Expresses concern that global unemployment stood at 197 million in 2015, representing an increase of nearly 1 million compared with the previous year and of about 27 million compared with 2007, and about the severe impact that the international economic and financial crisis has had in that regard, and notes with concern that the global level of women’s participation in the labour force is 27 per cent lower than that of men;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations Human Rights Council
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Gender
Person(s) affected
Men
Women
Year
2016
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
HRC resolution, The right to work (2016), A/HRC/RES/31/15, OP 13.