Turkcell to Join Business Call to Action with Women Developers of the Future Project
July 18 2019 - 8:47AM
Business Wire
Turkcell is providing mobile application
development training and remote working job opportunities to women
from all over the country.
Digital Operator Turkcell (NYSE:TKC) (BIST:TCELL) has joined
Business Call to Action with a commitment to provide training
opportunities to approximately 4,000 low income women in Turkey and
upskill a total of 200 female employees to become tester experts by
2021.
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Digital Operator Turkcell has joined
Business Call to Action with a commitment to provide training
opportunities to approximately 4,000 low income women in Turkey and
upskill a total of 200 female employees to become tester experts by
2021. (Credits: Turkcell)
As a digital operator, digital technology and innovation is at
Turkcell’s core. Recognizing that it had the ability to help close
the gap in female labor participation and unleash the potential of
women in the digital workforce, Turkcell partnered with the Union
of Chamber and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) in 2017 to
launch Women Developers of the Future, a project to promote women’s
social and economic empowerment by upskilling them through
training. TOBB’s Women’s Entrepreneurs Council located in every
city of Turkey helps Turkcell to reach women to train and make them
join the project, and also in finding the mentors for women
entrepreneurs.
“We recognize the importance of fostering inclusive employment
towards building the digital future of telecom industry,” says
Murat Erkan, Turkcell CEO. “At Turkcell, we use
organizational practices to empower women in the workplace and to
support women-led initiatives. We are proud in our diverse
community that helps Turkcell put people first in its
business.”
Under this project, Turkcell first provided mentorship and
training to thousands of women on mobile application development
and entrepreneurship. After completing the preliminary training,
the programme then offers two opportunities. Firstly, their
Entrepreneurship Journey supports women to develop their own mobile
apps and launch a business using these platforms. Secondly, the
Tester Journey employs 100 women (of which 80 are low income) to
contribute to Turkcell’s strategic product and services by
conducting end user tests. As part of the development team, these
new employees can carry out the tests wherever they want and report
their corrections, innovations and findings. Since January 2018,
they reported 5600+ bugs and proposed 400+ new features.
“The Tester Journey has created a new job ecosystem, in which
women can work at home or at school for leading technology
companies. We hope that this project becomes a serving model for
other companies in Turkey,” says Erkan.
As a next step, Turkcell plans to offer this business model
(employing these women as end-user testers) to other TOBB member
companies, which has the potential to create of thousands of new
jobs for low income women.
Launched in 2008, BCtA aims to accelerate progress towards the
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by challenging companies to
develop inclusive business models that engage people with less than
US$10 per day in purchasing power (in 2015 dollars) as consumers,
producers, suppliers and distributors. It is supported by several
international organizations and hosted by the United Nations
Development Programme (UNDP).
“Turkcell is a leading example of how digital technology can be
harnessed to help overcome the gender gap when it comes to women in
the workforce. Through this initiative they’re creating new and
exciting opportunities for women to earn incomes and increase their
economic independence,” says Sahba Sobhani, acting Head of
Business Call to Action.
BCtA membership does not constitute a partnership with its
funding and programme partners, UNDP or any UN agency.
About Business Call to Action (BCtA): Launched at the
United Nations in 2008, BCtA aims to accelerate progress towards
the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by challenging companies
to develop inclusive business models that offer the potential for
both commercial success and development impact. BCtA is supported
by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Swedish International
Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), Swiss Agency for Development
and Cooperation (SDC), UK Department for International Development
(DFID), and hosted by the United Nations Development Programme
(UNDP). For more information, please visit
www.businesscalltoaction.org.
About Turkcell: Turkcell is a digital operator
headquartered in Turkey, serving its customers with its unique
portfolio of digital services along with voice, messaging, data and
IPTV services on its mobile and fixed networks. Turkcell Group
companies operate in 5 countries – Turkey, Ukraine, Belarus,
Northern Cyprus, Germany. Turkcell launched LTE services in its
home country on April 1st, 2016, employing LTE-Advanced and 3
carrier aggregation technologies in 81 cities. Turkcell offers up
to 10 Gbps fiber internet speed with its FTTH services. Turkcell
Group reported TRY5.7 billion revenue in Q119 with total assets of
TRY46.1 billion as of March 31, 2019. It has been listed on the
NYSE and the BIST since July 2000, and is the only NYSE-listed
company in Turkey. Read more at www.turkcell.com.tr
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Turkcell: Ali Karakaya Turkcell Corporate Communications Manager
ali.karakaya@turkcell.com.tr
Bugra Kaya Turkcell Corporate Communications Expert
bugra.kaya@turkcell.com.tr
BCtA: Aimee Brown aimee.brown@undp.org
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