Increasing female enrolments in secondary and tertiary education is critically important, especially in subject areas that have been traditionally male dominated and where long-term occupational prospects are more promising. With relatively small (and in some countries, contracting) formal sectors, the number of women who will be able to benefit from increased access to and higher completion rates at tertiary education and training institutions will be only a very small fraction of the total female population. Even though the main beneficiaries of any policy interventions are likely to be from non-poor socio-economic backgrounds, increasing the representation of women and the disabled in top-level professional and managerial jobs is of vital importance for improving the overall position of these two disadvantaged groups in society as a whole.
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING PAPERS 43 Learning to change: Skills development among the economically vulnerable and socially excluded in developing countries Paul Bennell Employment and Training Department International Labour Office Geneva First published 1999
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