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Gender equality is an urgent imperative. Crises, conflict, and global trends such as climate change, natural resource scarcity, and technological transitions exacerbate inequalities.

In many societies, reversal

The study examines the determinants of women’s labor market participation in Africa using Bayesian Model Averaging to address model uncertainty in cross-country regressions. Our results suggest a U-shaped relationship between income per capita and female labor force participation, which implies that women’s participation increases with increased economic development.

The findings also indicate that factors such as economic complexity, religious fractionalization,freedom of mobility, access to assets, adolescent fertility rate, mental and physical health, human capital, flexibility in labor market regulations, and employment in the services sector are associated with increased female labor force participation.

However, factors such as social networks,globalization, ethnic and language fractionalization, minimum wage policies, workplace discrimination,and gender disparities in formal employment hinder participation.
This paper shows mutually consistent evidence to support prior studies on female labor force participation and that correcting systemic and structural barriers represents a “gender-smart” way to promote gender parity in the labor market.

Young Women in Africa can become important contributors to the continent’s economy, adding $287 billion (a 5% GDP increase) and 23 million jobs. The Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda,
Senegal, Tanzania, and Uganda are expected to have the fastest growth if they follow Namibia’s 1 example of accelerating young women’s contribution to GDP.

Digitalization and technological advancements are changing the world of work and the types of skills needed for employment. Across Africa, digital skills are becoming increasingly important, with an estimated 230 million jobs in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) alone needing digital skills by the end of the decade.

Digitalization and technological advancements are changing the world of work and the types of skills needed for employment. Across Africa, digital skills are becoming increasingly important, with an estimated 230 million jobs in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) alone needing digital skills by the end of the decade.

Ghana’s national digital agenda seeks to promote an inclusive digital society. However, Ghanaian women are still less likely than men to own internet-enabled devices, use the internet, access government e-services, or make digital payments. The gender gap poses a challenge for Ghana’s digital inclusion goals.

This report assesses the extent to which women as economic agents or lead contributors to household incomes in Ghana access and use digital government services via mobile platforms for business, family and personal needs. It explores the opportunities available to foster inclusive delivery of public services for women’s financial inclusion and economic empowerment.

Ghana’s economy is led by the services sector, with information
and communications technology (ICT) contributing

Ghana’s economy is led by the services sector, with information
and communications technology (ICT) contributing

Digital technologies (DTs) have proven to be critical to the development of modern economies. They have changed the ways people communicate, reduced information frictions in markets, improved inclusion (especially

The section outlines the Constitution and areas where gender is mentioned. A person shall not be discriminated against on grounds of gender, race, color, ethnic origin, religion, creed or social or economic status.