(a) predominantly male. 67.6 of the workforce is male, and the female participation rate is only 19.2 , although the proportion of female workers has been increasing since 1987.

Compared to 2002, the workforce grew by 24,000 men and 39,300 women, ergo women accounted for roughly 60 of the increase.

Women in the labour market

Women are moving back into the job market.

In 2003, the Israeli civil workforce totaled 1.4 million men and 1.2 million women.

Workers in the agricultural sector, which is part of the rural economy, have the characteristic features peculiar to the sector notably, the single females which it employs account for 62 per cent of the total female workforce and a further 30 per cent are married, which explains the high proportion of young girls in the women's workforce.

The general education level of women in the labor force is higher than that of men.

In order to prevent discrimination against women on the grounds of marriage or maternity and to ensure their effective right to work, States Parties shall take appropriate measures

By doing the housework women make it easier for the other members of the family to carry on their productive work and other activities.

These include the Women Labour Research Center under the Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs, which has been renamed as Women Labour and Gender Research Center.

income from the occupation(s) performed, by sex (percentages), 1991

(f) The right to protection of health and to safety in working conditions, including the safeguarding of the function of reproduction.

The proportion of women in the workforce has increased in size to over 20 per cent.

The working population in Republika Srpska was broken down as follows male, aged 15 64, 482,703 and female, aged 15 59, 486,817.

Of this, the working population was broken down as follows male, aged 15 64, 1,313,281 and female, aged 15 59, 1,219,821.

The programme made it a priority to raise awareness among women and political parties to ensure that as many women as possible were entered in the lists of candidates for legislative elections.

Women account for 71 per cent of EIP and 62 per cent of this total is engaged in quot unproductive quot work such as housework.

Women, for the first time this year, became the majority of the American workforce.

A number of measures had been taken to prevent discrimination and improve women's position in the labour market, and to provide incentives to women entrepreneurs.

(e) The right to social security, particularly in cases of retirement, unemployment, sickness, invalidity and old age and other incapacity to work, as well as the right to paid leave

Integration into the European labour strategy would be yet another step towards increasing female participation in the labour force.

The working population in the Federation was broken down as follows male, aged 15 64, 830,578 and female, aged 15 59, 733,004.

277. Women account for 29.6 of the total workforce in this sector, and the female participation rate is lower than for males in all occupational groups.

Women who have completed secondary or tertiary education are more likely to enter and remain in the labor market than their less educated counterparts. The labor participation rate for women with post secondary education is 64 , far exceeding the 35 rate for those with only a primary or middle school education.

And labor statistics women take up most managerial jobs.

And I say back into the job market, because this is not new.

However, it is the female labor force that is the major participant in this production.

(a) To prohibit, subject to the imposition of sanctions, dismissal on the grounds of pregnancy or of maternity leave and discrimination in dismissals on the basis of marital status

According to the most recent statistics, 68 per cent of the female workforce was employed on a full time basis and 32 per cent worked part time.

THE WORK OF RURAL WOMEN

Number of female workers

The total share of female participation in the labour force in 2004 was 52 per cent, with 73 per cent working in agriculture.

The total share of female participation in the labour force in 2004 was 47 per cent, with 53 per cent working in agriculture.

The concentration of male work force is found in the typical male areas, such as auto transportation, and the concentration of female work force cannot be determined with certainty.

In 2003, 27 of the women in the labor force had 16 years or more of schooling, compared to 23 of the men.

The only exception is found in section II, concerning women and children working in agricultural and domestic jobs, which allows women, and minors between the ages of 12 and 14, to work in such jobs in accordance with the provisions of chapter II of the Labour Code (Working women and children) concerning working hours, wages, contracts and types of work.

(a) That the majority of cooperatives are agricultural this restricts the initiative and participation of women, despite the fact that women constitute 20 per cent of the agricultural labour force, since they largely perform unremunerated work for the family

Since 1975 it has been carrying out studies on the female labour force.

Women, a majority of the workplace.

Women's participation in agricultural work

Ms. Yesildaglar (Turkey) acknowledged that the current rate of female participation in the labour force, 26.6 per cent, was very low.

However, it was only 52 per cent of total unemployment in 1994, the reason being the lower participation rate of females in the labour market compared with that of males.

FISHERY In the field of fishery, the percentage of women is even smaller than that of women employed in agriculture.

The total share of female participation in the labour force in 2004 was 46 per cent as much as 79 per cent were working in agriculture.

The total share of female participation in the labour force in 2004 was 40 per cent as much as 60 per cent were working in agriculture.