Gender and Youth Employment in Sub-Saharan Africa : A Review of Constraints and Effective Interventions
Although the ratio of female to male labor force participation rates is higher in Sub-Saharan Africa than in any other region, these high rates of female labor force participation mask underlying challenges for women. A large majority of employed w...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2017
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/725431511188618886/Gender-and-youth-employment-in-Sub-Saharan-Africa-a-review-of-constraints-and-effective-interventions http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28905 |
| Summary: | Although the ratio of female to male
labor force participation rates is higher in Sub-Saharan
Africa than in any other region, these high rates of female
labor force participation mask underlying challenges for
women. A large majority of employed women work in vulnerable
employment. In addition, youth unemployment rates in
Sub-Saharan Africa are double those of adult unemployment,
and unemployment rates for women are higher than rates faced
by men. This paper discusses the specific barriers that
youth face in accessing employment in Sub-Saharan Africa,
and the ways in which young women's employment is
constrained above and beyond the constraints faced by male
youth. The paper synthesizes the emerging lessons from a
growing evidence base on interventions that aim to support
young women's employment, and identifies knowledge gaps
and priority research questions for the future. The
objective is to develop a gender-informed policy and
research agenda on youth employment that can guide
practitioners, development partners, and researchers who
seek to advance young women's empowerment and
employment in the context of youth employment programming
and policy making. |
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