When we were young, roles were already made. Men are the providers. Women are the home makers. But as feminist movement raised the demand for women to go out of the borders of the home, it is no longer men that brings home the money or 'bread" in slang language. Men and women are competing for the coveted job. Although there are still jobs- the physical jobs that are concentrated for men.
As the cutthroat world of economics continues, the role in the families also changed. Inflation rate of basic commodities also rose up and men's ego as to who brings the money no longer applies. Women also realize that earning money for personal luxuries is a sense of independence, an economic freedom, so to speak.
But the 2012 Global Employment Trends report of International Labour Organization showed a glaring reality. Despite the advancement in women's movement, unemployment rates in Southeast Asian Region continue to remain higher than men, estimated at 5.1 percent for women in 2011 compared with 4.41 percent for men. In Thailand and Philippines, however, the situation is reversed. Men have bigger chance to be unemployed than women. But these unemployed have reached tertiary level education and can afford to be unemployed.
Although unemployment in men is higher than women in Thailand and Philippines, "men are slightly higher in terms of wage and salary employment, while women are higher in vulnerable employment." Wage and salary workers, as ILO Philippines Director Lawrence Jeff Johnson explained, are those protected by the Labor Code and who have access to health insurance and social security benefits.
Those in vulnerable employment, includes sari-sari store owners and street vendors - low productivity jobs - who are not protected by the Labor code and are not covered by insurance or social security. And majority of these are women. Women who have to work as money their husbands bring home are not enough for the expenses of the family.
As the cutthroat world of economics continues, the role in the families also changed. Inflation rate of basic commodities also rose up and men's ego as to who brings the money no longer applies. Women also realize that earning money for personal luxuries is a sense of independence, an economic freedom, so to speak.
But the 2012 Global Employment Trends report of International Labour Organization showed a glaring reality. Despite the advancement in women's movement, unemployment rates in Southeast Asian Region continue to remain higher than men, estimated at 5.1 percent for women in 2011 compared with 4.41 percent for men. In Thailand and Philippines, however, the situation is reversed. Men have bigger chance to be unemployed than women. But these unemployed have reached tertiary level education and can afford to be unemployed.
Although unemployment in men is higher than women in Thailand and Philippines, "men are slightly higher in terms of wage and salary employment, while women are higher in vulnerable employment." Wage and salary workers, as ILO Philippines Director Lawrence Jeff Johnson explained, are those protected by the Labor Code and who have access to health insurance and social security benefits.
Those in vulnerable employment, includes sari-sari store owners and street vendors - low productivity jobs - who are not protected by the Labor code and are not covered by insurance or social security. And majority of these are women. Women who have to work as money their husbands bring home are not enough for the expenses of the family.
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