Gender at Work : Emerging Messages

Good jobs bring gains for women themselves, as well as for their families, businesses, and communities. They boost self-esteem and pull households out of poverty. Yet gender disparities persist in the world of work. Closing these gaps, while working to expand job growth more broadly, is a prerequisi...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Brief
Language:	en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	access to land barriers to women career advancement child development childhood crops customary laws dependency ratio developing countries discrimination dropout economic opportunities economic opportunities for women Education systems elderly elderly people elderly women EQUALITY AT WORK families family law Father Female female clientele Female employees Female entrepreneurs Female farmers female labor female labor force female labor force participation female teachers females Gender gender assessment gender biases gender differences gender disparities GENDER EQUALITY gender gap Gender gaps Gender inequality gender-based violence girls health decisions homes household assets husbands incomes Inequalities informal sector inheritance integration integration of gender job opportunities labor force labor force participation labor market laws life skills Old-age pension pensions primary school private sector productivity progress promoting gender equality proportion of women salaried workers secondary school self-esteem sex skills development Social norms status of women unemployment urban women violence wage gap will women entrepreneurs working women World Health Organization World Population young women youth
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17105

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Gender at Work : Emerging Messages

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