This study focuses on the gender dimension of labour market transitions and its implications for policymaking in the areas of active labour market policies, career guidance, and skills development. The ETF initiated this research to map how activation and skills development policies are gaining importance in the neighbouring countries of the…

Rather than encourage massive federal or State funding for day care centers, it would be fairer and wiser to use the funds to establish a generous family assistance program. Parents could then exercise their own discretion, using or passing by day-care facilities. (Author)

This study discusses the presence of women in non-traditional positions funded by CETA II and VI and the CETA programs, policies, and procedures offering opportunities for women to enter non-traditional occupations. Information was collected via interviews and questionnaires to determine the status of CETA workers in the Mid-Willamette Valley…

In light of changing statistics about women in the labor force since 1960, the author discusses possible trends related to working women in the future. In 1962 the labor force participation rate of all U. S. women was 36% and of mothers, 34%. By 1975 these rates increased to 43% and 47% respectively. Unfortunately, women still seem to be taking…

Considers women in the labor force on a world wide basis and distinguishes between the female labor force participation rates of less and more developed regions including information by region and country. (BR)

The conference proceedings relating to employment status and employment-related problems of women in general, and Montgomery County, Maryland, specifically, are highlighted in this report. The purpose of the conference was to establish a solid base for an on-going dialogue with educators, personnel experts, and affirmative action officers in the…

This leaflet presents general information about legislation that affects women when they are seeking a job, while they are on the job, and when they retire. Emphasis is on Federal laws as of November, 1978. Some of the topics include employment services, protection against sex and age discrimination, minimum wages and overtime pay, discrimination…

This issue of "Impact" focuses on employment and women with disabilities. An editorial introduction notes that work is important to women with disabilities for numerous reasons. Among them are feeling successful and important, earning money, being independent, having a reason to get up in the morning, making a meaningful difference in the lives of…

In providing an overview of the complex topic of mature women in the workplace, this report presents some of the known, and sometimes contradictory, facts about women and work. It is divided into three sections. The first section begins by detailing facts and figures regarding the older woman worker of the 1980s. Comparisons are made between men's…

A natural study was conducted to determine the effects of division of labor (level of socio-economic development), dependency, and mode of production on participation of women in the labor force. Participation of women in the labor force was operationalized by two indicators: (1) women as percentage of the total number of wage earners and salaried…

The document presents results of a research project that reviewed, analyzed, and assessed the United States Department of Labor's Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT) in terms of its analysis of traditional female occupations. The current edition of the DOT assesses the tasks of 21,741 salaried occupations, and assigns to each a…

Because of the growing number of women in the work force and the many recent changes in legislation affecting women's rights related to jobs and jobseeking, a need was felt for a publication which presents general information about Federal legislation which affects women when they are seeking a job, while they are on the job, and when they retire.…

Discusses the representation of women in the labor force and their concentration of employment in a few occupations. Projects that unless changes are made in the ways women are orientated to and prepared for the labor force, employment opportunities will continue to occur in the fields in which women are already well represented. (LRA)

The relationship between work and family is an issue of growing concern in the United States. The increasing participation of women in the labor force has created new demands for services, especially for low-income families, to offset women's dual responsibilities at work and home. This paper describes a Ford Foundation program to study the place…

In the realm of continuing education, synergy, when used to mean a working together on all phases of human rights, implies the promotion of an adult education vehicle to eliminate the cultural lag in the status of women. Recent United Nations actions (such as the establishment of International Women's Year and the World Plan of Action's pressing…