The Importance Of Development Agencıes In Practıces Made For Women: The Example Of The East Black Sea Consıderatıon Agency (Doka)

Differences between regions that arise in development processes constantly limit in the application areas of the studies. As a natural result, development policies follow a path from national to regional even local areas. Development agencies, in cooperation with public and private sector with non-governmental organizations, make their activities in order to develop the region’s socio-economic structure and eliminate regional differences. Development agencies have some important local works towards women as one of the disadvantageous groups who face especially socio-cultural barriers in many issues such as entrepreneurship and employment. In this study, the founding, aims, legal aspects, financial sources of development agencies and female contribution toworkforce in Turkey are reviewed and activities and projects made towards gaining women positive earnings are examined with a particular regard to Black Sea Development Agency (WBDA).