GIL Top Policy Lessons on Increasing Women’s Youth Employment

The Gender Innovation Lab (GIL) conducts impact evaluations of development interventions in Sub-Saharan Africa

From:
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Published
1 January 2020
Document Type:
Briefing
Theme:
Economic Growth and Social Change
Authors:
World Bank

Abstract

Young women in Africa are less likely to be employed than young men, as a result of gaps in access to resources such as skills, time, and capital, and due to underlying social norms. Adolescence is a particularly critical time to intervene, as teenage pregnancy or dropping out of school can have severe impacts on future employment and earnings with significant consequences on their lives. At the macroeconomic level, investing in adolescent girls is also crucial for Sub-Saharan Africa`s demographic dividend.

This work is part of the Closing the Gender Gap in Africa: evaluating new policies and programmes for women’s economic empowerment programme

Citation

World Bank. 2020. GIL Top Policy Lessons on Increasing Women’s Youth Employment. Gender Innovation Lab;. World Bank, Washington, DC

GIL Top Policy Lessons on Increasing Women’s Youth Employment

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Published 1 January 2020
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