You should spend no more than 20 minutes on this task. This line graph shows the percentage of women who were employed in four countries from 1985 to 2005. Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information. You should write at least 150 words.

The line chart illustrates the

number

of female employees in the USA, Korea, Afghanistan and France between 1985 and 2005.

Overall

, it can be seen that the percentage of women who were employed increased in all countries, with

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notable exception of Afghanistan, where

this

value decreased over time. In 1985, the USA and France stood at about 45% and 40% respectively. After that, France experienced a significant drop in

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the following

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5 years, by having three in ten women workers.

However

,

this

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steadily rose until the end of the period and made

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up one-half

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of

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the total

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employees. During the period from 1985 to 2005, America had six in ten lady members of the workplace, despite the past growth to

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of 65

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in 2000. Regarding other countries, the

number

of Afghan female workers dramatically fell to nearly zero in 2005, after

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a steady

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climb from 1985 to 1995.

On the other hand

,

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percentage moderately rose by 15% in Korea with some fluctuations,

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outnumbering Afghanistan as the third country with the most

number

of non-male members of staff.