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Latest items for ERBG-DATA-2

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).
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).
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).
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).
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).
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).
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).
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).
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).
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).
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).
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).
Jan. 20, 2024, 1:37 p.m.
Countries: Syria
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 Syria is 16.8% (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).
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).
Jan. 20, 2024, 1:37 p.m.
Countries: Swaziland
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 Eswatini is 47.1% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 20, 2024, 1:37 p.m.
Countries: Suriname
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 Suriname is 45.4% (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).
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).
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).
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).
Jan. 20, 2024, 1:37 p.m.
Countries: Singapore
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 Singapore is 63.2% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 20, 2024, 1:37 p.m.
Countries: Saudi Arabia
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 Saudi Arabia is 27.8% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 20, 2024, 1:37 p.m.
Countries: Senegal
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 Senegal is 38.6% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 20, 2024, 1:37 p.m.
Countries: Serbia
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 Serbia is 48.5% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 20, 2024, 1:37 p.m.
Countries: Sierra Leone
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 Sierra Leone is 51.1% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 20, 2024, 1:37 p.m.
Countries: Slovenia
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 Slovenia is 54.6% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 20, 2024, 1:37 p.m.
Countries: Somalia
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 Somalia is 21.2% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 20, 2024, 1:37 p.m.
Countries: Solomon Islands
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 Solomon Islands is 82% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 20, 2024, 1:37 p.m.
Countries: South Africa
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 Africa is 50.6% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).