rights, is extremely signiicant in terms of recognizing and exercising the other rights. Based on this idea and approach, primarily the concepts of gender and right to education are dealt. With reference to these concepts, an assessment of the educational status of women in Turkey and its individual and social relections from the point of gender is conducted. For this purpose, the right to education and the individual and social importance of education is emphasized. Afterwards, the statistical data about the place of women in the education process in Turkey is presented. Furthermore, some inferences are attained by correlating the educational level of women with the statistical data about society. According to these inferences, it is realized that in Turkey, girls have always been more disadvantageous than boys in many ields since their birth. Based on the indings about women’s social status and their educational levels, women’s status in the business and political life and the solution eforts about the determined problems are discussed. Finally, a solution-oriented perspective concerning the educational problems of women in Turkey is submitted.

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