ILO report: More women in workforce

The number of women entering the workforce around the world has been steadily increasing, according to a new report by the International Labor Organization (ILO).

Published to coincide with the celebration of International Women’s Day, ILO’s Global Employment Trend for Women 2008 report bared that in 2007, 1.2 billion women globally worked, almost 200 million or 18.4 per cent more than a decade ago.

But despite the steady growth, the report pointed out that more women still got the higher share of "vulnerable employment" than men, particularly in the world’s poorest nations.

"Increased labor force participation of women has great potential as a contribution to economic development, but only if the jobs in which women are engaged are decent," the report said.


"The model to aim for is one in which women are able to contribute to growth and, at the same time, profit from this growth as participants in labor markets, keeping in mind that the one does not automatically follow from the other."

ILO director general Juan Somavia said the center of the organization’s agenda is to strive to give decent work for women and men.

"The primary goal of the ILO today is to promote opportunities for women and men to obtain decent and productive work, in conditions of freedom, equity, security and human dignity," Somavia said.

In the Philippines, results of the Labor Force Survey in October 2007 revealed that women’s labor force participation was only 36.5 percent compared to men at 63.5 percent.

Although there are more unemployed men, many Filipino women remain in low paid jobs at 26.25 percent with only 10.94 percent for men. The survey also showed that women in the Philippines tend to get jobs which are low in productivity.ABSCBN News

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