Latest items for ERBG-DATA-2
Dec. 13, 2024, 3:39 p.m.
Countries: India
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
"But India still has a low labor force participation rate among women compared to other countries, a figure that had been on a long downward slide until the past few years. Women make up less than a third of India’s urban labor force, and men vastly outnumber women in both government and private-sector jobs" (para 16).
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
"But India still has a low labor force participation rate among women compared to other countries, a figure that had been on a long downward slide until the past few years. Women make up less than a third of India’s urban labor force, and men vastly outnumber women in both government and private-sector jobs" (para 16).
Dec. 12, 2024, 9:28 p.m.
Countries: Italy
Variables: ERBG-DATA-1, ERBG-DATA-2
"The country is home to the lowest female employment rate in the European Union and a steep gender pay gap" (para 8).
Variables: ERBG-DATA-1, ERBG-DATA-2
"The country is home to the lowest female employment rate in the European Union and a steep gender pay gap" (para 8).
Dec. 6, 2024, 8:43 p.m.
Countries: Italy
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
"More than 40% of Italian women aged 30 to 69 do not work, according to the Italian National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT), mostly because they are unable to juggle a job and taking care of their family" (para 33).
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
"More than 40% of Italian women aged 30 to 69 do not work, according to the Italian National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT), mostly because they are unable to juggle a job and taking care of their family" (para 33).
Dec. 6, 2024, 8:40 p.m.
Countries: Nigeria
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
"Despite a population approaching 225 million, only about 60.5 million people are active participants in Nigeria’s labour force and, according to the World Bank, female labour force participation in the country has fallen markedly since the early 1990s. The World Bank reported that the labour force engagement rate for women in 2022 was 52%, while for men it stood at 65%" (para 9).
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
"Despite a population approaching 225 million, only about 60.5 million people are active participants in Nigeria’s labour force and, according to the World Bank, female labour force participation in the country has fallen markedly since the early 1990s. The World Bank reported that the labour force engagement rate for women in 2022 was 52%, while for men it stood at 65%" (para 9).
Dec. 6, 2024, 8:24 p.m.
Countries: India
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
"While female literacy is growing, only 25% of women in India participate in the workforce" (para 16).
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
"While female literacy is growing, only 25% of women in India participate in the workforce" (para 16).
Dec. 6, 2024, 9:44 a.m.
Countries: India
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
"Usually, when women work, it's a boon to any economy. Most countries develop faster with women in their workforces. That's true for India too. Throughout the 1990s and particularly in the early 2000s – decades of robust GDP growth – female labor participation grew, albeit from very low levels. The problem is, they're still very low. According to the latest World Bank figures, from 2021, fewer than 1 in 5 Indian women work – at least formally. (Though most work in India is informal – agricultural or domestic work – which often doesn't get counted.) That's lower than Pakistan's female labor rate and roughly in line with Afghanistan's, before the...more
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
"Usually, when women work, it's a boon to any economy. Most countries develop faster with women in their workforces. That's true for India too. Throughout the 1990s and particularly in the early 2000s – decades of robust GDP growth – female labor participation grew, albeit from very low levels. The problem is, they're still very low. According to the latest World Bank figures, from 2021, fewer than 1 in 5 Indian women work – at least formally. (Though most work in India is informal – agricultural or domestic work – which often doesn't get counted.) That's lower than Pakistan's female labor rate and roughly in line with Afghanistan's, before the...more
Dec. 5, 2024, 4:37 p.m.
Countries: Norway
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
"The Committee welcomes that 76 per cent of women in the 20–66 age group are in formal employment in the State party, which is among the highest participation rates in the world. It also notes with appreciation that according to 2019 data, in companies where the State party had an ownership share, the average number of women Chief Executive Officers at the executive level and on boards was at 41 per cent and above 46 per cent, respectively...The Committee is concerned, however, that...according to the 2022 Norwegian Gender Balance Scorecard from the Centre for Research on Gender Equality, women only make up 27 per cent of executives and 32 per...more
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
"The Committee welcomes that 76 per cent of women in the 20–66 age group are in formal employment in the State party, which is among the highest participation rates in the world. It also notes with appreciation that according to 2019 data, in companies where the State party had an ownership share, the average number of women Chief Executive Officers at the executive level and on boards was at 41 per cent and above 46 per cent, respectively...The Committee is concerned, however, that...according to the 2022 Norwegian Gender Balance Scorecard from the Centre for Research on Gender Equality, women only make up 27 per cent of executives and 32 per...more
Dec. 4, 2024, 4:45 p.m.
