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ILO warns global women unemployment may increase by 22 million

06 March 2009 10:52 (UTC +04:00)

Bakuâ€“ APA-Economics. The economic crisis could increase the number of unemployed women by up to 22 million this year, the International Labour Organization (ILO) says.
The global crisis began in the financial sectors of the world’s richest countries, in jobs traditionally dominated by men.
But unemployment is now spreading well beyond these sectors, the ILO says.
As consumer confidence wanes, more traditionally female jobs such as waitresses and shop assistants, are all disappearing too.
The ILO is especially worried about women in the developing world, working in agriculture, or as domestic servants, on a piecemeal basis.
They have no social protection and are especially vulnerable during an economic downturn.
The ILO is predicting a global rise in unemployment this year of up to 51 million people - 22 million, it believes, will be women.
The organisation is calling on governments to ensure that new jobs created by economic stimulus packages guarantee fair salaries, and social protection measures.