Thanks.
Unemployment is the ratio of unemployed to labor force (employed + unemployed). Women's increased supply of labor (their demand to get a job) may also lead to higher rates.
But employment ratio is less volatile and has a more structural dimension, yet it when the employed gets unemploed, it drops. But when new people enter into labor for and can't find jobs, unemployment increases, but employment ratio stays the same.
Yet I see you point, cyclical downturn will impact employment ration. But I did go back and check, the low scoring countries (Italy, Greece, Turkey) never did well since 2000. (If you want to see for yourself, you have to choose "women" in gender and "total" in age.
http://stats.oecd.org/Index.aspx?DatasetCode=LFS_SEXAGE_I_R
That said, this indicator is not excellent because it is not what it was designed for.
But I thought if I had a daughter, what would I like her destination to be so that I can sleep without having nightmares. A country where majority of people speak English and where women are more socially integrated. I may be wrong.
But I am not a UN official. I am not a Travel Guide author. I would just be a father. I can't imagine anyone being impartial and say "daughter, I haven't been to all of them, it's your choice, wherever you go, make sure you have fun."
I also think SS should have been fine. But it all depends how alert you want to be and how much risk you want to take. For a risk taker, even the safest place will become dangerous. And as you have said, that was the mistake she did.
Those parts or those people might have deceptively seemed safe.
Sorry, I gotta go. I got a plane to catch in the morning. And I may not be able to respond to your reply till I'm back.
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