Promoting Women’s Economic Empowerment Through Productive Employment and Social Protection

This paper examines how projects supported by the International Labour Organisation contribute to women’s economic empowerment

From:
Department for International Development
Published
1 January 2014
Document Type:
Working Paper
Theme:
Economic Growth, Social Change
Authors:
Otobe, N.

Abstract

This paper attempts to examine the extent to which the International Labour Organisation (ILO)-supported projects have contributed to women’s economic empowerment and well-being from a gender perspective. The paper provides the ILO’s perspectives on gender dimensions of employment promotion (involving income generation and small enterprise and co-operative development, public investment for job creation, skills development) and expanding social protection. It has analysed technical co-operation projects for promoting employment and expanding social protection during the last 10-15 years, in particular, largely targeting those poor women mostly in Asia and sub-Sahara Africa, from these ILO perspectives.

Citation

Otobe, N. Promoting Women’s Economic Empowerment Through Productive Employment and Social Protection. UNU-WIDER, Helsinki, Finland (2014) 34 pp. [WIDER Working Paper No. 2014/091]

Promoting Women’s Economic Empowerment Through Productive Employment and Social Protection

Published 1 January 2014
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