Mapping the policy landscape for women’s economic empowerment in Ethiopia
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2020-12
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Women remain disadvantaged by underdevelopment in the health sector, by the unequal distribution of unpaid care work, and by disparities in educational attainment and economic opportunities. As roughly 40% of workers in agriculture, which accounts for 35.8% of Ethiopia’s GDP, over half of all women receive no payment, and those who are paid earn less than men. The mapping process found that action research with policy makers can play a crucial role by emphasizing increased poverty related to unpaid care work, job market segregation, the lack of adequate social protection and child care, gender-based violence, and gender discrimination as social norms.
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French version available in IDRC Digital Library
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Policy Brief
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WOMEN’S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT, GROW PROGRAM, ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT, INCLUSIVE GROWTH, LITERATURE REVIEW, GENDER EQUITY, GENDER DISCRIMINATION, WOMEN’S PARTICIPATION, POLITICAL WILL, RESEARCH NEEDS, ETHIOPIA, STATUS OF WOMEN, SOUTH OF SAHARA