Jobs Interventions For Young Women In The Digital Economy

Namita Datta and Danielle Robinson

No 32005465, Jobs Group Papers, Notes, and Guides from The World Bank

Abstract: This Jobs Solutions Note identifies practical solutions for development practitioners to proactively integrate gender inclusion in digital jobs programs. Based on curated knowledge and evidence for a specific topic and relevant to jobs, the Jobs Solutions Notes are not intended to be exhaustive; they provide key lessons, solutions and approaches synthesized from the experiences of the World Bank Group and partners. This Note draws from S4YE’s 2018 annual report, Digital Jobs for Youth: Young Women in the Digital Economy, highlighting new and emerging strategies to designing gender-inclusive digital jobs interventions for youth. The Note employs a nuanced definition of 'digital jobs' to enable practitioners and policy makers to develop a range of interventions tailored to specific contexts and target groups, to improve young women’s employment outcomes from digital jobs programs.

Keywords: young woman; limited access to finance; youth; digital skills; labor force participation rate; income-generating opportunity; computers and the internet; project design and implementation; Fragile, Conflict & Violence; small and medium size enterprise; skill need; youth employment; skill training programs; skills and support; labor market opportunities; youth unemployment rate; self-employment and entrepreneurship; lack of content; highly skilled worker; approach to training; needs of woman; digital gender divide; availability of transport; informal labor market; barrier to woman; return on investment; private sector partner; support for entrepreneur; private sector company; women in technology; access to ict; fragile and conflict; technical skills training; creative problem solving; people with disability; Gender and ICT; opportunity for woman; civil society actor; local labor market; barriers for woman; gender mainstreaming strategy; business process outsourcing; digital economy; female entrepreneur; digital divide (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 19
Date: 2020-04-29
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