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dc.contributor.authorSaha, Pushpita*
dc.contributor.authorVan Veen, Saskia*
dc.contributor.authorDavies, Imogen*
dc.contributor.authorHossain, Khalid*
dc.contributor.authorvan Moorten, Ronald*
dc.contributor.authorvan Mellaert, Lien*
dc.contributor.editorSweetman, Caroline
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-09T11:18:08Z
dc.date.available2018-11-09T11:18:08Z
dc.date.issued2018-11-14
dc.identifier.issn1355-2074
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/13552074.2018.1525869
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10546/620592
dc.description<html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> <p>Recently the &#8216;demographic dividend&#8217; has attracted attention from policymakers because of the promise it delivers for development. But it has attracted criticism for taking an instrumental approach to young people rather than focusing on equality and rights. A similar critique has come from feminists evaluating livelihoods programming focusing on women&#8217;s &#8216;economic empowerment&#8217;. In this article, we draw on evidence from the Empower Youth for Work (EYW) project in Bangladesh to show why youth employment programmes need to challenge complex gender- and age-related barriers to young women&#8217;s full participation. Research findings confirm young women&#8217;s sizeable contribution to the economy through unpaid care work and informal employment. They also highlight the powerful role of gendered social norms that prevent young women from taking full advantage of training and income-generating opportunities. Youth employment programming needs to move beyond a narrow focus on &#8216;economic empowerment&#8217; and instrumentalist approaches to ensure the current focus on youth is as empowering as it can be to young women.</p> </body> </html>en_US
dc.format.extent17en_US
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.publisherOxfam GBen_US
dc.publisherRoutledgeen_US
dc.relation.urlhttp://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/paid-work-the-magic-solution-for-young-women-to-achieve-empowerment-evidence-fr-620592
dc.subjectGenderen_US
dc.titlePaid work: the magic solution for young women to achieve empowerment? Evidence from the Empower Youth for Work project in Bangladeshen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.identifier.eissn1364-9221
dc.identifier.journalGender & Developmenten_US
oxfam.signoff.statusFor public use. Can be shared outside Oxfamen_US
oxfam.subject.countryBangladeshen_US
oxfam.subject.keywordYoung womenen_US
oxfam.subject.keywordPaid worken_US
oxfam.subject.keywordHolistic empowermenten_US
oxfam.subject.keywordTransformational changeen_US
oxfam.subject.keywordSocial normsen_US
prism.issuenameYoung Feminismsen_US
prism.number3en_US
prism.volume26en_US


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