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

Representation of women in the Labour Force

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

active labour market policies (ALMPs) are government programmes that intervene in the labour market to help the unemployed find work.

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.

The Female Labour Force Participation while still quite low, is increasing.

He noted that the need for a labour force to pick cotton had prevented Uzbekistan from ratifying International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention No. 182 on child labour.

4 Employing more of the labour force, especially women working from home.

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.

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.

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

In April 2013, unemployment was at 8.2 (or 6.7 following the ILO definition) of the labour force.

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.

Bananas and other agriculture dominate Dominica's economy, and nearly one third of the labour force works in agriculture.

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

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.

The labour force consists of more than four million people, among whom women hold slightly more jobs than men.

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.

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

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

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 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.

According to the Namibia Labour Force Survey Report 2012, conducted by the Namibia Statistics Agency, the country's unemployment rate is 27.4 .

77) The DPRK made substantial gains in bringing women into the labour force by 1998 women accounted for 48.4 per cent.

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

The judiciary is also more active, and is attempting to force the executive to remain within the bounds of the constitution.

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

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.

11.5 Previous national accounts of Vanuatu's labour force categorized unpaid work as uneconomical and not contributing to the economy of the nation.

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.