Question

Essay on unusual jobs in india by poor women in my locality

Answer 1

Literacy—Women are much less likely than men to be literate.� In South Asia, female literacy rates are only around 50% those of males . . . in Nepal 35% . . . Sudan 27%.� Women make up two-thirds of the world’s illiterates.

Higher education—Women in developing countries lag far behind men.� In Sub-Saha�ran Africa, their enrolment rates for tertiary education are only a third of those of men.� Even in industrial countries, women are very poorly represented in scientific and technical study . . .

Employment—In developing countries women have many fewer job opportunities, the employment participation rates of women are on average only 50% those of men (in South Asia 29% and in Arab States only 16%) . . . Wage discrimination is also a feature of industrial countries: in Japan, women receive only 51% of male wages.� Women who are not in paid employment are, of course, far from idle.� Indeed, they tend to work much longer hours than men . . .

Health—Women tend on average to live longer than men.� But in some Asian and North African countries, the discrimination against women—through neglect of their health or nutrition—is such that they have a shorter life expectancy . . .

National statistics—Women are often invisible in statistics.� If women’s unpaid housework were counted as productive output in national income accounts, global output would increase by 20-30%.