A number of factors may be responsible for the relatively low female labour force participation rate.

The annual average Ontario labour force participation rate of 68.4 percent in 2003 was the highest level since 1991.

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

Between March 1996 and July 2005, the labour force participation rate for women grew from 53.7 per cent to 57.4 per cent

The increase in percentage of the girls going to school, the increase in female literacy rate, the increase in the percentage of women in the labour force, the decrease in population growth rate and the fertility rate, while in some cases not very impressive numerically, point to a change in the right direction.

The population had almost doubled and the labour force was growing by 3 per cent a year, faster than the rate in other regions of the world.

Research by the International Labour Organization indicates that young entrepreneurs have a significantly higher than average success rate and a positive track record in paying off microcredit loans.

Child labour

Labour employment

Child labour

Labour laws do not yet provide cover to the entire Pakistani labour force.

Promoting women's equal access to labour markets, sustainable employment, and adequate labour protections

The unemployment rate has been reduced thanks to innovative measures such as microcredits, the promotion of entrepreneurship, labour intensive work of public utility, pre employment contracts, local salaried employee initiatives and compensation for activities of general benefit.

(d) Promoting women's equal access to labour markets, sustainable employment and adequate labour protection

a From labour force surveys, household surveys, population censuses or labour related establishment surveys.

International Labour Organization

FBiH Labour Law

RS Labour Law

Labour Justice Solidarity

Labour Inspectorate survey

International Labour Office

The Labour Courts.

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.

Promoting women's equal access to labour markets and sustainable employment, as well as adequate labour protections

Labour non discrimination principle

(d) The Labour Code

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International Labour Organization (ILO)

ILO International Labour Organization

Labour and related standards

ILO International Labour Organization

Measurement of labour input

World Confederation of Labour

Administrative Framework The administrative framework relating to labour issues is the Ministry of Labour, Manpower and Overseas Pakistanis at the federal level and the Labour Departments at the provincial level.

In cases where imported goods, to which contractual tariff rate or preferential tariff rate is applicable are subject to temporary rate, the lower tariff rate shall apply.

(iv) Consideration of the value of developing, in cooperation with the International Labour Organization, indicators for forced labour

Progressive elimination of child labour

(i) Forced and bonded labour

The International Labour Organization model

Economic exploitation, including child labour

The Labour Market Service Act

Women in the labour market

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(e) Under Republic of Tajikistan labour law, all citizens have equal opportunities in the sphere of labour relations. Differences based on sex that upset the equality of opportunities in labour are prohibited.

In addition, within the context of projects to eliminate child labour, national child labour surveys often provide statistical information about overtime child labour trends and are used as inputs for policy making.