IDRC2021-01-272021-01-272020-12http://hdl.handle.net/10625/59683French version available in IDRC Digital LibraryWomen 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.application/pdfenWOMEN’S ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENTGROW PROGRAMECONOMIC EMPOWERMENTINCLUSIVE GROWTHLITERATURE REVIEWGENDER EQUITYGENDER DISCRIMINATIONWOMEN’S PARTICIPATIONPOLITICAL WILLRESEARCH NEEDSETHIOPIASTATUS OF WOMENSOUTH OF SAHARAPolicy Brief