While women are becoming more numerous in the global labor force, unemployment among women remains higher than men's, women's incomes are lower than those of men, Women constitute 60 percent of the 550 million working poor in the world. This is indicated by a new report by the International Labor entitled Global employment trends for women 2004, published on the occasion of International Women's Day.
According to another report entitled Breaking through the glass ceiling. Women in management. 2004 Updated analyzing trends in the efforts of women to "go beyond the glass ceiling ', the rate of women who manage to overcome the invisible barrier on the path of the symbolic places of high responsibility remains" slow, uneven and sometimes discouraging. "
According to Juan Somavia, Director-General of the International Labor Office, "These two reports show a picture of the bleak status of women in the world of work today. It is important that women have equal opportunities as men to ascend to the top of the scale of responsibilities. Until you record progress for women out of poverty by creating productive employment and decent, the Millennium Goal of halving poverty by 2015 will remain out of reach in most regions of the world. "
According to the report entitled "Global employment trends for Women in 2004 which examines the female employee, the number of working women is higher than has ever been in the past. For 2003, about 2.8 billion workers in the world, 1.1 billion are women (40 percent), an increase of nearly 200 million women worldwide over the past 10 anni3.
However, the exponential growth of female labor force has not been accompanied by a socio-economic empowerment of women, nor an income equal for equal work, or benefits fair to put women on equal terms with men in almost all occupations. "Ultimately, remains out of reach true equality in the workplace."
According to the report, but since 1993 has decreased all over the world the gap between the number of men and women in the labor force (the sum of employed and unemployed), this decrease recorded numerous variations. Economies in transition, and in Asia, the gap is almost filled for every 100 working men, there are respectively 91 and 83 workers. In other regions, however such as the Middle East, North Africa or Asia South, there are only 40 economically active women per 100 men.
In 2003, the world, female unemployment was slightly higher than men (respectively 6.4 and 6.1 percent), leaving 77.8 million out of work for women wanting to work and seeking work. Only in East Asia and in sub-Saharan Africa there has been a regional rate of unemployment higher than men's women (respectively 3.7 and 2.7 percent in Asia, 11.8 and 9.6 percent in sub-Saharan Africa ).
In Latin America and the Caribbean, the female unemployment rate was 10.1 percent against 6.7 percent for men, while in the Middle East and North Africa, the female unemployment rate stood at 16.5 percent, 6 percentage points above the male rate. For young people in general, but especially for young women aged between 15 and 24 years, the difficulty in finding a job is even greater, with 35.8 million unemployed young women in the world.
According to the report Global employment trends for Women in 2004, women have fewer opportunities as men to receive a regular income through a paid job. So are most women into the informal sector (especially agriculture) with little social protection and with high degree of vulnerability.
In addition, the 550 million working poor - people who, along with their families, have no more than $ 1 per day for living - 330 million women, or 60 percent. Should be created 400 million decent jobs for the unemployed women workers, and a poor way to get out of poverty.
According to the same report: "As long as no progress is made to rip the poor workers to their poverty, creating opportunities for productive and remunerative work in conditions of freedom, security and human dignity, and ensuring them the opportunity to escape from poverty through their work, they do not reach the Millennium Goal of halving poverty by 2015 in most regions of the world. "
It also noted the report that "in each of the occupations examined, women earn less than men. In most economies, women earn about 90 percent or less of what they earn their male colleagues, even in occupations' typically female 'as a nurse or teacher, or in highly skilled occupations such as accounting or computer programming.
According to Juan Somavia: "It will be possible to create decent jobs in sufficient numbers for women only if governments put employment at the center of social and economic policies and recognize that the challenges that women face at work are more much to those men. Increase the income of women and give them more opportunities to allow entire families out of poverty and contribute to economic and social progress. "
According to another report entitled Breaking through the glass ceiling. Women in management. 2004 Updated analyzing trends in the efforts of women to "go beyond the glass ceiling ', the rate of women who manage to overcome the invisible barrier on the path of the symbolic places of high responsibility remains" slow, uneven and sometimes discouraging. "
According to Juan Somavia, Director-General of the International Labor Office, "These two reports show a picture of the bleak status of women in the world of work today. It is important that women have equal opportunities as men to ascend to the top of the scale of responsibilities. Until you record progress for women out of poverty by creating productive employment and decent, the Millennium Goal of halving poverty by 2015 will remain out of reach in most regions of the world. "
According to the report entitled "Global employment trends for Women in 2004 which examines the female employee, the number of working women is higher than has ever been in the past. For 2003, about 2.8 billion workers in the world, 1.1 billion are women (40 percent), an increase of nearly 200 million women worldwide over the past 10 anni3.
However, the exponential growth of female labor force has not been accompanied by a socio-economic empowerment of women, nor an income equal for equal work, or benefits fair to put women on equal terms with men in almost all occupations. "Ultimately, remains out of reach true equality in the workplace."
According to the report, but since 1993 has decreased all over the world the gap between the number of men and women in the labor force (the sum of employed and unemployed), this decrease recorded numerous variations. Economies in transition, and in Asia, the gap is almost filled for every 100 working men, there are respectively 91 and 83 workers. In other regions, however such as the Middle East, North Africa or Asia South, there are only 40 economically active women per 100 men.
In 2003, the world, female unemployment was slightly higher than men (respectively 6.4 and 6.1 percent), leaving 77.8 million out of work for women wanting to work and seeking work. Only in East Asia and in sub-Saharan Africa there has been a regional rate of unemployment higher than men's women (respectively 3.7 and 2.7 percent in Asia, 11.8 and 9.6 percent in sub-Saharan Africa ).
In Latin America and the Caribbean, the female unemployment rate was 10.1 percent against 6.7 percent for men, while in the Middle East and North Africa, the female unemployment rate stood at 16.5 percent, 6 percentage points above the male rate. For young people in general, but especially for young women aged between 15 and 24 years, the difficulty in finding a job is even greater, with 35.8 million unemployed young women in the world.
According to the report Global employment trends for Women in 2004, women have fewer opportunities as men to receive a regular income through a paid job. So are most women into the informal sector (especially agriculture) with little social protection and with high degree of vulnerability.
In addition, the 550 million working poor - people who, along with their families, have no more than $ 1 per day for living - 330 million women, or 60 percent. Should be created 400 million decent jobs for the unemployed women workers, and a poor way to get out of poverty.
According to the same report: "As long as no progress is made to rip the poor workers to their poverty, creating opportunities for productive and remunerative work in conditions of freedom, security and human dignity, and ensuring them the opportunity to escape from poverty through their work, they do not reach the Millennium Goal of halving poverty by 2015 in most regions of the world. "
It also noted the report that "in each of the occupations examined, women earn less than men. In most economies, women earn about 90 percent or less of what they earn their male colleagues, even in occupations' typically female 'as a nurse or teacher, or in highly skilled occupations such as accounting or computer programming.
According to Juan Somavia: "It will be possible to create decent jobs in sufficient numbers for women only if governments put employment at the center of social and economic policies and recognize that the challenges that women face at work are more much to those men. Increase the income of women and give them more opportunities to allow entire families out of poverty and contribute to economic and social progress. "
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