Working women

4. Working women

Working Women apos s Forum (India)

quot Women are prohibited from working

Self employed women account for 13.94 per cent of working women.

More working age men than working age women died during that period.

Working group Elimination of violence against women

The number of women working in harmful and hazardous working conditions is diminishing.

(g) Social organizations working with and for women

The first is women working, moving into the workforce.

10.4 Women working in the area of education training

Protection of the health and safety of working women

working to amend laws that discriminate against women

Women are, however, barred from working in unhealthy occupations.

The first is women working, moving into the workforce.

Thus, if in 1992 black women received only 58 of the income earned by white women, ten years later the situation is practically the same, with rural black working women receiving 56 of what rural white working women receive.

The remaining women were willing to continue working but would prefer to work with reduced working time.

In 1981 and 1991, the ratio of working men to working women was 178.5 and 135.9 respectively.

Lastly, many women are working in provincial and communal administrations.

On the other hand, the number of women working in agriculture has been declining steadily only 2.02 per cent of working women are now employed in agriculture.

360. A decrease in the number of women working, particularly employed women, is noted as the effect of significant unemployment among women.

Legal and social situation of unpaid women working in family enterprises

These include working with women from minority groups and recent immigrants.

There are more women working as auxiliary magistrates and auxiliary lawyers.

In addition to supporting women economists in interfacing at the policy level, UNIFEM supports networks of working women.

The Ministry of Women was working to ensure equitable development for both rural and urban women and men.

I have since left Iraq and founded a group called Women for Women International that ends up working with women survivors of wars.

The whole point of mainstreaming' is that working with and for women, working to achieve gender equality, is not a separate activity of a women focused institution such as UNIFEM.

The employer is required to create suitable working and rest conditions for pregnant women and women who are breastfeeding.

307. Of the 822 professionals working in NGOs on projects to support rural women, 36.5 per cent are women.

Under the Act, however, women working in informal establishments are not guaranteed equal rights with those working in formal establishments.

Women working in the informal and agricultural sectors were particularly badly off.

There are 250 female judicial assistants and several women working as jurists.

NGO Working Group on Women apos s Human Rights Ms. Elizabeth Bumgarner

Analyzing data on participation of women representatives in the work of working groups of legislative authorities at state, entity, and cantonal level, it is visible that women, out of 130 Working groups, preside 26 or 20 of these Working groups.

NGO Working Group on Girls, New York and Geneva ECE Working Group on Women Workin Group on Environment Working Group on Health Human Rights Working Group on Refugees Working Group on Traditional Practices Working Group on Nutrition all held Geneva.

Certainly, women are underrepresented in the public sector and of those already working, few are the women holding senior positions.

Also in the National Women apos s Office, a programme was designed for providing alternative legal counselling for working women.

The proportion of working women has been on an increase (see Article 11).

The Constitution of the Republic contemplates same rights for working men and women.

Currently, 1,349 women are working at managerial level, as against 674 in 1991.

However, NGO's exist that have been working with women providing support to rural women the country over, and among these is AMRU.

197. The working group on urban services and women in low income groups (SUMBI) deals with women and social services and policies.

The trend for women to enter non traditional jobs has been welcomed by non governmental organizations working for women apos s development.

Papers were presented by the Secretary General on shelter for destitute women, homes for the elderly, and hostels for single working women.