"Difficulities faced by Women working in Rural Areas" Forum was organized by the Marmara Foundation
 

Working women of the "Project To Develop The Social Scale Of Young Women By Beekeeping In Rural Area And Production Of Organic Honey" which is organized by the Marmara Foundation, has taken their problems one by one in the Forum held in Istanbul by the Marmara Foundation.

Herebelow are some problems and possible solutions indicated during the Forum :

PROBLEMS;

- Planned parenthood projects can not reach women in rural areas.
- Patriarchal values, traditions and wrong expressions about religion are being used to  shape a wrong opinion among women
- Share for education in the National Budget is so low.


SOLUTIONS;

- Young people and women has to become more active in social and economic life.

- Bureaucratic barriers against entrepreneurship has to be removed.

- THE ONLY WAY TO REACH WOMEN LIVING IN RURAL AREAS IS THROUGH ANOTHER WOMAN'S EFFORTS.