Publications on Equality and discrimination
July 2016
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Women workers
Factors affecting women’s labour force participation in Sri Lanka
01 July 2016
Female labour force participation rate in Sri Lanka has remained at a low rate, between 30–35 per cent in the past two decades, which is surprising given the consistently high educational attainment levels and other social indicators of women in the country. While research has focused on the supply-side factors that have kept female labour force participation rate at low levels, data on demand-side constraints is sparse. This study aims to identify those demand-side constraints through direct data from key players.
February 2011
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Working paper
Issues in labour market inequality and women’s participation in India’s National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme
14 February 2011
This paper focuses on women’s participation in the NREGP and analyses the potential impact of the programme in the medium term on women’s access to wage work and wages of women workers in rural India.
March 2010
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Publication
Women in labour markets: Measuring progress and identifying challenges
05 March 2010
This report uses labour market indicators to measure progress or lack of progress towards the goal of gender equality in the world of work and identify where and why blockages to labour market equity continue to exist.