Global economic crisis, gender and employment: the impact and policy response

Naoko. Otobe

ILO Working Papers from International Labour Organization

Abstract: Analyses the gender dimensions of the impact of the global economic crisis on the world of work, highlighting the overall higher vulnerabilities and insecurity of women's work than men's. Examines the gender-differentiated regional global and regional trends of unemployment and vulnerable employment between 2007 and 2009, drawing on the published available ILO data and information. Particular attention is paid to the impact on women workers in the export-oriented textile and clothing industry, which has been negatively impacted upon by the global downturn, focusing on Cambodia and Mauritius. The paper puts forward policy recommendations for specifically integrating gender concerns into policy response to the economic crisis, in order to promote more productive employment and decent work opportunities equally for women and men.

Keywords: women workers; men workers; employment; unemployment; gender equality; employment policy; social policy; economic recession; export processing zone.; travailleuses; travailleurs masculins; emploi; chômage; égalité des genres; politique de l'emploi; politique sociale; récession économique; zone franche d'exportation; trabajadoras; trabajadores masculinos; empleo; desempleo; igualdad de géneros; política de empleo; política social; recesión económica; zona franca de exportación (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: x. 50 pages
Date: 2011
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