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Two studies of young women’s employment challenges in Ghana and Senegal conducted by ACET in 2020 map the barriers and enabling factors faced by young women in the world of […]
Special Series: YOUNG WOMEN AND THE FUTURE WORLD OF WORK PART 5 Recommendations This article is part of the ACET Special Series on Young Women and the Future World of […]
Special Series: YOUNG WOMEN AND THE FUTURE WORLD OF WORK PART 4 Skills Gaps This article is part of the ACET Special Series on Young Women and the Future World […]
Special Series: YOUNG WOMEN AND THE FUTURE WORLD OF WORK PART 3 Enablers This article is part of the ACET Special Series on Young Women and the Future World of […]
Special Series: YOUNG WOMEN AND THE FUTURE WORLD OF WORK PART 2 Barriers This article is part of the ACET Special Series on Young Women and the Future World of […]
Young African women face many significant barriers and constraints in the world of work. Women are heavily overrepresented in the informal sector, even while the employment-to-population ratio for women in Sub-Saharan Africa is relatively high at 57 percent. In Ghana...
Overview – Young women in Ghana and Senegal face significant barriers in the world of work due to social prejudices, a lack of access to the right education and resources, limited opportunities for career advancement, unfavorable workplace conditions, and ineffective...
Senegal has made the empowerment of women an essential pillar of the Plan Senegal Emergent, the unifying framework of public policy. The study covers three sectors: agriculture, tourism and hospitality, and business process outsourcing (BPO).
Young women in Ghana face significant barriers in the world of work due to social prejudices, a lack of access to the right education and resources, limited opportunities for career advancement, unfavorable workplace conditions, and ineffective government policies. This study...
As COVID-19 devastated lives and livelihoods around the world, policymakers needed timely and relevant evidence to inform decisions on how best to manage the spread of the virus and mitigate its impact.
This report identifies how the GRAP and AfCFTA together can support resilient and sustainable recoveries for six African countries: Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, and South Africa. It shows clear opportunities to boost ambition and secure more resilient recoveries within...
“Research shows that evidence-based policymaking generally results in more effective and responsive policies. But across Africa, lawmakers are faced with a difficult question: what’s the best way to incorporate sound data and research, either generated within or outside government structures,...
The African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET) has admitted the first cohort of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) into its new private sector initiative, ACET Business Transform (ABT).
In recent years, the use of evidence-informed policy and practice has gained speed as part of broader efforts to boost the use of research evidence to improve the policy formulation and implementation process.
The African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET) has admitted the first cohort of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) into its new private sector initiative, ACET Business Transform (ABT). The first 10 SMEs, based in Ghana, were competitively selected from more...
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