Gender Equality MARCH 2020 Gender Equality | Page 20

On the other hand, as is the case all over the world, violence against women constitutes one of the most important problematic areas. There is an ongoing intensive work to translate into practice the necessary legal arrangements made in problematic areas. Within this framework, there is an effort devoted to reflect such legal arrangements into practice through various regulations, circulars and directives. The Regulation on the Implementation of the Law on the Protection of the Family as well as Prime Ministry circular No 2006/17 on “Acting in line with the Principle of Equality in Personnel Acquisition” could be cited as examples of such developments. In addition, importance is attached to some necessary special measures as well as encouraging measures, yet, to reflect laws into practical implementation. The “Conditional Cash Transfer” application, as mentioned in details in the second section, the provision on the payment of social security premiums (SSK) of women above 18 years old to be borne by the State for 5 years, mentioned under poverty and economy section, are some of the relevant striking examples. 20