More than half the world's working women are trapped in insecure jobs, often without protection from labor laws...These are some of the key findings in the first report issued by the new U.N. agency, UN Women, entitled "Progress of the World's Women: In Pursuit of Justice,"...While women have achieved greater economic empowerment through laws that prohibit discriminatory practices, guarantee equal pay and provide for maternity and paternity leave, the report said 53 percent of working women — 600 million in total — are in vulnerable jobs such as self-employment, domestic work, or unpaid work for family businesses which often lack the protection of labor laws. It said women are still paid up to 30 percent less than men in some of the 117 countries that have laws guaranteeing equal pay in the workplace. UN Women stressed that laws must be enforced if women are to achieve equality, but pointed to many barriers.