Girls in lower secondary engage in weaving during their free time. The study supported by GrOW programme investigates how female early labour entrants perform in the labour markets. Photo Credit: Coinsfoundation.org
A draft report titled “An assessment of early labour market transition of women in Uganda” has revealed that females are more limited in achieving decent, better paying and productive jobs than males.
“When compared to men, women are less likely to have good wage jobs and even if they do, they are often paid less,” says the report adding that, such gender inequalities in the labour market may arise from deep-rooted social norms that impede women from enhancing their economic lives.
The paper produced by a team of researchers under the Growth and Economic Opportunities for Women (GrOW) program, is investigating how female early labour entrants perform in the labour markets, and how their chances to transition to better jobs evolve over time. It also investigates how female labour market outcomes compare to those who enter into the labour market at a later stage and with better education.
Growth and Economic Opportunities for Women (GrOW), is a five-year research program that aims to generate new evidence on women’s economic empowerment, gender equality, and economic growth in low-income countries. The program is jointly supported by the UK’s Department for International Development (DfID), The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC).