UN recognizes Brazil for labor achievements
Women's participation rates in the workforce also rose from 54% to 58% in Brazil in the period - (Fernando Frazão/Agência Brasil)
Brazil has gained recognition in the UN Women's report, “Progress of the World’s Women 2015-2016: Transforming Economies, Realizing Rights”, for its achievements in the creation of decent work and the advancement of women's roles in the workplace. Decent work is defined as “work that delivers fair income, performed under conditions of freedom, equity, safety, and that provides for dignified life.”
The study, released Monday (Apr. 27), points out that between 2001 and 2009, 17 million new jobs were created in Brazil, out of which more than 10 million were under the regulatory formal employment contracts. According to the UN, Brazil's job creation achievements are the result of a set of economic and social policies that paved the way for inclusive growth.
Women's participation rates in the workforce also rose from 54% to 58% in Brazil in the period. The levels of social protection increased and the proportion of women with formal employment contracts increased from 30% to 35%. “The doubling of the minimum wage in the 2000s has also had a significant impact on gender pay gaps,” the report read.
“The rise in the real value of minimum wages has helped to reduce poverty and has contributed 66 per cent of the decline in inequality between 2000 and 2008. Social protection policies have also had a major impact: a further 16 per cent of the drop in inequality was due to the increase in pension benefits and 12 per cent to the Bolsa Familia social welfare programme,” it concluded.
Translated by Mayra Borges
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