it presents indicators for women s participation in economic and production activity and analyses the characteristics of womens employment it also includes an analysis of female and male time use in paid and unpaid activities an issue connected to the sexual division of labour and the reinforcement of traditional gender roles something that affects the real potential for women to enter and remain in paid employment accordingly the third and fourth sections examine respectively women s participation in jobs with higher average pay executive positions and womens empowerment and economic autonomy female entrepreneurs