Women make up roughly half the potential workforce of the country, yet represent only 36% of the actual labour force. There is, moreover, a disproportionately large number of women in the informal sector, namely women who run small food stalls or who are casual and subcontract workers, and who do not receive any worker benefits or health insurance.
Those who work as casual labourers among men encounter various forms of gender harassment – from receiving lower salaries than their male counterparts, to being physically abused. [Read more...]