Gender and employment in rural Afghanistan, 2003-5

This article explores female employment in rural Afghanistan, based on the 2003 and 2005 Nationwide Risk and Vulnerability Assessments (NRVA) covering thousands of households. Rural female employment involves about a quarter of rural women and a quarter of rural households. Female employment rates a...

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Autor principal: Maletta, H.
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Materias:
Afghanistan
Employment
Gender
Livelihoods
Rural areas
Wage
Women
employment
gender
rural area
wage
womens employment
Asia
Eurasia
South Asia
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00219096_v43_n2_p173_Maletta
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spelling todo:paper_00219096_v43_n2_p173_Maletta2023-10-03T14:22:40Z Gender and employment in rural Afghanistan, 2003-5 Maletta, H. Afghanistan Employment Gender Livelihoods Rural areas Wage Women employment gender rural area wage womens employment Afghanistan Asia Eurasia South Asia This article explores female employment in rural Afghanistan, based on the 2003 and 2005 Nationwide Risk and Vulnerability Assessments (NRVA) covering thousands of households. Rural female employment involves about a quarter of rural women and a quarter of rural households. Female employment rates are much lower across the conservative southern belt. A majority of rural working women are in wage jobs, paid much less than men. Few employed women have control over their earnings. Better-educated rural women have higher participation and lower unemployment, especially in medium and better-off households. Female unemployment rates are double men's rates. The article highlights priorities for research and policy implications. Copyright © 2008 SAGE Publications. JOUR info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00219096_v43_n2_p173_Maletta
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topic Afghanistan
Employment
Gender
Livelihoods
Rural areas
Wage
Women
employment
gender
rural area
wage
womens employment
Afghanistan
Asia
Eurasia
South Asia
spellingShingle Afghanistan
Employment
Gender
Livelihoods
Rural areas
Wage
Women
employment
gender
rural area
wage
womens employment
Afghanistan
Asia
Eurasia
South Asia
Maletta, H.
Gender and employment in rural Afghanistan, 2003-5
topic_facet Afghanistan
Employment
Gender
Livelihoods
Rural areas
Wage
Women
employment
gender
rural area
wage
womens employment
Afghanistan
Asia
Eurasia
South Asia
description This article explores female employment in rural Afghanistan, based on the 2003 and 2005 Nationwide Risk and Vulnerability Assessments (NRVA) covering thousands of households. Rural female employment involves about a quarter of rural women and a quarter of rural households. Female employment rates are much lower across the conservative southern belt. A majority of rural working women are in wage jobs, paid much less than men. Few employed women have control over their earnings. Better-educated rural women have higher participation and lower unemployment, especially in medium and better-off households. Female unemployment rates are double men's rates. The article highlights priorities for research and policy implications. Copyright © 2008 SAGE Publications.
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author Maletta, H.
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title Gender and employment in rural Afghanistan, 2003-5
title_short Gender and employment in rural Afghanistan, 2003-5
title_full Gender and employment in rural Afghanistan, 2003-5
title_fullStr Gender and employment in rural Afghanistan, 2003-5
title_full_unstemmed Gender and employment in rural Afghanistan, 2003-5
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