HeForShe Turkey urges men to share responsibilities and duties equally at home! #EvdeHeForShe

Globally, women do three times as much unpaid house and care work as men. In Turkey, women do almost five times as much unpaid house and care work as men. Self-isolation measures overburden women with the unpaid house and care work as more family members spend time home. For women who also need to work from home, this also means increased working hours.

As schools switch to distance learning, most parents’ care responsibilities increase, and the responsibility often falls on women.  Overall care responsibilities for those including sick, elderly, and disabled persons at home increases due to the heavy burden on the healthcare system; and the responsibility usually falls on women and girls.

The #EvdeHeForShe (#HeForSheAtHome) campaign launched globally points out to the inequality deepening with the increased house and care work due to COVID-19 pandemic and calls for men to equally share house and care work to eliminate the inequality. The campaign invites men to share their stories on social media which may have a positive influence on other men.

As HeForShe Turkey, we want to explain the importance of sharing the responsibility for house and care work in such times. We urge men to equally share house and care work!

How to join the #EvdeHeForShe campaign; 

Record a Video/ Take a Photo: Record a video or take a photo of yourself while doing various house or care work.   

Be creative: Be creative about what you can do in terms of house and care work. Not just preparing a meal, setting the dinner table, or starting washing machine, but also changing sheets, helping children with their homework, cleaning sinks, and even organizing daily housework are included in house and care work.

Share on social media: Share your message that may have a positive influence on other men along with your video/photo and tag us: 

👉#EvdeHeForShe @heforsheturkiye 

Create an impact: Tag your friends on your post that you are sharing on social media and invite them to join the campaign.

Pay attention to gender equality: While preparing your post with your video/photo and message, make sure not to reinforce gender stereotypes and not to attribute a stereotypical gender role to anyone at home.

Have fun:  Do not forget to have fun while doing house and childcare work!  

Let's act all together for gender equality. Equality starts with you, if you share!