by Anna Karamanou (PSE) to the Council
(13 December 2001)
Subject: Dress rules for female employees in Turkey
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On 7 December 2001 female civil servants
in Turkey were urged by their union to appear at work wearing trousers as a
way of protesting about a regulation of 1982 which specifically bans female
public sector workers from wearing trousers at the workplace. During this
protest which was very widely supported by female civil servants, problems
occurred at Izmir where women wearing trousers were barred from entering
their offices by their superiors. What steps does the Council intend to
take, as part of the pre-accession procedure, to prevail upon Turkey to
change its antiquated legislation and outlook, to comply with the European
'acquis' and to respect the human rights and democratic freedoms of women? |