AHPGS(Accreditation Agency in Health and Social Sciences)
10 March 2021 Wednesday
Women are mostly employed in the education and health sector
According to YÖK data, the number of female academicians increased by 13% from 67 thousand 578 to 76 thousand 668 in five years. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stated that the ratio of female academics in the Turkish higher education system is approximately 5 points above the average of 40 percent in the European Union. Emphasizing that health and education sectors are the leading sectors where women are employed at the highest rate, Prof. Dr. Şükran Güzin Ilıcak Aydınalp said: “The employment rate of women in the health sector is 70.4% in the world, while this rate is 61.8% in the education sector.”
