Malta has the EU’s highest employment gender gap, with 44 per cent of women working against 73 per cent of men, a study has shown.

The employment rate for women across the EU in 2012 was 58.5 per cent compared with 69.6 per cent of men, according to a Eurostat poll released for International Women’s Day. Italy had the second-highest gap (47 per cent women/66.5 per cent men) followed by Greece (42 per cent/60.6 per cent).

A closer look at Malta showed 26 per cent of women worked part-time compared with 5.7 per cent of men.

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