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In the Asia-Pacific as many as 27 million more people could become unemployed this year, according to the International Labor Organization. Some 140 million others in the region's developing economies could be forced into extreme poverty. Asia's experience during the 1997 economic crisis provides evidence to back this projection. In Thailand, 95% of those laid off from the garment sector were women; in the toys sector, it was 88%. In South Korea, 86% of those who lost their financial services and banking jobs were female. Since the 1990s, the governments of many Asian countries have strengthened their social protection schemes but in many countries women still do not get equal access to social protection.
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Jobs Crisis has a Woman's Face
In the Asia-Pacific, as many as 27 million more people could become unemployed this year, according to the International Labour Organization (ILO). Some 140 million others in the region's developing economies could be for...
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