Jobs Report Shows Progress For Women On Key Measure

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'While the September jobs report released Tuesday was largely disappointing, it contained some good news for women, who saw the largest gain in public sector jobs in over three years.

Women gained 48,000 jobs in the public sector, reversing a trend that has made it harder for them to recover from the recession. It was the largest single-month gain for women since May 2010, according to an analysis by the National Women's Law Center, and put them far ahead of men, who lost 26,000 public sector jobs in September.

Since June 2009, women have gained 2.5 million private sector jobs, but lost 380,000 public sector jobs, while men gained 3.8 million private sector jobs over the same period and lost only 325,000 public sector jobs. Women's public sector losses have canceled out 14.8 percent of their private sector gains, while that figure is only 8.4 percent for men.
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Overall, the percentage of unemployed adult women ticked slightly down in September from 6.3 percent in August to 6.2 percent in September. The overall unemployment rate for people over the age of 16 is 7.2 percent.

"Now policymakers have a chance to craft a budget that ends sequestration, invests in job creation, and protects programs women and their families depend on," Robbins said. "Millions of hard-working women and families are counting on them.”'

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