The purpose of this note is to synthesize key findings relating to women's job opportunities in displacement settings, and outline ways to overcome constraints through policy reforms and program design. The note will highlight emerging good practice from the World Bank's Refugee Window. It complements several GDFD thematic and policy notes, covering the topics of data for the analysis of the gender dimensions of forced displacement, poverty, and GBV. The broader Building the Evidence on Forced Displacement program supported research on forced displacement in education, health, jobs, and social protection (World Bank 2022a). The research on job focused on the cost-effectiveness of jobs programs, finding that capital grants tend to be more cost effective than training (Barberis, Brouwer et al. 2022).This note largely draws on the results of the GDFD research to review evidence about women's paid work in displacement settings, and outline evidence on the ways that policy reforms and program design can overcome the constraints faced by displaced women. The findings suggest that expanding economic opportunities for displaced women by, for example, offering safe and accessible education and training, reproductive health services, and affordable childcare, and lifting legal barriers for working women, can be key to addressing high rates
Authors
- Disclosure Date
- 2024/10/16
- Disclosure Status
- Disclosed
- Doc Name
- Job Opportunities for Women in Displacement Settings : Gender Dimensions of Forced Displacement Operational Note
- Pages
- 35
- Product Line
- Advisory Services & Analytics
- Published in
- United States of America
- Rel Proj ID
- 1W-Spf: Operationalization Of The Gender Dimensions Of Forced Disp -- P179415
- TF No/Name
- TF0B9181-SPF: Operationalization of the gender dimensions of forced displacement
- Unit Owning
- People - Gender Director (HGNDR)
- Version Type
- Final
- Volume No
- 1
Table of Contents
- Contents 2
- 1. Introduction ..............................................................................................................................3 2
- 2. Overview of employment earning opportunities and constraints.................................5 2
- Findings on livelihoods and economic opportunities from the GDFD research .................................... 6 2
- 3. Addressing key constraints facing displaced women in the labor market .................10 2
- 3.1. Addressing discriminatory laws and regulatory constraints ........................................................13 2
- 3.2. Tackling constraints related to gender norms .................................................................................16 2
- 3.3. Addressing care responsibilities ........................................................................................................19 2
- 3.4. Expanding access to education and skills .......................................................................................21 2
- 3.5. Support for women engaged in entrepreneurship ........................................................................24 2
- 3.6. Ensuring access to health services ..................................................................................................25 2
- 3.7. Address risks of violence in the community and at home ............................................................28 2
- 4. Conclusions ........................................................................................................................... 30 2
- References ...................................................................................................................................... 31 2
- 1. Introduction 3
- 2. Overview of employment 5
- Findings on livelihoods and economic opportunities from the GDFD research 6
- 3. Addressing key constraints 10
- 3.1. Addressing discriminatory laws and 13
- 3.2. Tackling constraints related to gender norms 16
- 3.3. Addressing care responsibilities 19
- 3.4. Expanding access to education and skills 21
- 3.5. Support for women engaged in 24
- 3.6. Ensuring access to health services 25
- 3.7. Address risks of violence in the community 28
- 4. Conclusions 30
- References 31
