Women in jobs or seeking work in the Philippines made up just under half the wor...
FILE PHOTO: Contractual employees ride on an escalator after taking a break at a mall in Baguio city in northern Philippines August 5, 2016. REUTERS/Erik De Castro/File Photo
The Philippine rate of 46% in 2018 pushed its female labor participation below regional peers, such as Indonesia at 52%, Malaysia at 51% and Myanmar with 48%, highlighting the need to fight workplace stereotyping and discrimination. Such a low rate could eventually hurt economic development and hold back the progress of women’s rights in the Philippines.
In the family-oriented Philippines, women often quit work after getting married or having children, particularly during the peak childbearing ages from 25 to 29.
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