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STATE DEPT.: U.N. STUDY SAYS GROWING NUMBER OF WOMEN EMPLOYED IN LATIN AMERICA
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US Fed News Service, Including US State News
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March 3, 2006
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The U.S. Department of State's International Information Programs issued the following press release:
By Eric Green Washington File Staff Writer
A new study by the United Nations finds that an increasing number of women now hold jobs in Latin America's urban areas, rising from 39 percent of the total working population in 1990 to 44.7 percent in 2002.
The study was released by the U.N. International Labor Organization (ILO) to commemorate International Women's Day, which occurs each year on March 8. (See related article at http://usinfo.state.gov/scv/Archive/2005/May/17-529009.html.)
The study attributes the boom in female participation in the labor market to better schooling, urban growth, ...