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.

The given line graph illustrates the percentage of women employed in four different countries between 1985 and 2005.

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, it is clearly seen that

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the USA, France and Korea experienced an upward trend,

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Afghanistan experienced a downward trend. In detail,

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started at 45%

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and increased gradually to 65% over the next 15 years.

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decreased slightly to 60% in 2005.In the case of France started at 40%, and

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sharply to 30%.After that, the proportion started to

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significantly to 50% in 1995.The

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steadily to 55% from 1990 to 2000,and maintained the same level until 2005. Turning to the

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for Korea started at 20%, and escalated rapidly to 30% between 1985 and 1995.Afterwards, the proportion jumped merely to 40% in the final year.Regarding, Afghanistan started at 30%

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and surged considerably to 40% over the next 10 years.The

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dropped steeply to 10% in 2000

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and reduced dramatically to just over 0% in 2005.