The proportion of women in the labour force was 48 (in 2002), and about 52 of women are among active population.

The labour force employed in agriculture, though significantly reduced in recent decades, still constitutes the largest part of the total active population of the country.

Labour laws do not yet provide cover to the entire Pakistani labour force.

Table 3.2 Gender structure of labour force

a From labour force surveys, household surveys, population censuses or labour related establishment surveys.

Previous Labour Force Surveys did not address this issue.

Absence of protection of labour laws to agricultural labour, the area where most women workers are active, also needs to be considered.

Pakistan Labour Force Survey 2001 2002 released in late 2003.

Integration into the European labour strategy would be yet another step towards increasing female participation in the labour force.

6 ABS Labour Force, Australia, selected monthly summary tables, Cat. No. 291.0.55.001.

Given the level of job mobility and dislocation inherent in today's dynamic labour market, active labour market policies are essential to fostering the smooth reallocation of labour from declining industries to new and emerging ones.

The ILO also helped the Ministry of Labour to strengthen its labour market information system and to create an employment task force.

Workers without social protection now comprise the vast majority of the urban labour force.

(c) Organizing field testing of a revised labour force survey questionnaire in selected countries

Labour markets should also respond to the needs of older workers, who will become an important component of the labour force in years to come.

Owing to demographic pressure and women entering the labour force, the region has one of the highest rates of new entrants into the labour market.

Of all women aged 15 to 45 in the labour force, 18.2 are single mothers.

As stated earlier, the participation of rates of women in the labour force are increasing.

As in the framework of the new demographic data the economically active population of the European Union is continually shrinking, it has become evident that, if the European Union wishes to remain competitive, it must utilize fully the totality of its labour force implementing policies to facilitate, in particular, groups which face difficulties in their integration to the labour market.

A number of factors may be responsible for the relatively low female labour force participation rate.

While the effects of the Act cannot be isolated, an analysis of women's participation in the labour force since 1996 indicates that there has been an increase in labour force participation and an improvement in workplace flexibility for women. The data show that

Liberalization of the labour market would need to focus on the effect of the declining labour force, productivity, migration and the adaptability of older workers to the present working environment.

15.7 of women participants in the labour force are those who are engaged in home based earning activities.

On the labour front, Omani women were legally entitled to pursue the career of their choice and were active participants in social development policies.

The annual average Ontario labour force participation rate of 68.4 percent in 2003 was the highest level since 1991.

Unemployment on the continent is extremely high and underemployment is rampant, affecting 40 per cent of the labour force.

32. Also welcomes the work of the International Labour Organization to consolidate and modernize international maritime labour standards, and calls upon Member States to take an active interest in the development of these new standards for seafarers and fishers

The situation in which the female labour force will be found depends, primarily, on the conditions in the economic system.

Such work was particularly helpful for women seeking to return to the labour force after an absence for maternity leave.

The reason is that other financial resources are available (i.e. under municipal labour market policy and grants from the European Social Fund (ESF)) for the direct promotion of labour force participation and economic independence.

Even as the Multinational Force helps build and train the Iraqi security forces, Iraqi forces are employed in active combat operations.

Ms. Yesildaglar (Turkey) acknowledged that the current rate of female participation in the labour force, 26.6 per cent, was very low.

The investment on people, the construction of an active welfare state through the modernisation of the European social model, with cohesion and a labour market without exclusions.

Labour laws do not yet cover workers in the informal sector, e.g. small shops, workshops as well as the agricultural work force.

Between March 1996 and July 2005, the labour force participation rate for women grew from 53.7 per cent to 57.4 per cent

In 2001, 44.6 per cent of indigenous women were participating in the labour force, an increase of 42.6 per cent in 1996.

In 1981, participation was highest in the 25 29 age group, while women between the ages of 30 and 35 are currently most active on the labour market.

This is expected to increase the labour force participation of single parents and reduce the depth of low income among single parent families.

This indicates that OCCS recipients have strengthened their attachment to the labour force, which is one of the objectives of the NCB initiative.

The argument for such redundancy for fired workers was a fear that privatization would lead to a large reduction of the labour force.

The bulk of the world's labour force worked in the agricultural sector and three quarters of the working poor were in developing countries.

Concerning the women's labour force in fishery, it is noted that its percentage is still smaller than that of women employed in agriculture.

The total share of female participation in the labour force in 2004 was 52 per cent, with 73 per cent working in agriculture.

The total share of female participation in the labour force in 2004 was 47 per cent, with 53 per cent working in agriculture.

However questions on occupational safety were included for the first time in Labour Force Survey 2001 2002, which was released in October 2003.