The “Global Employment Trends for Women” by the International Labour Organisation (ILO), suggests that there is a gender aspect too, which is associated with the global economic downturn in terms of its impact on jobs. The report includes a new category called the vulnerable employed to denote own-account workers and unpaid family workers. These workers are in the informal or unorganised sector and are characterised by insecurity of employment, and have no social security, bargaining power or decent wages.