Well, I´m happy about this, but I think you should be concerned that a lot of women are not as lucky as you are.

Sorry, I am late to the argument...Gosh, I hate when the happens.

It seems on the face of it, that the women´s only factory is discriminating against men.  So with that said, my first instinct is to say, why don´t they just employ half men and half women, to be fair to everyone?  Then when I think a little beyond my initial reaction, I have to say, how many men in would ALLOW their daughters and wives to work if men where working in the same place?  Perhaps this is just a first step to getting women in the workplace.....something that is definately needed to bring eventual equal treatment. 

I know that at first it seems a sexist idea, but you should look at the position of women in the Eastern parts of Turkey, the position of men, and look at the whole picture. There are MANY families that will only let their daughters/wives work on the farms, because they don´t want them to have contact with men, and other reasons as well. The problem with this kind of work is that it is black market work. The women have no insurance...not the legal insurance of non-employment, but also no insurance for work related accidents, and the like. I think they started the factory to draw these kind of girls in. At first sight very good for them, because they position will be much better than on the farms...

But also keep in mind that they will probably earn less then their male counterparts in normal factories (it is just statistics). Often companies open these kind of factories simply because women earn less, and are less mouthy to demand more rights and more money. Often women in underdeveloped positions are used by companies because they are easier to mold to the "perfect employee"...hard working but not demanding towards their boss.

(By the way, this is exactly the topic of the thesis that I´m writing I´m an expert, lol)