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08/03/2014 | Note for equality

Note for Equality N° 14: Female unemployment remains higher than male unemployment

Though the gender gap in unemployment has decreased by nearly 1 percentage point between the years 2000 and 2012, five out of every ten women are still outside the labor market.

What can be done?



●   Make the existing inequalities visible through adequate measurements and statistics.

●   Promote active public policies within the labor market that eliminate structural, institutional and cultural restrictions that affect women’s entry into the labor market.

●  Progressively diminish horizontal segregation in the labor market and expand remunerated labor opportunities for women.

●   Promote and create access to job protection mechanisms (unemployment insurance, training, workforce reinsertion, etc.).