Local Policies and Vulnerability Women’s Labor: Case of Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality

Abstract

Vulnerability of women’s labor is one of the most important issue about gender discrimination. Economic, social, political, environmental and natural risks are influenced by gender dynamics and have important differential impacts on men and women. At this point, local governments have important role to ensure equality between men and women in the field of labor force, as in every field. Because, local governments have important roles about solving social problems and ensuring local development, as well as providing many local and common needs. In this paper, the vulnerability of women’s labor has benn considered from the perspective of local governments. In this framework, first of all, the policies of Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality about against to vulnerability of women’s labor has been examined. Then the level of impact and satisfaction of these policies have been tried to be measured by making in-depth interview with 13 women working in Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality. According to the findings which obtained from the study, the administrators of the institution have a very important role in the level of satisfaction and policies towards the vulnerability of women's labor in the relevant institution. With this, it can be said that the policies on the relevant subject generally remain at the legal level, and there is a problem in reflecting the legal level in reality.