BEIRUT, June 1 (Xinhua) -- Childcare responsibilities limit Lebanese women's chances of pursuing a career, leaving the female labor force participation rate in Lebanon at less than 28 percent, said a UN report issued on Thursday.
A study done by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) found that women in Lebanon undertake 94 percent of childcare responsibilities, which makes their participation in the labor force around a third of the male rate only.
