Acknowledgements

This report was written by María Elena Vicario, with research assistance by Linda Yumei and Jane Ching. Melisa Gutiérrez provided administrative assistance. The report was prepared under the supervision of and edited by Sandra Polaski.

The Secretariat acknowledges the assistance of the following agencies:

The National Administrative Offices of Canada, Mexico and the United States

Canada: Statistics Canada; Human Resources Development Canada,Women's Bureau and Applied Research Branch, Strategic Policy

Mexico: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática (INEGI); Secretaría del Trabajo y Previsión Social (STPS), Subsecretaría de Trabajo (antes Subsecretaría A) y Subsecretaría de Capacitación, Productividad y Empleo (antes Subsecretaría B).

United States: Bureau of Labor Statistics; US Department of Labor, Women's Bureau

The Labor Secretariat of the Commission for Labor Cooperation is solely responsible for the contents of this report. Nothing in this report necessarily reflects the views of the Council of Ministers or of any government agency.

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