Female Employment and Turkey's EU Accession Process

The Mediterranean region faces the same effects of the global economic crisis as the rest of the world. Economists agree that enhanced growth is necessary for countries to get out of this crisis, which is characterized, inter alia, by growing national budgetary deficits and debts. While ways out of the crisis are constantly sought, it is quite surprising that not enough is done to exhaust one of the most available and accessible resources to enhance growth: women's employment. This article examines the treatment of this economic resource by the EU and by Turkey, trying to draw broader lessons for the entire Mediterranean region