Features

2007

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   Article

   Role Reversal: When it comes to who works the longest hours, many Philippine women are the global exception

   08 June 2007

   A new ILO study says men average longer working hours in paid work than women in almost every country around the world for which data are available. The sole exception to this pattern is the Philippines where employed women were two to three times more likely than men to work exceptionally long hours of over 64 hours per week. Minette Rimando of the ILO’s Subregional Office in Manila reports from the Philippines.