Why Aren't More Lebanese Women Working?

• Tác giả: Angela Elzir Assy
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 261.83 Social problems and services
• Thông tin xuất bản: World Bank, Washington, DC, 2018
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 242861
• Chủ đề: 1. ACCESS TO FINANCE FOR WOMEN; 2. FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION; 3. GENDER EQUALITY; 4. GENDER GAP; 5. WOMEN IN LABOR FORCE

Tóm tắt

 Ensuring equitable access to jobs and reducing gender gaps is essential for putting MENA countries on the path to inclusive growth and stability. Giving women and girls the opportunity to succeed can transform societies and economies. Reducing gender gaps in employment can help economies diversify their exports
  appointing more women onto banking supervision boards can challenge cozy group-think
  and tackling gender inequality can reduce income inequality, which, in turn, can drive more sustainable growth. Improving access to jobs for women is also expected to generate positive externalities to the society, by facilitating human capital accumulation, health and nutrition gains for children through increased women-controlled incomes.