Women account for a far smaller percentage of job applicants compared to men in public service, the lower chamber of Parliament has exposed. It called for an inquiry into the matter to understand the underlying reasons and what could be the appropriate response.
It made the resolution on March 13, as it adopted an analysis report from its Committee on Social Affairs.
Meanwhile, she said that the success rate in recruitment exams was the same for both men and women - estimated at eight percent of applicants.There was a problem processing your submission. Please try again later. Uwamariya indicated that the Chief Gender Monitor indicated that they agree with the findings of NPSC and also pointed out that though there was no problem in the selection of job applicants and winners, the number of female job seekers was smaller than their male counterparts.
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