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Working insurence for Asian women

亚洲妇女工作保障

This year, the annual meeting of the Commission on the Status of Women has a new focus: the global economic downturn. Economists² say that in financial crises women are of the first to be fired, including for example, those in Africa engaged in exports like the sale of cut flowers to Europe.

今年的联合国妇女地位委员会年度会议关注的新焦点是全球经济衰退。经济学家说,在金融危机时期，女性通常首先被解雇,包括在非洲从事将鲜切花出口到 欧洲的女性等。

Among those attending the meeting in New York are government officials, UN agencies, and non-government organizations. Much of the debate this year centers on the global economic slowdown.

会议在纽约举行,参加会议的有政府官员、联合国机构以及非 政府组织。今年的讨论大部分集中在全球经济衰退问题上。

Across Asia women are bearing the brunt of the global economic downturn as export manufacturers shed workers. The United Nation’s International Labor³ Organization and labor rights groups say Asian governments need to boost social protection programs for women and workers vulnerable to the global recession.

由于制造出口产品的企业纷纷裁员,亚洲各地女性承受全球经 济危机的冲击尤其严重。联合国国际劳工组织和劳工权益组织说，亚洲各国政府需要加强社会保障项目，向经济衰退中处于弱势的工人群体和妇女提供保障。

Asia’s export-driven growth over the past 30 years has drawn⁴ millions of women into the work force, making consumer goods for the world. The work lifted families out of poverty and gave women greater independence and opportunities.

近30年来,外贸出口引领了亚洲的经济增长,数百万妇女加入了出口企业的劳动大军,为全世界生产消费品。她们的工作使家庭免于贫困,让她们更加独立,并陚予她们更多的机会。

Now the global economic downturn means tens of thousands of women are losing their jobs, as slow demand forces factories making everything from clothes to electronics to shut down.

由于全球经济衰退的到来，需求戚少迫使制衣厂、电子厂等各类制造业工厂纷纷倒闭，数以万计的妇女正在失去工作。

Kee Beom Kim, an economist¹ with the United Nation's International Labour Organization, says women in export industries the region are especially vulnerable to the current economic climate. Kim says the consequences are wide ranging.

联合国国际劳工组织的经济学家金基范(音)说，亚洲外贸企业的女工是目前经济环境下最容易受到冲击的一个群体,而且其影响是广泛的。

“They have lost their jobs and without a job, in some cases for those who are poor their food and their health consumption decrease; we see that children are being withdrawn⁵ from school，” said Kim. “In the garment industries reduced working hours basically means less take home pay of course a detrimental⁶ effect on consumption.”

“她们失去了工作。对那些贫困人口来说,没有工作,她们在食品和医疗方面的消费都在减少。我们看到孩子们被迫退学.在制衣厂，工时减少意味着能拿回家的钱也在减少——当然，这不利于促进消费。”

China, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Cambodia are some of the countries where exports account for a large proportion of national output. A slowdown in foreign investment and a decline in remittances⁸ from overseas workers worsen the poor economic climate for women workers.

在中国、新加坡、马来西亚、泰国和柬埔寨等国,外贸出口在国家工业产出中占据很大的比例。外国投资的减缓以及在海外工作的家人的汇款的减少更是让这些女工的经济情况雪上加霜。

The ILO warns that unemployment across the Asia-Pacific region could rise by over 25 million this year, to more than 110 million across the region. '

国际劳工组织瞀告说,亚洲和太平洋地区今年的失业人口将增加2500万人以上，整个地区的失业人口因此将超过1.1亿人。

United Nations data show the region accounts for around two-third of the world's total employment, China, India, Indonesia, Russia, Bangladesh, Japan and Pakistan make up flae bulk of that work force.

联合国的数据显示,亚太地区就业人口占全球就业人口的2/3,其中绝大部分来自中国、印度、印度尼西亚、俄罗斯、孟加拉国、日本和巴基斯坦。

Lucia Victor Jayaseelan, executive coordinator⁹ with the Committee for Asian Women, says in Cambodia she recently met women from the hard-hit garment industry, who face uncertain futures¹⁰.

