Gender Analysis of Labour Market Outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa

Comblon, Virginie; Robilliard, Anne-Sophie; Roubaud, François

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“…33 It also gives an individual opportunity for financial freedom as those with higher levels of education are more likely to have employment than those without education. 34,35 Thus, educated individuals are in a better position to access healthcare services without the immediate concern for financial implications, unlike the less educated counterparts who might lack the financial means. Therefore, it is imperative that efforts are made to provide these healthcare services free of charge or without cost especially among those with poor financial background, unemployed individuals and people in the rural areas who are more likely to be less educated, poor and financially constrained.…”

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Uptake and factors associated with HIV self-testing among women in South Africa

Ekholuenetale,

Okonji,

Nzoputam

et al. 2024

Journal of the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa

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Background: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) self-testing (ST) is a convenient and discreet practice to know HIV status. It is required to reach the underserved population subgroups. We examined the uptake and factors associated with HIVST among reproductive-aged South African women.Methods: A sample of 8182 women from 2016 South African Demographic and Health Survey data were analysed. Percentage and multivariable logistic regression model were conducted. The significance level was set at p 0.05.Results: Approximately 3.1% of women had HIVST uptake. Respondents with primary education had a 75% reduction in the odds of HIVST, compared with women who had no formal education. Women who are employed were 1.44 times as likely to have HIVST uptake compared to those not employed. Women aged 20–24 years, 25–29 years, 30–34 years, and 40–44 years had about two times higher odds of HIVST, when compared with women aged 15–19 years. Women who read newspaper or magazine less than once a week or at least once a week were 1.90 and 2.25 times as likely to have HIVST uptake, respectively, when compared with those who do not read at all.Conclusion: The prevalence of HIVST uptake was low. HIVST was associated with women’s sociodemographic characteristics. The findings highlight the importance of addressing women’s needs to know their HIV status.Contribution: This study adds to the body of literature in understanding the utilisation patterns of HIVST across women in South Africa.

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Uptake and factors associated with HIV self-testing among women in South Africa

Ekholuenetale,

Okonji,

Nzoputam

et al. 2024

Journal of the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa

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“…In LMICs, women's increased participation in the labour force does not always translate into reducing gender wage gaps that favour men (Kanjilal‐Bhaduri & Pastore, 2018; Patrinos & Psacharopoulos, 2020; Terada‐Hagiwara et al., 2018). Fewer women than men participate in the formal labour force, with many in the lower‐paid informal economy, and women who are employed work fewer hours and earn less than men, often even when similarly qualified and employed in comparable positions (Adelekan & Bussin, 2018; Brixiová Schwidrowski et al., 2021; Comblon et al., 2017; Ntuli & Kwenda, 2020). The barriers to closing gender wage gaps are multiple and differ by context.…”

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Girls' schooling is important but insufficient to promote equality for boys and girls in childhood and across the life course

Desmond

Watt

Naicker

et al. 2023

Development Policy Review

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MotivationInvesting in girls’ schooling in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs) is seen as central to improving gender equity. It is argued that interventions to promote girls’ enrolment are appropriate as girls face gendered barriers to school enrolment and completion and investing in girls’ schooling has high economic and human‐development returns. But is this fair to boys and enough for girls?PurposeWe ask how appropriate it is to direct development assistance towards improving girls’ school enrolment, compared to prioritizing schooling for both girls and boys, and addressing barriers to gender equality throughout the life‐course.Methods and approachWe frame the enquiry through a human development framework with three distinct but interdependent domains: protection of human development potential; realization of human development potential; and use of human development potential.Using publicly available data, we identify indicators likely to be correlated with the degree to which human development potential is protected, realized, and utilized in LMICs. We compare male and female outcomes on each of these indicators to assess gender parity at different life stages.FindingsIn most regions, girls are ahead of boys in both school enrolment and completion. Girls have better outcomes than boys in several other indicators in early life and childhood.In adolescence and adulthood girls and women fall behind boys and men. This is especially apparent in workforce participation, in unemployment, in pay, and in share of unpaid care work and political participation where women have less favourable outcomes than men. The bias against women is most marked in South Asia and sub‐Saharan Africa.Policy implicationsA focus on girls’ schooling should be tempered by ensuring quality pre‐primary, primary, and secondary schooling for both boys and girls. Simultaneously we must address causes of gender inequality, including labour market discrimination and social norms which justify the exclusion and exploitation of women and girls.

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“…The high female labour force participation is linked to the reality that 41% of the population of SSA live in extreme poverty, defined here as living on less than 1.9 international dollars per day (Roser and Ortiz-Ospina 2019). This means it is often the case that women simply cannot afford not to work (Comblon et al, 2017). However, labour force participation in itself does not provide an escape route from poverty: 63% of working women in the region live in poverty (ILO 2018a).…”

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The Palgrave Handbook of Global Social Problems

2021

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Gender Analysis of Labour Market Outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa

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Uptake and factors associated with HIV self-testing among women in South Africa

Uptake and factors associated with HIV self-testing among women in South Africa

Girls' schooling is important but insufficient to promote equality for boys and girls in childhood and across the life course

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