Countries: Burma/Myanmar
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
"The military call-up comes on top of an economic crisis that has sent the currency spiralling lower, seen poverty rates soaring to 2015 levels, and caused unemployment to surge. The World Bank says women have been particularly hard hit by the economic downturn that followed the Covid pandemic and the coup. Unemployment among women rose to 11% by the end of 2023 from 3% in 2017" (par. 30-31).
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
"The military call-up comes on top of an economic crisis that has sent the currency spiralling lower, seen poverty rates soaring to 2015 levels, and caused unemployment to surge. The World Bank says women have been particularly hard hit by the economic downturn that followed the Covid pandemic and the coup. Unemployment among women rose to 11% by the end of 2023 from 3% in 2017" (par. 30-31).
Nov. 29, 2024, 3:11 p.m.
Countries: South Korea
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
"Women lead just 0.8% of the 1,643 firms listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s top-tier prime market, according to a survey by the Kyodo news agency, which based its findings on fiscal 2023 financial statements” (para 2). The low numbers underline the uphill struggle Japan’s government faces in reaching its target of having women in at least 30% of executive roles by the end of the decade” (para 3). “According to a 2022 OECD survey, women held just 15.5% of executive positions in Japan, compared with 40.9% in Britain and 45.2% in France. Only China and South Korea had a smaller proportion of female executives” (para 7)more
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
"Women lead just 0.8% of the 1,643 firms listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s top-tier prime market, according to a survey by the Kyodo news agency, which based its findings on fiscal 2023 financial statements” (para 2). The low numbers underline the uphill struggle Japan’s government faces in reaching its target of having women in at least 30% of executive roles by the end of the decade” (para 3). “According to a 2022 OECD survey, women held just 15.5% of executive positions in Japan, compared with 40.9% in Britain and 45.2% in France. Only China and South Korea had a smaller proportion of female executives” (para 7)more
Nov. 16, 2024, 3:40 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
"Previously [before the Taliban takeover] about 10% of educated women in Afghanistan worked in national or international organisations to support their children (para 6).
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
"Previously [before the Taliban takeover] about 10% of educated women in Afghanistan worked in national or international organisations to support their children (para 6).
Nov. 12, 2024, 6:08 p.m.
Countries: Japan
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
"Women lead just 0.8% of the 1,643 firms listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s top-tier prime market, according to a survey by the Kyodo news agency, which based its findings on fiscal 2023 financial statements” (para 2). The low numbers underline the uphill struggle Japan’s government faces in reaching its target of having women in at least 30% of executive roles by the end of the decade” (para 3). “According to a 2022 OECD survey, women held just 15.5% of executive positions in Japan, compared with 40.9% in Britain and 45.2% in France. Only China and South Korea had a smaller proportion of female executives” (para 7)
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
"Women lead just 0.8% of the 1,643 firms listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s top-tier prime market, according to a survey by the Kyodo news agency, which based its findings on fiscal 2023 financial statements” (para 2). The low numbers underline the uphill struggle Japan’s government faces in reaching its target of having women in at least 30% of executive roles by the end of the decade” (para 3). “According to a 2022 OECD survey, women held just 15.5% of executive positions in Japan, compared with 40.9% in Britain and 45.2% in France. Only China and South Korea had a smaller proportion of female executives” (para 7)
Oct. 9, 2024, 7:59 p.m.
Countries: Belize
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
"Poverty levels in Belize have remained consistently high. Belize’s most comprehensive poverty assessment, The National Poverty Study (2009) indicated that between 2009 and 2018, the gender inequality gap widened by 28.9 per cent...The poverty study also noted high female unemployment" (4). "Unemployment and underemployment data for women in 2021 are at 15.58 per cent and 21.1 per cent respectively. Consistently, unemployment levels for women fall below that for women who tend to experience unemployment at levels three times higher than men" (5).
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
"Poverty levels in Belize have remained consistently high. Belize’s most comprehensive poverty assessment, The National Poverty Study (2009) indicated that between 2009 and 2018, the gender inequality gap widened by 28.9 per cent...The poverty study also noted high female unemployment" (4). "Unemployment and underemployment data for women in 2021 are at 15.58 per cent and 21.1 per cent respectively. Consistently, unemployment levels for women fall below that for women who tend to experience unemployment at levels three times higher than men" (5).
July 18, 2024, 6:38 p.m.
Countries: Guatemala
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2, ERBG-DATA-5
"According to the 2017–2019 national employment and income survey, for women the overall rate of labour force participation declined by 1 per cent, the rate of employment in the informal sector declined by 5.4 per cent, the unemployment rate declined by 0.6 per cent, the underemployment rate declined by 5.2 per cent, and wages increased by 381 quetzales...In 2017, women represented 28.8 per cent of employers in the non-agricultural sector and 11.8 per cent of employers in the agricultural sector; in 2019, those figures were 30.1 per cent and 8.3 per cent, respectively" (22).
