Women hardest hit by financial crisis
A new report to be released by ACTU president Sharan Burrow at the Industrial Relations Society World Congress in Sydney today is expected to find women will be hardest hit by the financial crisis.
Crisis widens job market gap for women Updated: 08:23, Wednesday December 12, 2012 Women have always faced higher unemployment rates than men, and the sluggish global economy in recent years has only made the situation worse, the International Labour Organisation says.