OPET, which brings standards to the fuel distribution sector in many areas, especially cleaning and hygiene, has stood out with its professional work on gender equality in recent years. For this purpose, OPET, which implemented the Women's Power Project in 2018 and then launched the "If We Are Equal, It Makes a Difference" Project in cooperation with UN Women in November 2023, made room for 'women' in the sector. OPET, which rapidly continues its work in this field, visited Anıtkabir on March 8, International Women's Day, and expressed its gratitude to the great leader Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. OPET Founding Member of the Board of Directors Nurten Öztürk, OPET General Manager Özgür Kahramanzade, a group consisting of OPET employees and business partners started walking from the Lion Road, laid a wreath at Atatürk's mausoleum and observed a moment of silence. Öztürk said, “As the founder of our Republic, we always remember with gratitude your struggle for women to have equal rights with men in society and your vision on this issue, and we strive to be individuals worthy of our country with every step we take as we walk towards the goal of a “free, equal and fair” world. In the second century of our Republic, as it has been until today, on the path illuminated by the valuable legacy, principles and reforms you left behind; We will continue to work with all our strength, with responsibility, under the guidance of science and in the light of education. We promise to fight tirelessly to reveal the "Women's Power" with the courage we take from the saying "Everything you see in the world is the work of women" and signed the Anıtkabir special notebook.
Pointing out that it has created an important awareness for women's equal and fair participation in all areas of life. OPET Founding Member of the Board of Directors Nurten Öztürk, “As OPET, we contribute to the social change that the profession has no gender with the “Women's Power” and “If We Are Equal, It Makes a Difference” projects in the fuel industry, which is known for its male-dominated structure. "We are very happy to see that the face of the fuel distribution industry is changing today," he said.
APPROXIMATELY 4 THOUSAND WOMEN EMPLOY AT THE STATIONS WITH 'WOMEN POWER'
OPET pioneered a radical change in the sector with its exemplary project 'Women's Power', which was launched in 2018 under the leadership of Board Member Filiz Öztürk, with the aim of opening more working areas for women in the fuel distribution sector, which is seen as a "men's job", with the aim of at least two women at each station. was done. Last November, OPET, as an extension of Women's Power, collaborated with the United Nations Women (UN Women) on the "If We Are Equal, It Makes a Difference" Project, which is a comprehensive and long-term program to increase gender equality, women's empowerment and women's employment in Turkey. started what. The project aims to develop institutional policies and practices sensitive to gender equality, especially in OPET stations, workplaces, the sector and social life, in line with the UN Women's Empowerment Principles (WEPs).
The results obtained so far with the Women's Power Project are as follows:
Total number of women working at stations To 4000 approached.
Number of female station managers 131'to,
Number of female fuel sales representatives 1.103'to
Number of female market sales representatives 1.608'to
Number of female shift supervisors 38Reached .
Turkey's 80 ilWomen's Power Project is actively implemented at OPET stations in Turkey.
The number of dealers employing Women's Power in OPET is percent 320 an increase occurred.
