Women see little improvement
in world of work
The International Labour Organization (ILO) said the
difference in the employment rate between men and women had decreased by 0.6%
since 1995.
In countries where women access work more easily, the
quality of their jobs "remains a matter of concern". The findings
come as events take place to mark International Women's Day.
ILO chief Guy Ryder said it showed
"the enormous challenges women continue to face in finding and keeping
decent jobs". "Throughout their working lives, women continue to face
significant obstacles in gaining access to decent jobs," the UN agency
said. "Only marginal improvements have been achieved
since... 1995."
The report looked at data from 178 countries and found
that rate of women's participation in the workforce was 25.5% lower than men's
participation in 2015 - a gap only 0.6% smaller than 20 years earlier. In many
regions of the world, women were more likely to stay unemployed - 6.2% of women
are jobless across the world compared to 5.5% of men - and often had to accept
lower quality jobs.
Russia once again topped the ranking of countries with
the highest percentage of women in senior business roles, followed by the
Philippines and Lithuania, the report said. Japan, where only 7% of senior
leadership roles are held by women, remained at the bottom of the list.
** DIA DE LA MUJER TRABAJADORA.
La Organización
Internacional de Trabajo dijo que la diferencia en la tarifa de empleo entre hombres
y mujeres se había disminuido.
Las conclusiones vienen
como los acontecimientos qué ocurren
para marcar el Día de la Mujer Internacional.
El jefe de Organización
Internacional de Trabajo Guy Ryder dijo: " los enormes desafíos de las mujeres siguen enfrentarse al encuentro y el cuidado de empleos
decentes, las mujeres siguen afrontando
obstáculos significativos en acceder a
empleos decentes".
En muchas regiones del
mundo, el 6.2 % de mujeres son desempleadas frente al
5.5 % de hombres, y a menudo se ven obligadas aceptar empleos de calidad inferiores.
Rusia una vez más encabeza la clasificación de países con el porcentaje
más alto de mujeres en papeles mayores de negocio, seguido de Filipinas y
Lituania, y Japón, donde sólo el 7 % de papeles de mejor liderazgo es sostenido por mujeres.
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