Title page -- Copyright page -- Acknowledgements -- Executive summary -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Gender gaps in the labour market have worsened -- The crisis increased an already large gender gap in unemployment -- Employment gaps have widened -- Gaps in labour force participation rates -- 3. Persistent differentials in the quality of employment: vulnerability and segregation -- Vulnerability: in most regions women had less access to paid employment -- Women face pervasive sectoral and occupational segregation -- 4. How can policies improve women's labour market outcomes? -- Crisis policies to reduce gender gaps -- Policy options to help equalize household decisions -- Policy reforms to address gender inequalities -- Bibliography -- Annex 1 Global and regional tables -- Annex 2 Note on global and regional estimates -- Annex 3 Global Employment Trends - Regional groupings -- Figures -- Figure 1. Global female and male unemployment, 2002-2017 -- Figure 2. Gender gaps in unemployment rate by region, 2000-2012 (%) -- Figure 3. Labour force participation rate by sex in 2012,* selected economies -- Figure 4. Distribution of female and male labour force participation rates, 1992 and 2012 -- Figure 5. Share of status in total employment by region and sex, 2012 -- Figure 6. Differences in average shares of 1-digit sector by sex in selected developed anddeveloping economies, latest year available after 2000 -- Figure 7. Differences in average shares of major occupational groups by sex in selecteddeveloped and developing economies, latest year available after 2000 -- Figure 8. Frequency of measures to reduce gender inequality, 2008-10 -- Tables -- Table 1. Gender gaps in unemployment rate, unemployment outflow and inflow hazardrates, 2005-07 averages -- Table 2. Gender gaps in employment-to-population ratios, 2002, 2007 and 2012.

Table 3 Global and regional employment growth rates by sex -- Table 4. Gender gaps in labour force participation rates, by region, 1992, 2002 and 2012 -- Table 5. Labour force participation rates by sex for youth and adults, world and regions (%) -- Table 6. Examples of crisis-related measures targeted at women -- Table 7. Summary of policies promoting gender equality -- Table A1. Unemployment rate by sex, world and regions (%)2000 2006 2007 -- Table A2. Unemployment rate by sex for youth and adults, world and regions (%) -- Table A4. Global employment and unemployment by sex, for total (15+), youth (15-24) and adult (25+) -- Table A3. Female unemployment rate projections, for world and regions, 2012-2016 (%) -- Table A5. Employment-to-population ratio by sex, world and regions (%) -- Table A6. Employment-to-population ratio by sex for youth and adults, world and regions (%) -- Table A8. Employment shares by sector and sex, world and regions (%) -- Table A9.Vulnerable employment shares by sex, world and regions (%)2000 2006 2007 2008 -- Table A7. Labour force participation rates by sex, world and regions (%) -- Boxes -- Box 1.What do we know about the impact of financial crises on gender inequality? -- Box 2. Accounting for time-related underemployment -- Box 3. What is the potential economic contribution if the gender gap in the employment-topopulationratio drops by 2017? -- Box 4. Occupational segregation and female labour force participation in India -- Box 5. Increasing female labour force participation through childcare provision: The case ofcommunity care in Colombia -- Box 6. Public childcare programmes targeted at the poor -- Box 7. Promoting involved fathers: The Parental Insurance Plan (QPIP) in Quebec(Canada) -- Box 8. "Men equal - Men different", a project in Europe -- Box 9. Effective proactive equal pay measures: the case of Sweden.

Box 10. Mainstreaming gender into public works: the case of India's Mahatma GandhiNational Rural Employment Guarantee (MGNREGP).