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The Economic Lives of Young Women in the Time of Ebola : Lessons from an Empowerment Program

The authors evaluate an intervention to raise young women’s economic empowerment in Sierra Leone, where women frequently experience sexual violence and face multiple economic disadvantages. The intervention provides them with a protective space (a...

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Main Authors: Bandiera, Oriana, Buehren, Niklas, Goldstein, Markus, Rasul, Imran, Smurra, Andrea
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
Subjects:
EMPOWERMENT
FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION
YOUNG WOMEN
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN CAPITAL ACCUMULATION
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
AGE OF MARRIAGE
LABOR MARKET
ADOLESCENT FERTILITY RATE
GENDER INNOVATION LAB
AFRICA GENDER POLICY
EBOLA
INFECTIOUS DISEASE
DISEASE CONTROL
TRANSACTIONAL SEX
WOMEN AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
WOMEN AND PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/149651548746681379/The-Economic-Lives-of-Young-Women-in-the-Time-of-Ebola-Lessons-from-an-Empowerment-Program
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31219

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/149651548746681379/The-Economic-Lives-of-Young-Women-in-the-Time-of-Ebola-Lessons-from-an-Empowerment-Program
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31219

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