Fact sheet: labour

• Only 47% of working age females are currently active on the labour market, compared to 86% of males [NRVA 2007/8]

• In the agricultural sector, women are paid an average 54% of wages paid to men

• On a national average, women make up 70% of all manufacturing workers and 44% of agricultural workers [NRVA 2007/8]

• Women earn an average 49% of wages paid to men in non-farm occupations [UNIFEM]

• In 2004, 5.6% of businesses in Afghanistan were run by women [UNIFEM]