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I think this equallity has something to do with the country´s circumstances as well. I come from a Scandinavian country, we are blessed with high salary jobs, even for uneducated jobs, good child care, and every 3rd month a ´child-check´(I dont remember how much money it is)free schools, and you are even payed a little less than 1000$ to go to school after the age of 18.(I could go on) Puls in most cases a 8-9 hour workday is very common. Which gives the people the possibility to choose what they want. So I really think that is why the Scandinavian countries are placed so high on this list.
Here in Turkey, where I live now with my husband, I am not working (my choise), and it is hard, we are struggling to make ends meet. My husband is working in a bank, he is well educated, and extremely clever.He is out of our home about 13 hours a day. The sallary level is unbelieveby low (I am compraing to my own country), 2 weeks vacation a year, plus we are sitting here, watching the news about how the prices on gaz, electric and water is going up, and how our whole salary is spent on bills. So I think it a hard decision for women in Turkey, because in this country I can really see how it can be hard to be a working mother: 13 hours a day, and 13 hours for your husband, prices are going up but salaries are not. You both come home from work, tired, and then start the house work, the child raising, and after all that spending some quality time with your life partner. Congratulations to you who are maing it work. On the other side is the housewife who is raising the children, making a home, but she is not earning money, and just a little here can mean a lot.
I guess what I wanted to say is that in this situation, comparing my country with my husbands, I must say that the reason we are in top, and Turkey is placed as nr. 123, in my eyes, is the circumstances, if you understand what I mean?
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