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The Story Behind the Numbers: Women and Employment in Central and Eastern Europe and the Western Commonwealth of Independent States

By on January 01, 2006

The Story Behind the Numbers explores the position of These conflicting findings echo the ongoing debate in the women in the labour market in the countries of Central and academic world, where some analysts argue that women's Eastern Europe (CEE) and the Western Commonwealth of labour force position has been harmed by the Independent States (CIS). The analysis is based on data transformations in Eastern Europe, and that they are from the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe bearing the burden of social changes to a disproportionate (UNECE) Gender Statistics Database, which contains extent (e.g., Funk 2004; LaFont 2001; Einhorn 1993), while comprehensive sex-disaggregated statistics for the region. The goals of this report are threefold: - To understand the impact of recent political, economic and social changes in the region on women's economic well-being and thereby shed light on the differing evaluations offered by recent reports on women in the region.
- To show the utility of the UNECE dataset as a source of comparable data on women and men in the region and to highlight needed improvements in the availability and quality of data on women and men in the region.
- To identify directions for policies to improve the comprehensiveness and detail of the data being used and economic situation of women in the region. WIEGO's Joann Vanek contributed as an author and advisor for this publication.

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UNIFEM. The Story Behind the Numbers: Women and Employment in Central and Eastern Europe and the Western Commonwealth of Independent States. , , . United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), 2006. UNIFEM. (2006). The Story Behind the Numbers: Women and Employment in Central and Eastern Europe and the Western Commonwealth of Independent States. , , . UNIFEM. "The Story Behind the Numbers: Women and Employment in Central and Eastern Europe and the Western Commonwealth of Independent States." United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM), 2006, .UNIFEM. "The Story Behind the Numbers: Women and Employment in Central and Eastern Europe and the Western Commonwealth of Independent States." (2006). UNIFEM 2006, 'The Story Behind the Numbers: Women and Employment in Central and Eastern Europe and the Western Commonwealth of Independent States', . UNIFEM, 'The Story Behind the Numbers: Women and Employment in Central and Eastern Europe and the Western Commonwealth of Independent States' (2006). UNIFEM. The Story Behind the Numbers: Women and Employment in Central and Eastern Europe and the Western Commonwealth of Independent States. . 2006. UNIFEM. The Story Behind the Numbers: Women and Employment in Central and Eastern Europe and the Western Commonwealth of Independent States. . 2006. , .

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