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2, ERBG-DATA-5
"According to the 2017–2019 national employment and income survey, for women the overall rate of labour force participation declined by 1 per cent, the rate of employment in the informal sector declined by 5.4 per cent, the unemployment rate declined by 0.6 per cent, the underemployment rate declined by 5.2 per cent, and wages increased by 381 quetzales...In 2017, women represented 28.8 per cent of employers in the non-agricultural sector and 11.8 per cent of employers in the agricultural sector; in 2019, those figures were 30.1 per cent and 8.3 per cent, respectively" (22).
April 30, 2024, 5:55 p.m.
Countries: South Africa
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2, ERBG-DATA-5
"Of all working women in South Africa, around 12% are domestic workers. Public health researcher Catherine Pereira-Kotze explained that these workers had little by way of safety nets. They often depended on the goodwill of their employer to get protection like maternity pay and leave" (para 15).
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2, ERBG-DATA-5
"Of all working women in South Africa, around 12% are domestic workers. Public health researcher Catherine Pereira-Kotze explained that these workers had little by way of safety nets. They often depended on the goodwill of their employer to get protection like maternity pay and leave" (para 15).
April 19, 2024, 3:06 p.m.
Countries: Serbia
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
"[There is a] lower employment rate among women (50.8 per cent) compared with that of men (63.9 per cent)" (13). "[There are] high unemployment rates, in particular among Roma women, women with disabilities and rural women, and the higher unemployment rates among young women than among young men" (13). "The participation of women in decision-making with regard to agricultural holdings is low, with only 15.9 per cent of women managing such holdings" (15).
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
"[There is a] lower employment rate among women (50.8 per cent) compared with that of men (63.9 per cent)" (13). "[There are] high unemployment rates, in particular among Roma women, women with disabilities and rural women, and the higher unemployment rates among young women than among young men" (13). "The participation of women in decision-making with regard to agricultural holdings is low, with only 15.9 per cent of women managing such holdings" (15).
March 30, 2024, 2:46 p.m.
Countries: Lithuania
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
"[T]he State party ’s employment rate among women is the highest within the European Union and is almost on par with the employment rate among men" (11).
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
"[T]he State party ’s employment rate among women is the highest within the European Union and is almost on par with the employment rate among men" (11).
Feb. 20, 2024, 6:27 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2, ERBG-DATA-3, ERBG-DATA-4, ERBG-DATA-6
"[There is not] a databank on employment, with data disaggregated by gender" (11).
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2, ERBG-DATA-3, ERBG-DATA-4, ERBG-DATA-6
"[There is not] a databank on employment, with data disaggregated by gender" (11).
Feb. 20, 2024, 9:55 a.m.
Countries: Qatar
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
"Although men dominate the country’s migrant workforce, government data shows nearly 300,000 migrant women worked in Qatar as of June this year" (para 14). "In 2020, female migrants made up just over a fifth of hotel workers, according to the most recent government statistics, although this is probably a significant undercount as the figures exclude subcontracted workers, say rights groups" (para 15).
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
"Although men dominate the country’s migrant workforce, government data shows nearly 300,000 migrant women worked in Qatar as of June this year" (para 14). "In 2020, female migrants made up just over a fifth of hotel workers, according to the most recent government statistics, although this is probably a significant undercount as the figures exclude subcontracted workers, say rights groups" (para 15).
Jan. 29, 2024, 5:50 p.m.
Countries: Bosnia-Herzegovina
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
"[W]omen in decision-making positions and senior management positions [are underrepresented] in educational institutions and [show a] low number of women professors" (10). "[A] continued low level of representation of women in the labour market [is concerning]" (11).
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
"[W]omen in decision-making positions and senior management positions [are underrepresented] in educational institutions and [show a] low number of women professors" (10). "[A] continued low level of representation of women in the labour market [is concerning]" (11).
Jan. 21, 2024, 10:43 a.m.
Countries: Saudi Arabia
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1, ERBG-DATA-2
"[M]ore women are believed to have entered the work force now that the government allows them to move around more easily" (para 6).
Variables: ERBG-PRACTICE-1, ERBG-DATA-2
"[M]ore women are believed to have entered the work force now that the government allows them to move around more easily" (para 6).
Jan. 20, 2024, 2:03 p.m.
Countries: Kosovo
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
"In 2021, the labour force participation rate stood at 39.3 per cent (77.6 per cent in the EU27). This low participation rate is particularly noticeable among women (22 per cent) and young people aged 15-24 (21.4 per cent)" (para 1).
