Forty percent of women between the age of 15-25 are unemployed, says HRCM
10 Mar 2011, 2:35 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
The Human Rights Commission of the Maldives (HRCM) has published a report revealing that more than two thirds of the Maldivian population are unemployed, with only 110,000 of the country’s 350,000 population holding paid jobs.
Women are particularly affected, HRCM noted, with women holding only 37 percent of those jobs. Forty percent of women between the age of 15-25 are unemployed, HRCM stated.
Of the 124 senior government positions, women filled 28 positions, HRCM noted. Females also hold 12.5 percent of roles in independent commissions, 3.85 percent in parliament, 1.9 percent in the judiciary, 2.3 percent in the military, and 1.6 percent in the police force.
“The government should give high priority to training [women] and conducting awareness programs to make women more active in employment,’’ said HRCM. ‘’It is necessary that there are job opportunities for females in the islands and opportunities for females to train for jobs at atoll and island level.’’
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