Founding W20 Chair, 2015
When I was elected president to the board of KAGIDER (Women Entrepreneurs Association of Turkiye), I thought I had to figure a successful way forward for our goal which was to include more women in the workforce as employees or entrepreneurs. I had to read all the reports and surveys.…
UN Secretary General HE António Guterres at his opening speech to the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in 2024 made quite serious number of valuable comments. Though difficult to choose, I will quote here the ones I liked most: First one is “I am with you. I am…
I have been asked by several people what corporate governance is? I tried to explain over a dinner what it is. Later I was asked to make a speech about it. The concluding remarks were “now we understand it. Thank you!” Having worked in large corporations you have a good…
I am a proud lister of Forbes 50/50 of 2023. The first 50 means 50 selected women and the second 50 means I am more than 50 years old. Say 51 years old (!)… As I was listed as 50/50 by Forbes in 2023 in Europe, Africa and Middle East,…
The W20 India held its inception meeting on February 27-28, 2023, in Chatrapati Sambhajinagar (formerly known as Aurangabad), Maharashtra. The speakers at the inauguration session were Dr. Sandhya Purecha, Chair of W20 India Mr. Amitabh Kant, G20 Sherpa, India Dr. Bhagwat Krishanrao Karad, Minister of State for Finance, Government of…
Dear All, I wish to start my speech with by thanking to the W20 Indonesian Presidency for inviting me and taking the topic of rural women into the agenda. In rural areas we have women judges, lawyers and architects and bankers and businesspeople who choose to live outside of the…
The Third Eurasian Women’s Forum was held on 13-15 October 2021 in Saint Petersburg. The slogan of the forum was “Women: A Global Mission in a New Reality.” Even this theme implies change. I believe that we are already going through a period of change, and we shall all be…
Elena Bonetti, Italian Minister of Equal Opportunities and Family hosted a first time ever G20 conference for the Ministers of the respective countries of the world who are engaged in gender on August 26, 2021, in Santa Margherita Ligure Italy. Elena Bonetti was born in 1974 and she had obtained her…
Hand in hand for women now! The Impact of the Pandemic on Women Firstly, few facts from the introduction: Covid is costing women their jobs. Women account for 39% of the global employment but it is estimated that during the pandemic women will suffer 54% of the global job losses.…
Kristalina Georgieva, the Managing Director of the IMF, made an encouraging speech for the W20 delegates of the W20 and hence all the women. She also encouraged all the countries to cooperate with the IMF to design programs and policies that women can benefit in their respective countries. Kristalina Georgieva…
In 2014 G20 countries signed to decrease the gap between inclusion of men and women by 25%. One of the gaps in inclusion of women occurs in digital inclusion area. I have below paper from young and promising graduate students at the International school of Geneva, LGB. I hope you…
Please click to read the full article about Gülden Türktan published in the diplomatic world magazine. Date: 23.07.2020
The politicians and the business leaders needed to make their decisions for precautions for Covid-19 quite fast and apply it immediately in their countries and organizations, respectively. Lately most well-known truth has become the fact that Covid-19 crisis disproportionately affects women. Women’s roles as medical staff and care givers or…
On January 26, 2020 I went to Riyadh to attend the Inception and Kickoff Meeting of the W20 meeting series of Saudi Arabia, where the G20 presidency this year lies. It was a first time ever for me to Riyadh and I frankly didn’t know what to expect. For most…