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
"In 2021, the labour force participation rate stood at 39.3 per cent (77.6 per cent in the EU27). This low participation rate is particularly noticeable among women (22 per cent) and young people aged 15-24 (21.4 per cent)" (para 1).
Jan. 20, 2024, 1:53 p.m.
Countries: Taiwan
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
According to 2022 data from Taiwan's Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics Executive Yuan (DGBAS) Manpower Survey published by the national Ministry of Labor, Taiwan's female employment to population ratio was 49.7% in 2022 (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
According to 2022 data from Taiwan's Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics Executive Yuan (DGBAS) Manpower Survey published by the national Ministry of Labor, Taiwan's female employment to population ratio was 49.7% in 2022 (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 20, 2024, 1:37 p.m.
Countries: South Korea
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
According to 2023 World Bank Gender Data collected from the most recent ILO modeled estimates from 2020 onwards, the female laborforce participation rate (as a percentage of the female population ages 15+) in the Republic of Korea is 54.6% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
According to 2023 World Bank Gender Data collected from the most recent ILO modeled estimates from 2020 onwards, the female laborforce participation rate (as a percentage of the female population ages 15+) in the Republic of Korea is 54.6% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 20, 2024, 1:37 p.m.
Countries: Tajikistan
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
According to 2023 World Bank Gender Data collected from the most recent ILO modeled estimates from 2020 onwards, the female laborforce participation rate (as a percentage of the female population ages 15+) in Tajikstan is 31.3% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
According to 2023 World Bank Gender Data collected from the most recent ILO modeled estimates from 2020 onwards, the female laborforce participation rate (as a percentage of the female population ages 15+) in Tajikstan is 31.3% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 20, 2024, 1:37 p.m.
Countries: South Sudan
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
According to 2023 World Bank Gender Data collected from the most recent ILO modeled estimates from 2020 onwards, the female laborforce participation rate (as a percentage of the female population ages 15+) in South Sudan is 70.9% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
According to 2023 World Bank Gender Data collected from the most recent ILO modeled estimates from 2020 onwards, the female laborforce participation rate (as a percentage of the female population ages 15+) in South Sudan is 70.9% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 20, 2024, 1:37 p.m.
Countries: Spain
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
According to 2023 World Bank Gender Data collected from the most recent ILO modeled estimates from 2020 onwards, the female laborforce participation rate (as a percentage of the female population ages 15+) in Spain is 52.9% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
According to 2023 World Bank Gender Data collected from the most recent ILO modeled estimates from 2020 onwards, the female laborforce participation rate (as a percentage of the female population ages 15+) in Spain is 52.9% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 20, 2024, 1:37 p.m.
Countries: Sri Lanka
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
According to 2023 World Bank Gender Data collected from the most recent ILO modeled estimates from 2020 onwards, the female laborforce participation rate (as a percentage of the female population ages 15+) in Sri Lanka is 33.1% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
According to 2023 World Bank Gender Data collected from the most recent ILO modeled estimates from 2020 onwards, the female laborforce participation rate (as a percentage of the female population ages 15+) in Sri Lanka is 33.1% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 20, 2024, 1:37 p.m.
Countries: Sudan
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
According to 2023 World Bank Gender Data collected from the most recent ILO modeled estimates from 2020 onwards, the female laborforce participation rate (as a percentage of the female population ages 15+) in Sudan is 29.4% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
According to 2023 World Bank Gender Data collected from the most recent ILO modeled estimates from 2020 onwards, the female laborforce participation rate (as a percentage of the female population ages 15+) in Sudan is 29.4% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 20, 2024, 1:37 p.m.
Countries: Sweden
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
According to 2023 World Bank Gender Data collected from the most recent ILO modeled estimates from 2020 onwards, the female laborforce participation rate (as a percentage of the female population ages 15+) in Sweden is 61.6% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
According to 2023 World Bank Gender Data collected from the most recent ILO modeled estimates from 2020 onwards, the female laborforce participation rate (as a percentage of the female population ages 15+) in Sweden is 61.6% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 20, 2024, 1:37 p.m.
Countries: Switzerland
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
According to 2023 World Bank Gender Data collected from the most recent ILO modeled estimates from 2020 onwards, the female laborforce participation rate (as a percentage of the female population ages 15+) in Switzerland is 62.4% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2
According to 2023 World Bank Gender Data collected from the most recent ILO modeled estimates from 2020 onwards, the female laborforce participation rate (as a percentage of the female population ages 15+) in Switzerland is 62.4% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).