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Women’s Work and unemployment in Ukraine. Women’s unemployment in Ukraine. Women’s labour market share. Main Points. Inequality. General reasons for unemployment Rapid changes in technology Recessions Inflation Disability Attitude towards employers and others.
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Women’s unemployment in Ukraine Women’s labour market share Main Points Inequality
General reasons for unemployment • Rapid changes in technology • Recessions • Inflation • Disability • Attitude towards employers and others
Specific causes of women’s unemployment Unmarried& recently married women Appearance Age Mother duties
Unemployment by gender and by age group, % of economically active population, Ukraine, 2008 Source: Amsterdam Institute for Advanced labour Studiesreport
Top women´s employment by industry 1. Education 2. Health, social work 3.Manufacturing
Average (monthly) wages by industry and by gender, Ukraine, 2008, in Hryvnia Source: ILO Laborsta; website Statistics Ukraine
References: Amsterdam Institute for Advanced labour Studies: http://www.uvaaias.net/uploaded_files/publications/WP94-Klaveren,Tijdens,Hughie-Williams,Ramos-Ukraine.pdf 2. Human Rights Watch, Women's Work:Discrimination Against Women in the Ukrainian Labor Force, D1505, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/3fe4815f5.html