National Commission for the Promotion of Equality UNLOCKING THE FEMALE POTENTIAL RESEARCH Report Entrepreneurs and Vulnerable Workers in Malta & Gozo Economic Independence for the Maltese Female Analysing Inactivity from a Gender Perspective Gozitan Women in Employment xcv Copyright © National Commission for the Promotion of Equality (NCPE), 2012 National Commission for the Promotion of Equality (NCPE) Gattard House, National Road, Blata l-Bajda HMR 9010 - Malta Tel: +356 2590 3850 Email:
[email protected] www.equality.gov.mt All rights reserved. Except for the quotation of short passages for the purpose of research and review, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the author and publisher. Published in 2012 by the National Commission for the Promotion of Equality Production: Outlook Coop ISBN: 978-99909-89-44-1 2 National Commission for the Promotion of Equality FOREWORD Dear reader, NCPE’s commitment to eliminating gender equality in Malta comes forth again with this research exercise. As you will read in the following pages, through the European Social Fund project – ESF 3.47 Unlocking the Female Potential, NCPE has embarked on a mission to further understand certain realities that limit the involvement of women in the labour market. Throughout this research, we have sought to identify the needs of specific female target groups that make up the national context.