As the MÜSİAD WOMEN'S COMMITTEE, we share the justified pride of being officially established in 2018 within MÜSİAD, Turkey's largest Capital Platform, and becoming Turkey's most widespread and comprehensive Businesswomen's Organization.

Our organizational efforts, which aim to bring together women who are actively involved in business life both in Anatolia and abroad, through restructuring in our central, local, and global networks, continue at full speed. With this awareness, on this March 8th Women's Day, we, as MÜSİAD WOMEN, are justified proud to share this declaration with the public:

1. Every woman is born with the instinct and right to become a mother. Motherhood is sacred. This right cannot separate her from the workforce, nor can it reduce her to the status of second-class citizen.

2. Starting a family is a choice for women. It is also crucial for raising healthy generations to become healthy individuals from a social perspective. However, the entire burden of the family institution cannot fall solely on women. In a family, men have responsibilities for children and the family, just as much as a mother.

3. The solution to family problems cannot be sought solely from women. A husband who neglects her, who occasionally finds happiness outside the family, and who uses this as an excuse to relieve the increasing stress of life, cannot be justifiably forgiven.

4. The education and guidance of children within the family cannot be left solely to the woman's shoulders. Men must also understand the responsibility of fatherhood.

5. Against deliberate discourses and policies that inject into society the idea that women's fundamental rights and duties, such as starting a family and having children, are degrading towards women, it must be our fundamental duty to protect our own cultural and social values ​​and thus preserve our descendants.

6. Turkish women are strong, but sometimes they are unaware of this. In every Turkish society and state, and in every era, women have been a decisive factor and have never neglected their responsibilities within the family. Turkish history is replete with women's victories in every field, from science and foundation management to commerce and the arts, from politics to military construction. Teaching these truths to our generations and reminding them of the image of a strong Turkish woman should be a social duty.

7. The issue of women is at the forefront in Islamic culture, just as it is in Turkish culture. We see the best example of this during the time of our Prophet (peace be upon him). Similarly, our holy book, the Quran, is adorned with verses that always protect women, making them the cornerstone of society and prioritizing them. It should be our social obligation to combat views that argue the opposite.

8. The logic that women can only be active in certain fields and must hold back in others due to their mental and physical disabilities must be underscored as a fanatical statement in today's conditions, and this must be fought against.

9. It should not be forgotten that in a society where women are not well educated and their self-confidence is deprived, generations prone to violence and with little potential will emerge. Therefore, women's education should be given special importance.

10. It should be remembered that a child's first education and first contact with life is through their mothers. Therefore, it should not be forgotten that physical or psychological violence experienced by a mother within the family will produce generations prone to violence in the future.

11. Communication is the fundamental method for initiating and developing human relationships. The importance of communication in resolving issues between the two sexes should not be overlooked, and instead of being belittled, channels of communication with women should be kept open.

12. Every woman should be given the opportunity to pursue a profession beyond motherhood or wifehood. The female population, increasingly oppressed due to lack of self-confidence and a lack of solutions despite all kinds of difficulties, should be further supported to become self-sufficient individuals.

13. For economic development, the unemployed female population should be employed, directed towards jobs aligned with their talents, or, under suitable conditions, facilitated through cooperatives to generate income from their own labor.

14. The employment rate of trained women in the workplace should be increased. The inherent competencies and grace that women bring to the job and workplace should not be overlooked.

15. The power of women in politics should not be forgotten. Considering that nearly half of the country's population is female, the path should be paved for the training of the female infrastructure to become politically conscious voters.

16. The renewal that will occur in the mental worlds of our women through their participation in various NGO activities and the successes they achieve through their work in these organizations, to meet their sense of belonging and their need for social acceptance, should not be overlooked.

17. The reality of women's labor within institutional structures, women's management, and how women's hands revitalize institutions should not be overlooked.