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Unlocking Opportunities: Empowering Women in Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Saudi Arabia

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dc.contributor.authorPankratova, Ekaterina
dc.contributor.authorAjwad, Mohamed Ihsan
dc.contributor.authorAlrayess, Dana Jasmine
dc.contributor.authorLoots, Sonja
dc.contributor.authorDuell, Nikola
dc.contributor.authorde Moraes, Gael
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-02T14:46:04Z
dc.date.available2024-08-02T14:46:04Z
dc.date.issued2024-08-02
dc.description.abstractSaudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 promotes women’s skill development and their advancement in the labor market. Since 2017, Saudi Arabia has seen the fastest progress in reducing barriers to women’s access to labor markets by advancing reforms regarding guardianship, mobility, protection of women in the workplace, entrepreneurship and access to financing, and retirement age. One of its approaches has been to empower women through upskilling, training, and lifelong learning. In recent years, many Saudi women have entered the labor market; however, further interventions are necessary to fully realize the contribution women can make to economic and social advancement. Several studies around the world have shown that women’s participation in vocational education and training has a direct relationship with Labor force participation (LFP). In recent years, Saudi Arabia has reformed its Technical and vocational education and training (TVET) system. These reforms have broadened TVET institutions’ educational offerings for women and promoted TVET as a viable pathway to the labor market. Despite this progress, persistent challenges remain. Women’s LFP rates in all age groups remain just slightly above half of those for men, and women who graduate from postsecondary vocational educational institutions still face considerable disadvantages in finding a job, compared to their male peers. Women’s participation in TVET plays an important role in working toward the national strategic goals set out in Vision 2030. This report takes stock of Saudi Arabia’s achievements in enabling women to develop skills, identifies remaining challenges, and presents international best practices on how to address gender barriers in TVET, upskilling, and lifelong learning. The report concludes by identifying key areas of strategic policy interventions that can further gender equity within the country’s skills-development system.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099073124173525340/P179647176b4670811b2aa1b050afcc82cf
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/41992
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/41992
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.rightsCC BY-NC 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/igo
dc.subjectWOMEN
dc.subjectEMPOWERMENT
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET
dc.subjectGENDER EQUITY
dc.subjectTVET
dc.titleUnlocking Opportunitiesen
dc.title.subtitleEmpowering Women in Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Saudi Arabiaen
dc.typeReport
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okr.crossref.titleUnlocking Opportunities: Empowering Women in Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Saudi Arabia
okr.date.disclosure2024-08-02
okr.date.lastmodified2024-08-01T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work::Policy Note
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099073124173525340/P179647176b4670811b2aa1b050afcc82cf
okr.guid099073124173525340
okr.identifier.docmidP179647-76b46794-9d1a-4881-b2aa-b050afcc82cf
okr.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1596/41992
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum34371810
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum34371810
okr.identifier.report192805
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099073124173525340/pdf/P179647176b4670811b2aa1b050afcc82cf.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeMiddle East and North Africa
okr.region.countrySaudi Arabia
okr.sectorWorkforce Development/Skills,Social Protection
okr.themeLabor Market Institutions,Job Creation,Gender,Human Development and Gender,Data Development and Capacity Building,Skills Development,Private Sector Development,Labor Market Policy and Programs,Public Sector Management,Active Labor Market Programs,Jobs,Data production, accessibility and use,Education
okr.topicGender::Gender and Development
okr.topicGender::Gender and Education
okr.topicGender::Gender and Economics
okr.unitSocial Protection & Labor MNA (HMNSP)
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