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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okr-10986-289052022-09-13T12:19:19Z Gender and Youth Employment in Sub-Saharan Africa : A Review of Constraints and Effective Interventions Chakravarty, Shubha Das, Smita Vaillant, Julia GENDER EMPLOYMENT LABOR MARKET LABOR SKILLS YOUTH EMPLOYMENT JOB CREATION AFRICA GENDER POLICY GENDER INNOVATION LAB WOMEN AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT 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. 2017-11-30T21:17:17Z 2017-11-30T21:17:17Z 2017-11 Working Paper 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 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8245 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa Sub-Saharan Africa |
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GENDER EMPLOYMENT LABOR MARKET LABOR SKILLS YOUTH EMPLOYMENT JOB CREATION AFRICA GENDER POLICY GENDER INNOVATION LAB WOMEN AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT Chakravarty, Shubha Das, Smita Vaillant, Julia Gender and Youth Employment in Sub-Saharan Africa : A Review of Constraints and Effective Interventions |
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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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Working Paper |
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Chakravarty, Shubha Das, Smita Vaillant, Julia |
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Chakravarty, Shubha Das, Smita Vaillant, Julia |
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Chakravarty, Shubha |
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Gender and Youth Employment in Sub-Saharan Africa : A Review of Constraints and Effective Interventions |
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Gender and Youth Employment in Sub-Saharan Africa : A Review of Constraints and Effective Interventions |
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Gender and Youth Employment in Sub-Saharan Africa : A Review of Constraints and Effective Interventions |
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Gender and Youth Employment in Sub-Saharan Africa : A Review of Constraints and Effective Interventions |
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Gender and Youth Employment in Sub-Saharan Africa : A Review of Constraints and Effective Interventions |
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gender and youth employment in sub-saharan africa : a review of constraints and effective interventions |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2017 |
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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 |
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