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December 2012
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Global Employment Trends for Women 2012
Labour market gender gap: Two steps forward, one step back
11 December 2012
The gender gap in global labour markets showed some convergence in the earlier part of the last decade but increased after the crisis erupted in 2007, according to an ILO report produced in collaboration with UN Women. The picture varies considerably among regions.
July 2012
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Women in EU public sector face higher risk of losing jobs
30 July 2012
The public sector in the EU offers many highly qualified jobs and is a major source of employment for women. But increasingly, those positions are being lost to austerity policies.