Programs Promoting Young Women's Employment : What Works?

The World Bank is launching an initiative aimed at addressing the economic needs of adolescent girls and young women in poor or post-conflict countries. Working together with governments, donors, foundations, and private sector partners, the Bank p...

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Main Author:	Katz, Elizabeth
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	ABORTION ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO INFORMATION ADOLESCENT GIRLS ADOLESCENT REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH ADOLESCENTS AGE GROUP ATTRITION AVERAGE WAGE BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE BOTH SEXES CHILD CARE CHILDBEARING CLASSROOM CLASSROOM TRAINING COMMUNICATION CAMPAIGN COMMUNITY PROGRAMS CURRICULA CURRICULUM DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DISABILITY DISEASES DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DOWNWARD PRESSURE DRIVERS DROPOUT DROPOUT RATES EARLY CHILDHOOD EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION EARLY MARRIAGE EARNING ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT ECONOMIC MOBILITY ECONOMIC NEEDS ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES ELECTRICIANS EMPLOYMENT CREATION EMPLOYMENT POLICIES EMPLOYMENT PROBABILITIES EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS EMPLOYMENT TRAINING ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT RATES ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS ENTREPRENEURSHIP TRAINING EQUAL ACCESS EQUAL PARTICIPATION EXPORT PROCESSING ZONE EXPOSURE TO HEALTH RISKS FAMILY PLANNING FAMILY STRUCTURE FEMALE PARTICIPANTS FERTILITY FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FORMAL EDUCATION GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER DISCRIMINATION GENDER EQUALITY GENDER EQUITY GENDER INEQUITIES GENDER ISSUES GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HEALTH CARE HEALTH EDUCATION HIV HIV INFECTION HOUSEHOLD ASSETS HOUSEHOLD RESPONSIBILITIES HUMAN CAPITAL ILL HEALTH INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON WOMEN INTERNATIONAL LABOR ORGANIZATION INTERPERSONAL SKILLS JOB PLACEMENT JOB SEARCH JOB SEARCH PROCESS JOB SKILLS JOB TRAINING JOBLESS RATE JOBS LABOR COSTS LABOR DEMAND LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET INSTITUTIONS LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR MARKETS LABOR SUPPLY LABOUR MARKET LACK OF INFORMATION LACK OF KNOWLEDGE LEADERSHIP LEGAL RIGHTS LIFE SKILLS LITERACY LIVELIHOOD SKILLS LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL EMPLOYERS LOCAL FIRM LOCAL FIRMS LOCAL LABOR MARKET LOCAL LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS LOW EMPLOYMENT MALE PARTNERS MANUAL OCCUPATIONS MARITAL STATUS MASS EDUCATION MINIMUM WAGE MODERNIZATION NATIONAL STRATEGIES NEEDS ASSESSMENT NEW ENTRANTS NUTRITION OCCUPATION OLD MEN ON-THE-JOB TRAINING PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN PARTICIPATION RATES PERSONAL COMMUNICATION POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH DIVISION POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POPULATION ASSOCIATION POPULATION COUNCIL POPULATION WORK PREGNANCY PRIMARY REASON PRIVATE FIRM PRIVATE SECTOR PROGRAM DESIGN PUBLIC SPHERE REFERRAL SYSTEMS RELIGIOUS BELIEFS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH ACTIVITIES REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH EDUCATION REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH INFORMATION REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH INTERVENTIONS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH PROGRAM RESPECT SCHOOL YOUTH SECONDARY SCHOOLS SERVICE SECTORS SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS SEX SEXUAL BEHAVIOR SEXUAL HEALTH SEXUALLY ACTIVE SKILLS DEVELOPMENT SKILLS TRAINING SLUM DWELLERS SMALL BUSINESS SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS SOCIAL ISOLATION SOCIAL SUPPORT SOCIOCULTURAL ENVIRONMENT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNICAL CAPACITY TECHNICAL SKILLS TECHNICAL TRAINING TEEN TEEN GIRLS TEEN PREGNANCY TRADITIONAL SKILLS TRAINING CENTER TRAINING CENTERS TRAINING COURSE TRAINING COURSES TRAINING INSTITUTES TRAINING INSTITUTION TRAINING INSTITUTIONS TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES TRAINING PROGRAMS TRAINING SERVICES TRANSPORTATION UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNEMPLOYMENT RATES URBAN WOMEN VOCATIONAL COURSES VOCATIONAL EDUCATION VOCATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS VOCATIONAL SKILLS VOCATIONAL TRAINING VOCATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAM VULNERABILITY WAGE EMPLOYMENT WORKER WORKERS WORKFORCE WORKING CONDITIONS YOUNG MEN YOUNG MOTHERS YOUNG PEOPLE YOUNG WOMEN YOUNG WORKERS YOUTH EMPLOYMENT YOUTH LABOR YOUTH TRAINING YOUTH TRAINING PROGRAMS YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/207781468336603431/Programs-promoting-young-womens-employment-what-works http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28269

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Summary:	The World Bank is launching an initiative aimed at addressing the economic needs of adolescent girls and young women in poor or post-conflict countries. Working together with governments, donors, foundations, and private sector partners, the Bank proposes to develop and test a core set of promising interventions to promote the economic empowerment of adolescent girls and young women. This paper undertakes a review of existing policies and programs designed to promote labor force participation of young women in developing countries. While programs that directly address marriage or fertility can influence young women's labor force participation, the focus of this paper is on programs primarily addressing employment. Some programs for promoting young people's transition into the labor market take a minimalistic approach (for example, concentrating on skills training alone). Other employment programs, particularly those targeted to young women, simultaneously address multiple constraints limiting participation (for example, lack of skills, limited mobility, child care needs, and lack of sexual and reproductive health information). The goal of this paper is to unpack and assess what elements of program design are essential to promoting young women's transition to the labor market. The paper is organized as follows: section one gives introduction. Section two provides an overview of some of the major trends and issues facing young women in the labor market in an international context. Section three describes a selection of best practice programs, some of which are focused exclusively on employment training and others of which take a more integrated approach to providing gender-targeted adolescent services. Section four details the lessons learned from the implementation and evaluation of these programs, and considers the circumstances under which a minimalist versus comprehensive or integrated approach may be most effective. Section five concludes and summarizes the policy and program recommendations.

Programs Promoting Young Women's Employment : What Works?

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