Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction to Women Empowerment Chapter 2. Factors that Influence Employment of Women in the City of Van Chapter 3. Women Empowerment in the Time of Crisis: What Did We Do or What Did We Miss? Chapter 4. Women's Empowerment for Decision-Making Duties in Public Administration Chapter 5. Should We Mind the Gap? Gender Differentials in Labour Force Participation in the World Chapter 6. The Interplay between Migration and Women: The Case of Syrians in Turkey Chapter 7. Women in Rural Areas and Analytical Approaches to Empowerment of Women Chapter 8. Does Family Democratization Explain Financial Literacy of Women? Chapter 9. Women’s Empowerment and Implications for Economy: The Case for Turkey Chapter 10. Economic and Social Dimensions on Growth of Women’s Enterpreneurship Supported by Microcredit Chapter 11. Women’s Empowerment and Regional Development in the Context of Creative Economy Approach: NUTS2 Level Analysis for Turkey

About the Author

Onur Burak Çelik is an assistant professor in the Department of Economics, Yasar University, Turkey. He completed his undergraduate study in Mathematics at Bogazici University and his master’s degree in economics at the same university. He went to the USA in 2002 and earned his Ph.D. degree in economics at the University of Connecticut in 2009. In the same year, he joined the Eastern Connecticut State University academic staff. Afterwards, he worked at Quinnipiac University from 2010 to 2013. Currently, his primary research interest is sports economics.

Meltem İnce Yenilmez is an associate professor in the Department of Economics, Yasar University, Turkey. Her research interests range from Gender Inequality and Discrimination Policies in Labor Market to Women Empowerment and Female Labor Force. Her works have been published in English and in Turkish in edited volumes and in leading national and international journals. She has taken part in international/national socio-economic projects, and conducted Jean Monnet Module on "Gender Politics and EU in the Time of Crisis".