Unit 2: Gender Issues in the World of Work

Emerging Gender Issues in the Asia-Pacific Region

• Women's increased labour force pariticipation
• Effects of structural adjustments policies
• Poverty
• Women in the Informal Sector
• Rural Women Workers
• Women in Migration
• Women in atypical forms of work
• The girl child labourer
• Effects of Technological change
• Violence against women

Labour Market Gender Issue by Country