Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV)
Abstract:
Situated within this global agri-food context, the purpose of this policy note is to examine the production process for the most prominent high value fruit grown in Turkey, the sweet cherry. This will serve to make problems embedded in relations of production visible. Based on my ethnographic fieldwork of the export-driven sweet cherry sector, conducted between 2018 and 2021 in three different production sites, I will make some suggestions to inform more democratic and equitable social policies.
Topic:
Gender Issues, Labor Issues, Women, Exports, and Equity
Key Findings:
Women more concerned about COVID-19 than men
COVID-19 increased family stress
Perceptions of gender based violence tended to decrease during the pandemic
Structural barriers to work more pressing than cultural barriers