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Digital Jobs for Youth: Young Women in the Digital Economy

Authored by: Danielle Simone Robinson, Namita Datta, and Emily Massey, et al.

Categories: Statebuilding
Sub-Categories: Economic Participation
Region: No Region
Year: 2018
Citation: Robinson, Danielle Simone; Datta, Namita; Massey, Emily. "Digital Jobs for Youth: Young Women in the Digital Economy." Solutions for Youth Employment. World Bank Group. 2018.

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Executive Summary

This report is intended to provide operational recommendations for the design and implementation of gender-inclusive digital jobs interventions for youth. Using a newly developed digital jobs typology, the report identifies drivers of demand across various categories of digital work. The report then extracts lessons learned in overcoming supply and demand‐side barriers to youth digital employment, based on past and ongoing programs implemented by Solutions for Youth Employment (S4YE) coalition members. In doing so, the report identifies design elements and strategies that would be especially helpful in connecting young women to the digital economy. Finally, this report provides recommendations for the design and implementation of gender-inclusive digital jobs programs for youth. Findings from this report are meant to provide inputs to the design and implementation of gender-focused digital job pilots to be launched by S4YE