Women, Poverty & Economics
The sweeping social and economic changes that have affected Central and
Advocates feel that inadequate attention is given to women’s deteriorating position in employment and its disproportionate adverse impacts, including feminized poverty and increased risk of trafficking. Women have difficulty accessing, re-entering or remaining in the labour force due to socio-cultural factors and the real challenges of reconciling work and family life.
The few advantages that were the legacy of socialism, such as free child care, generous maternity leave, less occupational segregation and more equal access to education are eroding under the transition to a market economy.
Across its programmatic activities, UNIFEM CEE seeks to reconcile the issues related with economic deterioration and poverty to gender issues at different levels. Following are the key areas in which UNIFEM is active in addressing these issues, and providing support to women throughout the region in facing these challenges:
