Labour Force Participation

Labour force participation rate is the proportion of the population ages of 15 and older that is economically active. It refers to the people who supply themselves as labour for the production of goods and services during a specific period. According to International Labour Organization (ILO), there are approximately 52.6 million people are currently employed as a domestic workers around the world in year 2010. From the number, there are about 83% of the domestic workers are made up from the female labours and approximately 41% of domestic workers are employed in Asia. The number of female workers is believed to increase gradually over time and they have become a substantial portion of most national labour market. Female labour force participation

Firstly, younger female workers are believed to be more responsive to the female labour participation. This is because younger and healthier women are better able to increase their working hours, especially in the occupations requiring physical strengths. Besides, unmarried women are more likely to participate in labour force market as well as they are lack of husband’s income to sustain their daily well-being. Married women are less likely to join into the labour force market as they are focusing on family caring and they are more likely to depend on their husband’s income. In general, the female labour force participation rate is lower than the males, especially in the urban area, is because there are fewer work opportunities for them. However, in the rural areas, there are more female are working as a labour because rural areas are more focusing on informal sectors and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). Thus, the time for working is rather not bounded and more flexible and it caused the female able to divide themselves in between the work and family time. Plus, women with higher education level are appeared to be more likely to participate in the labour force as they can join to a better job and earn better

Policies should be taken more seriously and be considered in both supply and demand side dimensions, including accessibility of women to get better education and training programs, childcare services and other supportive institutions and legal measures to ease the burden of domestic duties, improve women safety, encourage them to involve themselves more in the private sector development in industriesand increase job opportunities form them in the developing