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

Lastly, measures to prevent the spread of HIV are crucial in forestalling the potentially devastating effects that the HIV AIDS epidemic, by debilitating or reducing the agricultural labour force, can have on agricultural productivity.

While child labour was prohibited he acknowledged that some child labour persisted in agricultural activities.

Labour laws do not yet cover the agricultural and informal sectors.

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.

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

Development of the agricultural sector, which employs a significant portion of the labour force in the least developed countries of South East Asia, is essential for poverty reduction, especially in rural areas.

Environmental, economic, social, health and labour aspects of chemical safety, Agricultural and industrial chemicals,

Previous Labour Force Surveys did not address this issue.

Limited progress has been made in the non agricultural labour market and in political life.

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.

Despite those measures, however, women lagged far behind men, and their participation in the labour force was decreasing as a result of women's migration from rural to urban areas, and thus from the agricultural sector to the informal sector.

That situation, however, did not apply to domestic and agricultural workers, who were still not covered by labour legislation.

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.

He wondered whether forced and bonded child labour was still an issue and whether it occurred mainly in the agricultural sector.

In many rural indigenous communities, the use of child labour in agricultural work and related activities is essential for families' survival.

The agricultural sector accounts for about two fifths of exports, and half of the labor force.

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 solution to it will however need to be devised if agricultural workers are to enjoy the protection of the labour laws.

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

Agricultural production remains important, because it employs 80 of the work force and contributes a third of GDP.

Of the country's total labor force of around 40.813 Million, the agricultural sector employs close to 32 of the labor force, and accounts for 14 of GDP.

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

Ms. Arocha Domínguez wondered whether there were any indicators that would provide a comprehensive analysis of the conditions of work of women in the agricultural labour force and whether any studies had been carried out regarding women's income both in terms of paid and unpaid work.

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.

Concerning social security benefits for female agricultural workers, she noted that because of the very traditional nature of agricultural work in Turkey, farms, which were usually family enterprises, were very difficult to incorporate into the scope of the Labour Code.

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.