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abstract: 'This research is about the effects of women''s being a part of paid
employment on the usage of public places by using women''s daily life
experiences. Joining paid labour is a crucial strategy for women''s
empowerment policies. Working outside means leaving home, private space,
and being a part of the public places for women. But creating job
opportunities for women is not a magical tool that solves all the gender
inequalities, on the contrary, Marxist feminists argue that the gendered
structure of labour even expands the gap between genders. And feminist
geographers underline that women experience public places with a range
of barriers created by the patriarchal form of built environments. Even
the women have decent works, it is not easy for women to be in public
just because the built environment avoids their needs. But despite this
hopeless and adverse framework, microanalyses that focus on female
workers from developing countries show that women embrace working
outside of the home. And when they have proper conditions, they create
their empowerment strategies which are slow but deep and strong. This
study aims to reveal these empowerments strategies and the needed
necessary conditions from the usage of public place perspective. The
study case, Geyve in Sakarya, has rural and urban characteristics at the
same time. Patriarchal and religious values are deeply embedded in the
place. And these values affect the gender roles, labour, and the usage
of public places too. Traditionally, women used to work in the
agricultural sector as unpaid workers. And their public place usage is
limited. But in the 1990s, two food factories opened in Geyve and
offered uneducated women a job opportunity aside from the agricultural
sector. Women''s participation in paid labour in 30 years changed many
dynamics, usage of public places too. The study was conducted with the
feminist method, focusing on women''s standpoint, to understand these
changes from the women''s perspective. The main data source of this study
is the daily life experiences of blue-collar women. These daily life
experiences were obtained through in-depth interviews with twenty two
female workers. The factory representatives declared that the majority
of the female workers are married with children. For this reason, the
interviewees were mainly selected from married women with children. The
working conditions are critically important in women''s changing
behaviours, for this reason, the study focused on a work environment
where women work in the same environment with men, under the same
conditions, and have the same rights. In this context, the study didn''t
include Geyve''s automotive sector. Because this sector is mostly
dominated by men. And the textile sector is also out of the scope of the
study for a similar reason. Textile sector workers are mostly female
and, there is a strong gender hierarchy in this sector. The food
factories, which are built in the 1990s and have 1500 workers together,
provide the appropriate conditions for the study. In-deep interviews
focused on revealing gendered forms of public places, women''s
questioning interiorised gender roles, and the reflections of these
questionings on public place usage. The study showed that women''s
strategies diversify based on their marital status, owning children, and
age. For example, mothers with school-aged children justify their
existence in public places with their motherhood identity. And young and
single women prefer the same cafes as college students.
Older women with adult children do not care to be in public or
themselves, but they admire the youngsters and support their younger
female members. There are two important common statements from
interviews. All interviewees emphasised that they have the same rights
to be in public because they work under the same conditions as men, and
earn the same money. And they feel safe when they are surrounded by
other females when they are in public places. These two statements show
that although the women are aware of the unfair patriarchal form of
public places, they don''t try to demolish it to get their rights.
Instead of resisting, they bargain, negotiate, and create small freedom
areas for themselves. Joining paid labour and public life are crucial
elements of women''s empowerment. But women face many barriers in this
way because of the patriarchy. Having local information about the
women''s struggle and survival strategies can be helpful to create ideal
working places, empowerment policies, and place-making choices.
Hopefully, this study will be useful to understand women''s standpoint
and include their needs and struggles during the policy-making
processes.'
affiliation: 'Cetin, R (Corresponding Author), Yildiz Tech Univ, Dept Reg Planning,
Fac Architecture Urban \& Reg Planning, Istanbul, Turkey.
Cetin, Reycan, Yildiz Tech Univ, Dept Reg Planning, Fac Architecture Urban \& Reg
Planning, Istanbul, Turkey.
Turkun, Asuman, Yildiz Tech Univ, Dept Urban Planning, Fac Architecture Urban \&
Reg Planning, Istanbul, Turkey.'
author: Cetin, Reycan and Turkun, Asuman
author-email: reycancetn@gmail.com
author_list:
- family: Cetin
given: Reycan
- family: Turkun
given: Asuman
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.14744/MEGARON.2022.08566
files: []
issn: 1309-6915
journal: MEGARON
keywords: Join in paid labour; women's empowerment; public place; gender
language: Turkish
number: '1'
number-of-cited-references: '26'
pages: 107-116
papis_id: f11ca392a0b0d2e2bc0bdba609576d20
ref: Cetin2022effectswomens
times-cited: '0'
title: 'The effects of women''s joining in paid employment on public place usage:
Sakarya Geyve case'
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type: article
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unique-id: WOS:000782363700007
usage-count-last-180-days: '3'
usage-count-since-2013: '4'
volume: '17'
web-of-science-categories: Architecture
year: '2022'