That was the message yesterday from women in labour organisations to Holyrood's Equal Opportunities Committee.
The statistics speak for themselves. Female unemployment is at a 23-year high. Unemployment in Scotland is higher than in the UK and in the three months to December nearly 400 women north of the Border were handed their P45s every single day. Since the summer two-thirds of those being put out of work have been women. Their skills are going to waste while the economy flounders.
Women bear the biggest burden
WOMEN are the hidden victims of Scotland's stagnating economy and without urgent action that situation is going to get a lot worse.
That was the message yesterday from women in labour organisations to Holyrood's Equal Opportunities Committee.
The statistics speak for themselves. Female unemployment is at a 23-year high. Unemployment in Scotland is higher than in the UK and in the three months to December nearly 400 women north of the Border were handed their P45s every single day. Since the summer two-thirds of those being put out of work have been women. Their skills are going to waste while the economy flounders.
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Don't show me this again.