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Providing Out-of-School Girls with Skills : A Review of the Global Evidence / Ayesha Khan.
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Khan, Ayesha.
- Series:
- Country Policy Briefs
- World Bank e-Library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Employment.
- Gender.
- Skills Development and Labor Force Training.
- Social Protections and Labor.
- Vocational & Technical Education.
- Local Subjects:
- Employment.
- Gender.
- Skills Development and Labor Force Training.
- Social Protections and Labor.
- Vocational & Technical Education.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 pages)
- Other Title:
- Providing Out-of-School Girls with Skills
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : The World Bank, 2015.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- Promoting relevant technical and life skills is one option to empower adolescent girls by increasing their capacity to generate income and therefore by enhancing their bargaining power within the household. This Note presents a situation analysis of the current skills set and employment outcomes of adolescents (aged 15-19 years) in Zambia, with a focus on adolescent girls. The main source of data is several rounds of the Zambia Labor Force Survey (years 2005, 2008, 2012). The data reveal that although adolescent girls are more economically active than their male counterparts, they are also more likely to be engaged in part-time employment, be unemployed, and earn less than their male counterparts. However, little is known about how these trends affect choices made by adolescent girls and their households.
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