Marking International Workers Day, PCBS says COVID-19 left its mark on the Palestinian labor market
Marking International Workers Day, PCBS says COVID-19 left its mark on the Palestinian labor market
RAMALLAH, Thursday, April 29, 2021 (WAFA) – On the occasion of the International Workers’ Day, which coincides on May 1, the president of the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), Ola Awad, said the Covid-19 pandemic has affected the Palestinian economy significantly, especially the labor market.
She said its impact was greatest on the most vulnerable groups in the labor market in particular, and the most important of these are:
Women in the private sector; The number of women working in the private sector decreased from 109,000 in 2019 to about 98,000 in 2020.