rural islands limits women’s employment opportunities to informal production of small-scale home-based work, casual agriculture and fish processing.96 42. Employment in the informal sector remained higher among women, which signified that most were without stable income, paid leave and pension.97 Women and youth were more affected by labour underutilization resulting in significant gender gap.98 Informal Sector 25% 16% . Figure 19. Women’s representation in informal sector. NBS,2016 99 43. There is a paradoxical combination of labour shortages with high unemployment rates, especially among women and youth due to cultural stigma associated with certain occupations, limited skills in local labour force and inclination towards non-acceptance of physically demanding and low-paying jobs.100 Similarly reproductive roles indicated that women remained at an unfair disadvantage despite legislative standards in effect to facilitate access to employment. 44. Women remain hesitant to report sexual harassment cases at workplace. The reasons for non-action by people who were subjected to harassment were because some considered it as normal behaviour while few remained apprehensive over disbelief. 101 Additionally, lack of supporting evidence remains a challenge to prove cases lodged to sexual harassment committees established by the respective government offices. 45. LFP of WwD is 23.9% and they were more likely to work in informal sector.102 Moreover, accessibility difficulties, limitations in inclusive workplaces remain as impediments faced by PwD to earn a livelihood. Figure 20. Labour Force indicators by disability status. NBS,2019.103 20