|
Women Workers in Cities and Towns
In
2001, there were 730.25 million employees in the country.
Women accounted for 37.4 percent in enterprises, 44.1
percent in
|
institutions, 24.8 percent in state organs, Party and
government departments and NGOs, 42.7 percent in service
trades, and 57.5 percent in the sectors of public health,
physical culture and social welfare service. Among the
6.81 million registered unemployed people in cities and
towns, women totaled 49 percent, and the rate was 3.6
percent.
From
1998 to 2002, women's federations at all levels issued
a combined 950 million yuan in micro credit to poverty-stricken
rural women. As a result, more than 2 million rural women
shook off poverty.
From 1995
to 2002, women's federations at all levels established
a 204-million-yuan micro credit fund to help urban women
become reemployed. At present, the initiative has been
launched in 23 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities. |
