Invisible workers: women, redundancy and unemployment

Abstract

The methods of gathering unemployment statistics in New Zealand effectively render large numbers of women invisible - women who have lost their jobs or are seeking work often do not get recorded as unemployed. The extent of redundancy and unemployment amongst women only begins to become apparent when a range of surveys and industry studies are drawn together. This article reports the results of a study of women made redundant after the Mosgiel closure. The paper reveals the deverstating effect which unemployment has on women's lives.