Australia also created, virtually from nothing, a significant female workforce engaged in direct war production.

The mill's all female workforce peaked at 2,000, many of whom were Irish immigrants.

Two-thirds of the urban female workforce are engaged in commerce and services, 13 the two main categories which cover the informal sector.

She called for an education campaign aimed at men, who needed to face competition from the female workforce she wanted to unleash.

The acts themselves would have affected a large proportion of the female workforce in Britain.

It was noted for having a mostly, almost exclusively, female workforce for much of its history.

If industry wants to retain its increasingly-important female workforce, employers must be sympathetic to the needs of women to balance work and family life'.

Most of the female workforce is employed in the sale of food and household goods.

We are well aware that this sector creates new jobs, especially for the female workforce.

Part-time work has represented the most important element of the development of the female workforce in the 1990s.