Risks and Consequences of Women’s Unemployment in Rural Communities from Romania. Results of an Empirical Study in Dolj County
Risks and Consequences of Women’s Unemployment in Rural Communities from Romania. Results of an Empirical Study in Dolj County

Summary/Abstract: This article presents, in a sociological approach, the analysis of the issue of women`s unemployment, a topic that plays an important part both on the European public policies` agenda, as well as in the current sociological research and studies, which aim at increasing the rate of employment for the vulnerable categories of population. The importance of this topic derives from the fact that female persons in the rural areas are considered to be a vulnerable social category, usually confronted with several obstacles regarding employment, lacking the same acces as those in the urban areas to financial, educational and training resources that would allow them to improve the quality of life or to evolve in a proffesion. The article also presents the results of a quantitative research carried out in three rural communities in Dolj county (the SouthWest Oltenia Region) which are facing high or severe risk of marginalization, and in which one of the issues that require attention is women`s unemployment, especially long-term unemployment.

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