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12/95/
ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED170484 AUTHOR: Nelson, Anne H.
TITLE: The One World of Working Women. Monograph No. 1.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1978
NOTE: 19 p.
AVAILABILITY: Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government
Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402 (Stock Number 029
000-00324-6)
ABSTRACT: Women of many nations, particularly the
industrialized countries, are achieving greater opportunity
and equality in the working world. The rate at which women
are joining the work force has confounded all predictions
and created unexpected difficulties in securing equal pay
and access to jobs and training. The most direct
discrimination, separate wage scales for men and women, has
been resolved for most occupations in the industrialized
countries. Yet women's earnings remain substantially lower
than men's. Sweden is regarded as a model for other
countries because it considers married women an important
source of labor and has made provisions to accommodate them
in the labor force. International organizations have given
increasing attention to women's employment issues. The
International Labor Organization has emphasized education
and training for women and a review of the effects of
social
security systems on women. The United Nations has provided
for development of regional plans to achieve equality for
women and to integrate women into their nation's
development
efforts. In general, labor unions have moved as slowly as
employers in pressing for equal treatment for women.
Working
women's networks, formal and informal contacts among women
for advice and assistance, are becoming an important force
internationally. (LMS)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Affirmative-Action; Developed-Nations;
Discriminatory-Legislation; Employment-Opportunities;
Employment-Problems; Females-; Global-Approach;
Labor-Force;
Labor-Problems; Leadership-; Males-; Networks-; Political
Power; Power-Structure; Research-Reports; Unions-; Wages-;
World-Affairs; World-Problems
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Employed-Women;
*Equal-Opportunities-Jobs;
*International-Law; *International-Organizations; *Labor
Legislation; *Sex-Discrimination
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