The proportion of women in the formal sector is very minimal. According to Ajir I. in “Women Empowerment and Work: The Challenges of the 21^st Century”, statistics indicate that in the Federal Civil Service (which is the highest employer in the country), women are mostly found in the junior categories. Women are mainly involved in petty trading, selling wares in the market and street hawking in urban areas. According to those statistics, 78% of women are mostly engaged in the informal sector, which are farming, and petty trading. Despite this, their contribution is not commensurate monetarily. The women’s unpaid labor is twice that of men, and its economic value is estimated to be up to 30% of the nation’s Gross National Product. In some establishments women are not allowed to get married or pregnant because it is thought that it will reduce their productivity and of course profit. The legal protection granted by the constitution and the Labour Act has little or no effect in the informal sector – agriculture and domestic services where the vast majority of women are employed.