The problems faced by women in working life: A qualitative field research

Violence agahts women is a multifaced problem that has been going on for years in all the countries of the world. With the participation of women in working life, violence against women has started to show itself in business life as well. The aim of this study is to investigate the types of violence that women face in their working life and the underlying causes of the problems and to reveal the effects of these situtations on women. In the first part of the research, the historical development of women's participation in working life in the world and in Turkey, as well as violence against women and the types of violence are discussed. In the second part of the study, the problems and syndroms feced by women in working life are included. In the third part of the research, a semi-structured interview form prepared to reveal the types of violence that women are exposed to in their working life and the problems they face was applied. Interview questions were held in 2021 with twenty-five women living in Istanbul. The findings obtained from the interviews were evaluated within the framework of the literature with the phenomenological research method and solution suggestions were presented. According to the findings of the analysis, it was concluded that violence agahts women reduces the participation rate of women in working life, and that violence should be eliminated in order to increase the rate of women's participation of women in the workplace. Also, it was concluded that the level of women's participation in working life was negatively affected by the patriarchal approach that is common in society. Keywords: Violence Against Women, Working Life, Women's Participation to Working Life, Gender Discrimination, Glass Ceiling Syndrome