Women contribute 8% of GDP, 37% of Workforce - Jordan/Womens Rights
Hani Hazaimeh; 10/3/08
Jordanian women’s contribution to GDP stood at 8 per cent last year when female employees constituted 37 per cent of the workforce in the public sector and 12 per cent in private enterprises, official figures show. One in every four women in the working age was jobless in 2007, while the unemployment rate among men stood at half that ratio, according to Minister of Industry and Trade Amer Hadidi. Speaking on Sunday at the opening of the “Trends in Global Business and Advocacy: Perspective from the United States and Jordan” forum, the official said the flow of investments into the Kingdom last year helped create more than 360,000 job opportunities, only 8,375 of which were taken by women. But he noted a growing trend among women towards self-employment.
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