No Men Allowed The Gym Getting Women Fit and into Work
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In 2006, Turkish entrepreneur Bedriye H\\xfclya set up her first women-only gym, b-fit. It\\u2019s cheap to join and is now a successful chain.
Many women in Turkey don\\u2019t feel comfortable exercising alongside men and their male relatives may not allow them to use mixed gyms, so b-fit is a place where they can go.
Women in Turkey are more likely to be overweight than men, according to government statistics, and the World Health Organization says nearly two thirds don\\u2019t get enough exercise.
All the gyms are staffed and run by women so the company says it\\u2019s creating jobs in a country where just 34% of women work.
But some feminists feel that separating men and women is not the way forward, and women should be made to feel welcome everywhere.
We went to Istanbul to see how the business works.
\\nPresenter: Kat Hawkins\\nReporter: Neyran Elden\\nProducer: Vibeke Venema
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