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webtv.un.org · May 10, 2022

Women’s job market participation stagnating at less than 50% for the past 25 years, finds UN report

Less than 50% of working-age women are in the labour market, a figure that has barely changed over the last quarter of a century, according to a new UN report launched today. Unpaid domestic and ...

Bloomberg on MSN.com · 2d

US Black Women See Jobless Rate Surge, Adding to Year-Long Trend

The unemployment rate for Black women rose by a full percentage point in April, following a year-long deterioration in labor conditions for that category.

ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) on MSN.com · 7h

Record-breaking number of women to enter Australian parliament

Australia will be represented by more women in federal parliament than ever before, after Saturday's election saw voters choose a series of women over men.

朝日新聞社 · Dec 20, 2024

Analysis: Fewer women in workforce as regular employees

According to the internal affairs ministry’s labor force survey conducted in 2023, the employment rate of women aged from 15 to 64 was 73.3 percent, which was high by international standards.

IPPMEDIA · 12d

Labor market report reveals persistent gender gaps

The report emphasizes the need to facilitate the transition from informal to formal employment, particularly for women. A new report by Tanzania's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and the Office of the Chief Government Statistician (OCGS) in Zanzibar has revealed significant gender disparities in the country's labor market.

KSL NewsRadio · 2d

New study shows more women are in Utah’s workforce than ever before

Utah women’s participation in the workforce was 63.7%, more than 3% higher than it was in 2018 according to a recent study.

World Bank · May 31, 2024

Women, Agriculture and Work in Africa

‘Few persons would argue against the estimate that women are responsible for 60-80 [percent] of the agricultural labor supplied on the continent of Africa.’ (United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, 1972, p. 359). So, what is the labor ...

The Hindu BusinessLine · Mar 24, 2025

Mapping women’s work: Understanding regional disparities in female employment

The female work participation has shown an impressive spike in the last few years. But more agrarian States with low industrialisation and urbanisation are lagging behind

Oakdale Leader · 5d

Golden State in middle of ‘Working Moms’ study

Massachusetts is the best state for working moms, in part because it has one of the highest numbers of childcare workers per capita.

ABP News on MSN.com · 4d

Despite Proven Efficiency, Women Hold Just 7% Of Jobs In NSE Companies: Report

The Udaiti Foundation aims for increasing India's female labour force participation rate to 50 per cent and doubling the number of women owned enterprises in the country

Citizen Digital · 2d

Over 700K abortions occurred in Kenya in a year with 80 percent among married women - Report

A new report by the Ministry of Health has revealed alarming statistics on the state of reproductive health in Kenya.

World Bank · May 30, 2017

Access to childcare can improve women’s labor market outcomes in Indonesia

Why is female labor force participation in Indonesia so low ... Between ages 26 and 28, when fertility peaks, the percentage of urban women who work is higher among those who live with elderly family members, by a margin of 10 to 19 percentage points.

Tempo.co English · 12d

UN Women and LinkedIn Partner to Advance Gender Equality in the Workplace

UN Women and LinkedIn, the world's largest professional network, officially launched the Link Women program in Indonesia.

Canadian Immigrant · 19d

Canada’s labour market is failing racialized immigrant women

The 2001 and 2016 censuses reveal that labour market inequalities in Canada ... exceeding racialized immigrant men by seven percentage points and non-racialized immigrant women by three percentage points. In contrast, Canadian-born women face fewer ...