A/HRC/25/50/Add.1 Unemployment rate in per cent (June 2008 to June 2013) Source: Eurostat 47. As the figure above shows, the crisis has had a disproportionate impact on women. The rate of unemployment among women, currently estimated at 31.9 per cent, is 7 percentage points higher than that for men.50 In addition, there has been a strong increase in involuntary part-time work since 2008, in particular among women. Some 61 per cent of all part-timers did not choose this status, an increase of 16 per cent.51 48. According to the Ombudsman, there have been an increasing number of complaints relating to unfair dismissal due to pregnancy, indicating increased pressures on women to turn to unpaid work or the informal economy, thereby compounding inequalities.52 49. The economic crisis has also contributed to rising tensions in the informal sector, where a significant number of the estimated 470,000 irregular migrants are employed.53 These individuals face the risk of exposure to exploitative labour conditions. They also lack protection, as they have little access to legal redress mechanisms owing to fear of being detected by the authorities, detained and ultimately deported. The shooting of 33 migrant workers at a strawberry farm in Manolada in April 2013 following a labour dispute underscores the gravity of the problem. 50 51 52 53 14 Ibid. In June 2008, the difference was 6.1 per cent. ETUI, Benchmarking Working Europe 2013 (Brussels, ETUI aisbl, 2013), pp.12 and 65. See Greek Ombudsman, Gender and Labour Relations, Special Report 2011, executive summary, available from www.synigoros.gr/resources/docs/executive_summary.pdf. See A/HRC/23/46/Add.5, para. 4.