| World's Women 2000: Chapter
5 - Work |
| Some important findings: |
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Women
now comprise an increasing share of the world's labour force---at
least one third in all regions except northern Africa and
western Asia. |
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Self-employment
and part-time and home-based work have expanded opportunities
for women's participation in the abour force but are characterized
by lack of security, lack of benefits, and low income. |
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The informal
sector is a larger source of employment for women than for
men. |
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More women than
before are in the labour force throughout their reproductive
years, though obstacles to combining family responsibilities
with employment persist. |
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Women, especially
younger women, experience more unemployment than men and
for a longer period of time than men. |
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Women remain
at the lower end of a segregated labour market and continue
to be concentrated in a few occupations, to hold positions
of little or no authority and to receive less pay than men.
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Available statistics
are still far from providing a strong basis for assessing
both quantitative and qualitative changes in women's employment.
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