The initial impact of the global economic crisis on employment, which has left at least 27 million people without jobs, has been well documented. However the crisis has also pushed more people, and particularly women into precarious and informal working arrangements.
A new report explores how a long-term trend towards more atypical, precarious and insecure working arrangements, has been accelerated by the economic downturn. It also identifies that this trend has a gender dimension, negatively affecting women in particular - driving down their wages and pushing them into economic insecurity.