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affects jobs in developing countries have on women. (Employment (for women…
affects jobs in developing countries have on women.
health
In the developing world, a woman has a one-in-76 risk of dying because of pregnancy or childbirth in her lifetime.(Oxfam,2016)
Women living in developing countries experience serious risks to their overall well being significantly, this is due to many factors that may pose a threat to their overall wellbeing.
safety
at risk of getting extremely dangerous diseases/health issues
In some developing countries, cervical cancer is the main cause of death of women of reproductive age (Chung, 2016), womens work places are often not safe in developing countries and these stats prove that picking up diseases or conditions at work i extremely dangerous and a breach of safety.
Womens safety in countries that are still developing is compromised due to hard and dangerous work conditions that can lead to death or serious injury/disease(gjerdingen, 2008)
wages
extremely low payment
Globally, they earn 23 percent less than men and at the current rate of progress, it will take 170 years to close the gap.
(Oxfam, 2016)
less likely to have employment contracts, legal rights or social protection, and are often not paid enough to escape poverty. 600 million are in the most insecure and precarious forms of work (Oxfam,2016)
lifestyle
The lifestyle for women living in developing countries is affected by their jobs and employment. Because women often have to work more than 12 hours a day to support their household and children, they are often left with no time or money for themselves. (Lomis, 2015)
overall lifestyle and happiness is at risk.
Women make up the vast majority of the workforce, but men make up the supervisors.
Sexual harassment is endemic. (Lomis, 2015)
harassment can have phycological affect on women meaning their lifestyle is changed in a ngeative way.
Employment
for women in developing countries, employment is rare and often hard to attain.
Women work longer days than men when paid and unpaid work is counted together. That means globally, a young woman today will work on average the equivalent of four years more than a man over her lifetime. (Oxfam,2016)
Longer work days.
According to stats, women are at risk of exhaustion and accumulation stress or sleep-deprivation disorders that could lead to their health being compromised
Gender inequality in the economy costs women in developing countries $9 trillion a year (Oxfam,2016)