Addressing Employment Obstacles for Young Syrian Refugee Women

Namita Datta, Louay Constant, Natanee Thawesaengskulthai and Hannah Acheson-Field

No 32122793, Jobs Group Papers, Notes, and Guides from The World Bank

Abstract: This Jobs Note is a result of collaboration between S4YE-Jobs Group and Rand Corporation (an S4YE partner) . It builds on research covering the three countries with the highest concentration of Syrian refugees displaced since 2011: Turkey, Jordan, and Lebanon. It is intended to inform policymakers and practitioners on the barriers that Syrian refugees, especially women, face in securing work to earn a livelihood. This Note highlights practical solutions that have been designed and implemented by the World Bank and other S4YE partners including ReBootKamp, Education for Employment-Tunisia, Youth Business International, and the International Labour Organization. While not specific addressing internally-displaced persons (IDPs) within Syria, this Note could serve as a blueprint for examining and addressing many of the same barriers women face in Syria.

Keywords: Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development; refugee woman; female-headed household; labor force participation rate; access to labor market; access to social security; jobs and development; Technical and Vocational Education; skill and business; Gender-Based Violence; work permit; barriers to employment; host country worker; labor market need; number of refugees; access to finance; labor market integration; soft skills training; Internally Displaced Person; world food programme; risk of poverty; access to women; social security law; number of beneficiaries; number of women; job placement rate; access to employer; opportunity for woman; consultations with stakeholders; opportunities for youth; perceptions of woman; support for refugee; average monthly income; labor market experience; creating job opportunity; economic empowerment program; attitudes about women; source income; source of income; labor market opportunities; access to technology; job training program; investments in agriculture; host country nationals; social security benefit; data collection method; Development Policy Financing; labour force participation; social security payment; special economic zone; refugee crisis; legal restriction; sexual harassment; job skill (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 14
Date: 2020-06-01
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