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"Globalization relies
heavily on the labor of women, both waged and
unwaged, in formal sectors and in the home, in
manufacturing and in public and private services.
Around the world, women's share of total industrial
labor rarely exceeds 30 to 40 percent, but the
percentage of women workers in export-processing
zones producing textiles, garments, and electronics
components can be as high as 90 percent. In public
services, women's share worldwide has grown 30 to 50
percent at a time when public sector wages, like
industrial wages, have been declining. As world
trade in services has increased so has the
involvement of women in various occupations and
professions of the services sector. Women have made
impressive inroads into professional services such
as law, banking, accounting, computing, and
architecture; in tourism-related occupations; and in
the information services". This phenomenon has been
termed the “feminization of labor” by Guy
Standing. |
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