Gender Equity Indicators

Seats held by women in national government (%)

Election -3
Election -2
Election -1
Last election	0.9

Women senior level officials in Government (%)

	Total employed			Employed in wage job
Sector	Persons	Males	Females	Persons	Males	Females
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100
Legislators, senior officials & Mangers	4.3	5.6	2.1	5.1	5.8	3.3
Professionals	6	5.7	6.6	9	7.2	13.9
Teaching & associate professional	10.8	11.8	9.1	15.7	14.6	18.6
Clerks	9	5.9	14.4	13.4	7.4	30
Service workers, shop & market sales workers	11.6	11.9	11.1	14	13.4	15.6
Agricultural, animal & fishery workers	21.3	14.5	33.1	1.2	1.4	0.8
Craft & building trade workers	11.8	17.2	2.6	15.3	19.8	2.5
Plant & machine operators & assemblers	5.5	8.2	0.8	7.6	9.7	1.7
Elementary occupations	19.6	19.2	20.3	18.8	20.7	13.7

Citizen labour force participation rate by sector and sex

	2000			1990
Sector	Persons	Males	Females	Persons	Males	Females
Total	67.5	68.4	66.7	68.8	76.7	60.1
Urban	48.4	58.7	36.2	56.2	72.4	34.8
Rural	70.4	69.9	70.9	71.1	77.5	64.3