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

Female Participation

Adult female literacy rate

(a) predominantly male. 67.6 of the workforce is male, and the female participation rate is only 19.2 , although the proportion of female workers has been increasing since 1987.

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

Registered unemployment rate among women, employment rate among women (as a part of total female population), economically active women rate, women's participation in executive authority, and ratio between men and women aged over 15 in literacy.

No. OF VOTERS FEMALE PARTICIPATION n.a

Female activity rate in the EAP, 1991

7.2. Female participation in autonomous governments . 14

Table 7.2. Female participation in autonomous governments

259. According to the data gathered by ENMO 91, this high participation rate of female labour in the free trade zones had the following features

277. Women account for 29.6 of the total workforce in this sector, and the female participation rate is lower than for males in all occupational groups.

The country's female literacy rate was 97 per cent.

7.1. Female participation in the autonomous parliaments . 13

FEMALE PARTICIPATION IN THE JUDICIARY DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, 1993

4.1 Breakdown of female participation in training programmes

Vocational training courses with high female participation rates

The indigenous background of female prisoners was assessed as a factor in the overall female imprisonment rate.

FEMALE RATE Rate per 1,000 live births registered SOURCE SSA DGEI VITAL STATISTICS, 1988 TO 1994

The female participation rate was much lower among the election candidates. Some 25 female candidates stood for election as resident representatives (3.57 of all candidates) and four stood for elections as indigenous inhabitant representatives (0.34 of all candidates).

Globally, female participation represents 25.2 of the total effective.

7.5. Female participation in the judicial system, 1995 . 17

Table 7.1. Female participation in the autonomous parliaments Community

Table 7.5. Female participation in the judicial system, 1995

Table 6.2 Ratio of female and male participation in leadership ( )

OIOS noted that participation of female UNMOs opens an opportunity for more effective engagement with female combatants, civilians and children.

A significant factor among indigenous female prisoners is the high rate of recidivism.

Table 6.3 Ratio of female and male participation in people elected bodies ( )

Nicaragua has high rates of female participation at all levels of education.

In 2002, female child mortality rate under five years old was 31.4 o and male child mortality rate was 34.2 o.

We must, therefore, promote change in order to ensure full fledged, or at least an increased rate, of female participation in decision making, not only in ceasefire negotiations, but also in transitional processes.

Among the indigenous population, the female illiteracy rate was also higher (53.2 per cent) than the rate for men (35.9 per cent).

The level of female participation in the September election represents a big success.

The crude rate of average economic participation (percentage of economically active women out of the total female population) of females was 3.2 per cent in 1979 and rose to 7.1 per cent in 1990.

Between ages 55 and 60 men's participation rate is 75.3 , while participation among women is only 43 .

South Korea s female labor force participation rate is even lower than in Japan, where there are waiting lists for childcare. Moreover, South Korea has underinvested in day care centers, with firms rarely offering childcare support.

It is estimated that female participation in these activities was around 50 per cent.

The female literacy rate is less than 50 per cent, most female heads of household have virtually no schooling, and only 25 per cent of all students in higher education are female.9

In the 35 39 age group, men have a participation rate of 93.6 and women a rate of 80.1 .

She also noted the importance of kindergartens and their linkage with the rate of female employment.

118. As far as the first programme is concerned, the rate of female participation was only 14.2 per cent in some provinces, while in others (Formosa, La Rioja and the city of Buenos Aires), it was as high as 35.5 per cent the rate is improving year by year.

115. In recent years, the female labour force participation ratio in Argentina has increased considerably.

The female illiteracy rate is 50 per cent. The unemployment rate for women is 14.7 per cent as opposed to 11.5 per cent for men.

Despite these measures, however, participation of men has never exceeded 30 rate.

19.1 The rate of participation of young girls in the labour market.