Almost half of the working age women in SA are out of the labour force compared with 35.6% of their male counterparts, the latest quarterly labour survey shows. File photo.The labour market continues to favour men and shows no signs of making real progress towards improving prospects for women.The productive potential of women in the labour market remains unused.
Occupations that contributed the largest share of employment among women include elementary , sales and services , clerk , domestic workers and technician in Q2:2022.The second quarter saw a decrease in the youth unemployment rate by 1.3 percentage points to 46.5%.decrease of 0.6 of a percentage point from 34.5% in the first quarter of the year.
The unemployment rate according to the expanded definition of unemployment also decreased by 1.4 percentage points to 44.1 % in the second quarte compared with the first quarter.