📋 Tender Overview
The ILO celebrates this years International Womens Day by advocating for large-scale investments in a package of care leave and services that benefit workers children families businesses societies and the planet.Worldwide women are in charge of family care and household chores. This kind of care is without pay and nowadays is getting more recognized.Working womanThe Department of Labor and Investigation DAO shares the message of ILO and presents some recent statistics about the position of women in the Aruban labor marketWomen comprise 51.4 of the workforce at the end of 2021. In 2019 it was 51.9.Approximately 49 of women worked for more than 5 years for the same employer.The majority of female workers 28 work in the hospitality sector commerce wholesale and retail and car repair 15The number of families receiving welfare comprises 60 women at the end of 2020. This amount increased in 2019 by 20.Unemployment under women increased from 6.2 in 2019 to 8.0 in 2020.The participation rate of women in the workforce decreased from 58.7 in 2019 to 50.2 in 2020.The number of inactive women increases from 2019 to 2020 by 30. This is approximately 5500 persons.The percentage of working women 15 years and older decreased from 55.7 in 2019 to 46.2 in 2020.DAO congratulates all women on this day for their extraordinary achievements and contributions to Arubas economy. The COVID-19 pandemic hindered this work progress of women.However positivism and determinations will recover from this trying period and continue to prosper. DAO will continue with its efforts to protect and optimize the position of women in the labor market.
