Israel faces the threat of a labor shortage requiring efforts to bring more women into the country’s labor force, Giore Josephthal, Israel’s Minister of Labor, reported last night.
In a report or manpower and employment to the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, he reported that only 27 percent of Israel women over the age of 14 were gainfully employed and that only half were in full-time work. He said that the contribution of Israel’s working women to the economy was much less than that of women in European countries.
He proposed increased government allocations for vocational training to women. He also reported that 60 percent of new immigrants were being sent to development centers.
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