As we look across the globe, we find more and more women are joining the work force. There’s hardly any area left where they have not left an impact yet, they are continued to be considered less in status, job security, wages, and education.
According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), the number of women participating in labour markets is at its highest point, and in 2006, 1.2 billion of the 2.9 billion workers in the world were women.
However, more women than ever before are unemployed, stuck in low productivity jobs in agriculture and services or receiving less money for doing the same jobs as men.
The report asserted that women must be given the chance to work themselves and their families out of poverty through creation of decent employment opportunities. Otherwise, the process of feminization of poverty will continue and be passed on to the next generation.
