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The International Labor¹ Organization warns the economic crisis is expected to increase the number of unemployed² people worldwide between 24 million and 52 million, of which 22 million would be women. At the same time, the ILO reports the deepening recession will make it even more difficult for women to find decent work.
　
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Last year, nearly half of the three billion people employed around the world were women. The International Labor Organization reports the global unemployment rate for women in 2008 was 6.3 percent compared to 5.9 percent for men.

Executive Director of the ILO Employment Sector³, Jose Salazar, says things will get worse this year. He says the global unemployment rate for women could reach 7.4 percent, compared to seven percent for men.

"By the end of 2008, working poverty, vulnerable employment and unemployment were beginning to rise as the effects of the economic slowdown spread. With the deepening of the recession in 2009, the global jobs crisis is expected to worsen sharply. Furthermore, we can expect that for many of those who manage to keep a job, earnings⁴ and other conditions of employment will deteriorate⁵. In most regions, the impact of the economic crisis in terms of unemployment is expected to be more detrimental⁶ for females than for males. This is most clearly seen in Latin America and the Caribbean," he said.

Salazar adds the only regions where unemployment rates are expected to be less detrimental for women are East Asia, the developed economies, non-European Union South Eastern nations as well as the countries of the former Soviet⁷ Union.

He says the women in these regions suffer less from unemployment because there was less pronounced gender⁸ inequality there preceding the current crisis.

"Apart from the rising unemployment, the economic slowdown is likely to have more important impacts in labor markets in developing regions. Vulnerable employment is expected to rise in 2009 for both men and women, with the impact relatively⁹ more severe for men in all scenarios¹⁰ at the global level," he said.

The ILO says more men than women have lost jobs in Western countries. For instance, recent data from the United States shows the economic crisis is hitting men particularly hard. It finds the relative employment losses for men were larger than for women in most sectors¹¹ of the economy.

The ILO report says men make up two-thirds or more of rich-country workers in mining, manufacturing, energy, construction and transportation. All have been hit hard by the economic downturn.

1 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。

2 unemployed   

adj.失业的，没有工作的；未动用的，闲置的

参考例句：

• There are now over four million unemployed workers in this country.这个国家现有四百万失业人员。
• The unemployed hunger for jobs.失业者渴望得到工作。

3 sector   

n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形

参考例句：

• The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
• The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。

4 earnings   

n.工资收人；利润，利益，所得

参考例句：

• That old man lives on the earnings of his daughter.那个老人靠他女儿的收入维持生活。
• Last year there was a 20% decrease in his earnings.去年他的收入减少了20%。

5 deteriorate   

v.变坏；恶化；退化

参考例句：

• Do you think relations between China and Japan will continue to deteriorate?你认为中日关系会继续恶化吗？
• He held that this would only cause the situation to deteriorate further.他认为，这只会使局势更加恶化。

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 Soviet   

adj.苏联的，苏维埃的；n.苏维埃

参考例句：

• Zhukov was a marshal of the former Soviet Union.朱可夫是前苏联的一位元帅。
• Germany began to attack the Soviet Union in 1941.德国在1941年开始进攻苏联。

8 gender   

n.（生理上的）性，（名词、代词等的）性

参考例句：

• French differs from English in having gender for all nouns.法语不同于英语，所有的名词都有性。
• Women are sometimes denied opportunities solely because of their gender.妇女有时仅仅因为性别而无法获得种种机会。

9 relatively   

adv.比较...地，相对地

参考例句：

• The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
• The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。

10 scenarios   

n.[意]情节；剧本；事态；脚本

参考例句：

• Further, graphite cores may be safer than non-graphite cores under some accident scenarios. 再者，根据一些事故解说，石墨堆芯可比非石墨堆芯更安全一些。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法
• Again, scenarios should make it clear which modes are acceptable to users in various contexts. 同样，我们可以运用场景剧本来搞清楚在不同情境下哪些模式可被用户接受。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

11 sectors   

n.部门( sector的名词复数 )；领域；防御地区；扇形

参考例句：

• Berlin was divided into four sectors after the war. 战后柏林分成了4 个区。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Industry and agriculture are the two important sectors of the national economy. 工业和农业是国民经济的两个重要部门。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》