Women and work
Access, limitations and potential in tourism and ICT (Egypt, Jordan and Tunisia)
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Women around the world are less present than men in formal labour markets. In 2007 the proportion of women active in the global labour market was 53% compared to 78% of men, according to the International Labour Organisation (ILO, 2010). This state of affairs comes at a time when women have greater access to education and are achieving far more once they get there than ever before. There is a positive link between education and employment ; the more educated you are, the better are your chances on the labour market. However for many women, this has not proved to be the case and around the... world women are still struggling to translate their progress in the sphere of education into tangible benefits on the labour market. Nowhere is this more true than in the countries of the southern and eastern Mediterranean region where female labour force participation rates – 23% on average - are the lowest in the world. In Egypt, Jordan and Tunisia, the three countries studied in this report, the gender gap in education has been reduced or even, in the case of Tunisia, reversed but female activity rates remain stubbornly low at 22%, 23% and 26% respectively (ILO, 2010).
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- Corporate author(s): European Training Foundation (EU body or agency) Themes: Central and eastern Europe, Labour market — Free movement of workers
- Subject: communications profession, Egypt, female work, information technology, Jordan, tourist profession, Tunisia, woman
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978-92-9157-596-1 | 10.2816/16158 | TA-30-10-648-EN-C |
