45% of employed women earn R1 000 a month or less. 27% of employed men earn R1 000 or less. (Labour Force Survey 2005)

This week’s theme: Women in the Workforce

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• Backwards, AND in high heels 19% of employed women run their own businesses compared to 16%...
• A woman's work is formally done Women account for 43% of the workforce overall. In the formal...
• Low income in the formal and informal sector 70% of those employed in the informal sector earn R1,000 or...
• A woman's place is in the workforce There are 5.3 million employed women in South Africa. Around 3...
• Expanding the gender imbalance Using the expanded definition of unemployment, 77% of women aged 25...