Working life issues facing women in health sector in Kocaeli/Turkey-San Diego/USA

Women have remained as a secondary labor force since they joined the working life and have worked with the problems accompanied by this situation. The situation in the healthcare sector is no different. In this study, it is aimed to analyze the problems of women working in the healthcare sector. A survey was applied to woman healthcare workers from different occupational groups who work in Kocaeli/Turkey and San Diego/USA, and the similarities of the problems and which country has better working conditions were investigated. In the result of the research, it was found that woman healthcare workers have problems about salary, discrimination and use of rights in Turkey. It was also found that healthcare workers work in better conditions in USA than in Turkey. It is evaluated that increasing the number of healthcare workers and providing flexible working hours during maternity and motherhood periods would be effective to solve the problem.