亚洲妇女委员会的总协调员卢西亚维克多贾亚辛兰表示，她最近在柬埔寨见到了一些受到经济危机冲击的制衣厂的女工，她们的未来是个未知数。

“They were working without pay because feey couldn’t go home，” said Jayaseelan. “And they were so used to working and hoping and believing that the industries, the factories would be giving them some money at some point. Three months no salary; which meant they had to live, pay their rent, school for their children, remit⁷ money back to rural areas—all that went.”

因为不能回家,即使没有报酬她们也一直在工作。她们已经习惯工作了,她们希望而且相信工厂在某个时间会给她们一些钱的。3个月没有领到工资,但她们必须生活,必须支付房租，为孩子交学费,往农村的家里寄钱等等。”

The ILO and labor rights workers are calling on regional governments to boost social protection programs, especially those that can help women laid off from work. They also say government economic stimulus¹¹ packages need to focus on building up rural infrastructure¹² that would most benefit women and children.

国际劳工组织和劳工权益工作者呼吁亚太地区政府加强社会保障项目，特别是可以帮助失业女工的项目。他们还说,政府的经济刺激计划必须以建设乡村基础设施为主，只有这样妇女和儿童才会获得最大的好处。

1 economist   

n.经济学家，经济专家，节俭的人

参考例句：

• He cast a professional economist's eyes on the problem.他以经济学行家的眼光审视这个问题。
• He's an economist who thinks he knows all the answers.他是个经济学家，自以为什么都懂。

2 economists   

n.经济学家，经济专家( economist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The sudden rise in share prices has confounded economists. 股价的突然上涨使经济学家大惑不解。
• Foreign bankers and economists cautiously welcomed the minister's initiative. 外国银行家和经济学家对部长的倡议反应谨慎。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。

4 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

5 withdrawn   

vt.收回；使退出；vi.撤退，退出

参考例句：

• Our force has been withdrawn from the danger area.我们的军队已从危险地区撤出。
• All foreign troops should be withdrawn to their own countries.一切外国军队都应撤回本国去。

6 detrimental   

adj.损害的，造成伤害的

参考例句：

• We know that heat treatment is detrimental to milk.我们知道加热对牛奶是不利的。
• He wouldn't accept that smoking was detrimental to health.他不相信吸烟有害健康。

7 remit   

v.汇款，汇寄；豁免（债务），免除（处罚等）

参考例句：

• I hope you'll remit me the money in time.我希望你能及时把钱汇寄给我。
• Many immigrants regularly remit money to their families.许多移民定期给他们的家人汇款。

8 remittances   

n.汇寄( remittance的名词复数 )；汇款，汇款额

参考例句：

• He sends regular remittances to his parents. 他定期汇款给他父母。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Remittances sometimes account for as much as 20% of GDP. 在这些国家中，此类汇款有时会占到GDP的20%之多。 来自互联网

9 coordinator   

n.协调人

参考例句：

• The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, headed by the Emergency Relief Coordinator, coordinates all UN emergency relief. 联合国人道主义事务协调厅在紧急救济协调员领导下，负责协调联合国的所有紧急救济工作。
• How am I supposed to find the client-relations coordinator? 我怎么才能找到客户关系协调员的办公室？

10 futures   

n.期货，期货交易

参考例句：

• He continued his operations in cotton futures.他继续进行棉花期货交易。
• Cotton futures are selling at high prices.棉花期货交易的卖价是很高的。

11 stimulus   

n.刺激，刺激物，促进因素，引起兴奋的事物

参考例句：

• Regard each failure as a stimulus to further efforts.把每次失利看成对进一步努力的激励。
• Light is a stimulus to growth in plants.光是促进植物生长的一个因素。

12 infrastructure   

n.下部构造，下部组织，基础结构，基础设施

参考例句：

• We should step up the development of infrastructure for research.加强科学基础设施建设。
• We should strengthen cultural infrastructure and boost various types of popular culture.加强文化基础设施建设，发展各类群众文化。