Global Employment Trends for Women

An ILO Brief

Published by: International Labour Organization (ILO), 2007
Via: UNPulse

According to 'Global Employment Trends for Women 2007' the latest brief from the International Labour Organization (ILO), although more women than ever before are in work, a persistent gap in status, job security, wages and education between women and men is contributing to the "feminization of working poverty". During the 1980s and '90s women’s participation in labour markets worldwide grew substantially, giving rise to expectations that increased opportunities and economic autonomy for women would bring greater gender equality.
(http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/strat/download/getw07.pdf)