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Young Lives research on what it takes to beat the odds features in new BBC Ideas film out today
Young Lives research on what it takes to beat the odds features in new BBC Ideas film out today
Unlocking Potential: Enabling better skills and tackling gender inequality in times of global crisis
Unlocking Potential: Enabling better skills and tackling gender inequality in times of global crisis

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Closing the Gender Employment Gap to Help Achieve Sustainable Development Goal 8: Better Skills Can Improve Access to Decent Work, but Gender Inequality is Holding Young Women Back

This policy brief summarises Young Lives research findings on skills and the gender employment gap across our four study countries, and presents key policy recommendations to better support women’s participation in paid employment and achieve gender equality.  

The brief highlights that:

Closing the Gender Employment Gap to Help Achieve Sustainable Development Goal 8: Better Skills Can Improve Access to Decent Work, but Gender Inequality is Holding Young Women Back

This policy brief summarises Young Lives research findings on skills and the gender employment gap across our four study countries, and presents key policy recommendations to better support women’s participation in paid employment and achieve gender equality.  

The brief highlights that:

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Supporting Soft Skills in Hard Times: Gender Inequalities in Social and Emotional Skills are Holding Adolescent Girls Back

New analysis of Young Lives’ longitudinal data shows that while girls and boys exhibit similar social and emotional skills in the early years, gender differences widen during late adolescence. This leaves many young women at significant disadvantage as they begin their new working and family lives, particularly in Ethiopia and India.

Supporting Soft Skills in Hard Times: Gender Inequalities in Social and Emotional Skills are Holding Adolescent Girls Back

New analysis of Young Lives’ longitudinal data shows that while girls and boys exhibit similar social and emotional skills in the early years, gender differences widen during late adolescence. This leaves many young women at significant disadvantage as they begin their new working and family lives, particularly in Ethiopia and India.

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Exploring Factors Affecting Gender Inequality in the Completion of Higher Education in India: A Survival Model Analysis

This report uses longitudinal data from Young Lives to explore gender differentials in dropout rates before completing higher education among 26-year-old young adults in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, India.

Exploring Factors Affecting Gender Inequality in the Completion of Higher Education in India: A Survival Model Analysis

This report uses longitudinal data from Young Lives to explore gender differentials in dropout rates before completing higher education among 26-year-old young adults in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, India.

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Gender Differences in Socioemotional Skills Among Adolescents and Young Adults in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam

This report uses Young Lives longitudinal data to examine how gender differences in socioemotional skills emerge throughout adolescence, and the socioeconomic and cultural factors that may explain these gaps in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam.

Gender Differences in Socioemotional Skills Among Adolescents and Young Adults in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam

This report uses Young Lives longitudinal data to examine how gender differences in socioemotional skills emerge throughout adolescence, and the socioeconomic and cultural factors that may explain these gaps in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam.

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It’s good to be back: Young Lives starts seventh survey round of long-running study
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