Conditions of Work, Vocational Training, and Employment of Women: Eleventh Conference of American States Members of the International Labour Organisation, Medellin, September-October 1979 : Third Item on the AgendaConference paper prepared for an ILO Regional Conference, comprising a comparison of trends in labour force participation, vocational training and working conditions of woman workers in America - analyses the factors of employment, emphasizes recent progress made in and obstacles to education of women, shows that sex discrimination persists in respect of wages, social security and trade unionization, and sums up the role of ILO activities on behalf of women, etc. References and statistical tables. Conference held in medellin 1979 September 26 to October 5. |
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administrative age group America Argentina branch of activity Brazil Canada censuses cent Chile clerical Colombia Convention Costa Rica cultural discrimination domestic earnings ECONOMICALLY ACTIVE POPULATION Ecuador employed employers employment of women equal remuneration factors female economically active FEMALE PARTICIPATION RATES female population FOUR LATIN AMERICAN functions Guatemala household income increase industry institutions labour force labour market Latin American Latin American countries less lower majority male marital status married women maternity protection ment mujer Nicaragua Night Work Women number of women occupations opportunities for women organisations Panama part-time participation of women percentage perform Peru problems production proportion of women provisions rate for women Recommendation region Resolution concerning respect role rural Session social security society Source specialised statistics Statistics Canada strata Table tion Total trade union training programmes United Venezuela vocational training wages woman women workers women's bureaux women's participation