Woman

This video shows over 3,000 years of women’s ideal body types as determined by their societies’ standard of beauty.

From Ancient Egypt and Ancient Greece to ‘60s and ‘90s, the body types of women are totally different.

The 20th year of the Gender and Women?s Studies Graduate Program is now being celebrated with a three-day event, the International Conference on Knowledge and Politics in Gender and Women?s Studies, between Oct 9 and 11 at ODTÜAnkara?s Middle East Technical University (ODTÜ) institutionalized feminism and began its quest to give master?s diplomas to people from different generations of feminist

There is a general misconception that there are more women in the world than men. In fact, in 2013 men outnumbered women on the planet by 60 million, as 49.59 per cent were females compared to 50.01 per cent males. 81 countries had a majority of women, 37 countries had a majority of men, while 75 were within 0.5 per cent of gender parity.

Economic freedom and violence against women top Turkey?s women?s issues, according to a survey released by daily Hürriyet on the occasion of March 8, International Women?s Day.

The Grant Thornton International Business Report shows that top management positions in Greece that are held by women reached 27% in 2015, dropping from 29% in 2014. Only 15% of the women who participated in the research said they worked for 1-5 years before being promoted to a top position compared to the Eurozone average of 33%.

Islam is a religion based on the patriarchal society of the 7th century A.D. A large portion of the rules it lays down, governing the society of that time and subsequent centuries, concern family and society. Some of these rules naturally concern women and where the rules were lacking, recourse would be made to the hadith (the sayings of the Prophet Muhammad) and customary law.

Women continue to be underrepresented at Turkey?s top-level state positions, according to recent research released by a Turkish NGO working on women?s representation.

Women make up only 30 percent of Turkey?s labor force, according to a new report from the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜ?K) released on March 5.

The attempted rape and brutal murder of 20-year-old university student Özgecan Aslan has infuriated the public, enraging women in particular. This is not surprising since Turkey remains a country where daily violence against women is perpetrated with impunity.

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davuto?lu, before he participated in the ?unity against terror? event in Paris together with world leaders, the biggest France has seen in its history, announced a significant program concerning women.