MATERIAL CONDITIONS AND LIVELIHOOD STRATEGIES OF LONE PARENT-FEMALE TEACHERS IN THE CONTEXT OF MULTIPLE DISADVANTAGES: THE CASE OF ANKARA

Başak Işıl Alpar; Şeyma Çiçek; Büşra Özlü; Murat Filik

Makale detayları

MATERIAL CONDITIONS AND LIVELIHOOD STRATEGIES OF LONE PARENT-FEMALE TEACHERS IN THE CONTEXT OF MULTIPLE DISADVANTAGES: THE CASE OF ANKARA

Yazarlar:

Başak Işıl Alpar | Şeyma Çiçek | Büşra Özlü | Murat Filik

Yayıncı:

Erciyes University

Dergi:

Erciyes Akademi Vol.37 Issue 1, pp.91-125

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

3/2023

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001286667

pISSN:

2757-7031

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Özet:

 The situation of lone-parent women, whose numbers are increasing day by day around the world and Türkiye, draws attention in the context of multiple disadvantages that occur when the presence of more than one disadvantage is combined in the same person. With their paid and unpaid labor, women are at a critical point in maintaining their economic and social life. Other phenomena come into play when they undertake the heavy duty of raising children on their own. The fact that women in this position experience working poverty increases the importance of financial conditions and livelihood strategies. This study examines the economic conditions and livelihood strategies of single-parent female teachers working in public schools in Ankara, the province with the highest ratio of nuclear families consisting of mothers and children among families comprised of single parents and children in Türkiye. The study was designed in the phenomenology pattern, and a semi-structured interview method was carried out. Livelihood strategies have been shaped by postponing needs, substituting the less costly ones, borrowing, additional income, and classical saving methods. Cases that limit additional income opportunities and turn the advantage of being qualified and working women into disadvantages have been encountered. There is a need for special social policy measures sensitive to the socio-economic profile of single-parent, qualified, and working poor women in Türkiye.

 The situation of lone-parent women, whose numbers are increasing day by day around the world and Türkiye, draws attention in the context of multiple disadvantages that occur when the presence of more than one disadvantage is combined in the same person. With their paid and unpaid labor, women are at a critical point in maintaining their economic and social life. Other phenomena come into play when they undertake the heavy duty of raising children on their own. The fact that women in this position experience working poverty increases the importance of financial conditions and livelihood strategies. This study examines the economic conditions and livelihood strategies of single-parent female teachers working in public schools in Ankara, the province with the highest ratio of nuclear families consisting of mothers and children among families comprised of single parents and children in Türkiye. The study was designed in the phenomenology pattern, and a semi-structured interview method was carried out. Livelihood strategies have been shaped by postponing needs, substituting the less costly ones, borrowing, additional income, and classical saving methods. Cases that limit additional income opportunities and turn the advantage of being qualified and working women into disadvantages have been encountered. There is a need for special social policy measures sensitive to the socio-economic profile of single-parent, qualified, and working poor women in Türkiye.

 The situation of lone-parent women, whose numbers are increasing day by day around the world and Türkiye, draws attention in the context of multiple disadvantages that occur when the presence of more than one disadvantage is combined in the same person. With their paid and unpaid labor, women are at a critical point in maintaining their economic and social life. Other phenomena come into play when they undertake the heavy duty of raising children on their own. The fact that women in this position experience working poverty increases the importance of financial conditions and livelihood strategies. This study examines the economic conditions and livelihood strategies of single-parent female teachers working in public schools in Ankara, the province with the highest ratio of nuclear families consisting of mothers and children among families comprised of single parents and children in Türkiye. The study was designed in the phenomenology pattern, and a semi-structured interview method was carried out. Livelihood strategies have been shaped by postponing needs, substituting the less costly ones, borrowing, additional income, and classical saving methods. Cases that limit additional income opportunities and turn the advantage of being qualified and working women into disadvantages have been encountered. There is a need for special social policy measures sensitive to the socio-economic profile of single-parent, qualified, and working poor women in Türkiye.

 Birden fazla dezavantajın varlığı durumunun aynı kişide birleşmesiyle meydana gelen çoklu dezavantajlılık bağlamında dünyada ve Türkiyede sayıları gün geçtikçe artmakta olan tek ebeveyn kadınların durumu dikkat çekmektedir. Kadınlar ücretli ve ücretsiz emekleri ile iktisadi ve sosyal hayatın devamlılığında kilit bir noktada yer almakta, çocuk yetiştirmek gibi ağır bir görevi tek başlarına üstlendiklerinde ise başka olgular devreye girmektedir. Bu konumdaki kadınların çalışan yoksulluğu yaşamaları ise maddi koşulların ve geçim stratejilerinin önemini artırmaktadır. Bu çalışmanın amacı; Türkiyede anne ve çocuklardan oluşan çekirdek ailelerin, tek ebeveyn ve çocuklardan oluşan aileler içindeki oranının en yüksek olduğu il olan Ankarada devlet okullarında görev yapan tek ebeveyn kadın öğretmenlerin maddi koşullarının ve geçim stratejilerinin olgular üzerinden incelenmesidir. Çalışma fenomenoloji deseninde tasarlanmış, yarı yapılandırılmış mülakat yöntemi ile gerçekleştirilmiştir. Geçim stratejileri ihtiyaçları öteleme, daha az maliyetli olanı ikame etme, borçlanma, ek gelir ve klasik tasarruf yöntemleri üzerinden şekillenmiştir. Ek gelir imkanlarını sınırlandıran, hem nitelikli hem çalışan kadın olma avantajını dezavantajlılığa dönüştüren olgulara rastlanmıştır. Türkiyede tek ebeveyn, nitelikli ve çalışan yoksul olan kadınların sosyo-ekonomik profiline duyarlı özel sosyal politika önlemlerine ihtiyaç duyulmaktadır.

Makale detayları

MATERIAL CONDITIONS AND LIVELIHOOD STRATEGIES OF LONE PARENT-FEMALE TEACHERS IN THE CONTEXT OF MULTIPLE DISADVANTAGES: THE CASE OF ANKARA

Yazarlar:

Başak Işıl Alpar | Şeyma Çiçek | Büşra Özlü | Murat Filik

Yayıncı:

Erciyes University

Dergi:

Erciyes Akademi Vol.37 Issue 1, pp.91-125

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

3/2023

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001286667

pISSN:

2757-7031

Multiple disadvantages

Female lone parents

Teacher

Qualified working poor

Livelihood strategies

Çoklu dezavantaj

Kadın tek ebeveyn

Öğretmen

Nitelikli çalışan yoksulluğu

Geçim stratejileri

Sayı

Makale detayları

Yazarlar: Başak Işıl Alpar | Şeyma Çiçek | Büşra Özlü | Murat Filik

Yayıncı: Erciyes University

Dergi: Erciyes Akademi Vol.37 Issue 1, pp.91-125

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 3/2023

Belge Dili: Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.): 2001286667

pISSN: 2757-7031

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Başak Işıl Alpar | Şeyma Çiçek | Büşra Özlü | Murat Filik

Yayıncı:

Erciyes University

Dergi:

Erciyes Akademi Vol.37 Issue 1, pp.91-125

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

3/2023

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001286667

pISSN:

2757-7031