While skills development programs can improve labor market outcomes for women in highly gendered societies in the short-term, they tend to dilute over time by strongly-held restrictive norms and practices. For women to benefit in the long-term, the authors argue for maintaining an enabling environment with continuous investments that renegotiate and support women’s economic empowerment. Read more
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Building an Equitable Future? BRAC’s STAR Program and Young Women’s Economic Empowerment in Bangladesh (2023)
While skills development programs can improve labor market outcomes for women in highly gendered societies in the short-term, they tend to dilute over time by strongly-held restrictive norms and practices. For women to benefit in the long-term, the authors argue for maintaining an enabling environment with continuous investments that renegotiate and support women’s economic empowerment. Read more