ABSTRACT

This article mainly aims to discuss the position of the globalized gender equality policies versus globalized capitalism and neo-liberal economic policies from a left-feminist perspective, and by taking into consideration the socio-economic results of the policies in the EU and in Turkey. It is known that, after the approval of CEDAW and with the acceptance of gender mainstreaming as a political strategy by the United Nations, and European Union, gender equality became one of the aims of the national states, not only a feminist demand. But, while the debates related to the gender mainstreaming in the EU indicate in general the inefficiency of the policies, just put in light that well institutionalized welfare states seem available to implement gender-sensitive norms and practices in the social structures and relations. On the other hand the worsening conditions of women in all developing countries and in Turkey make more clarified the weakness of the equality policies versus globalized capitalism. What is more important is that, not only inequality between woman and man, but also inequalities between women in all over the world increase. Consequently, it is out of doubt that all of these results specify the need to relate the insufficiencies of the equality policies with the logic of capitalist system and the economic policies for feminists, if it is wanted to be consistent with the principles of feminism, and to create a social and global solidarity among women