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Only 26% of women in Lebanon participate in labor market
19-10-2020
The World Bank released a report entitled, ‘Women’s Economic Participation in Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon’. The report, which is the result of an initiative between WB and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), in collaboration with the governments of Canada and Norway, comes as part of a facility that provides technical assistance to the countries covered by the report, with the aim to boost women’s economic empowerment and prospects. On the Lebanese front, the report saw that women’s economic participation reached 26.3%, placing Lebanon in the 17th position among MENA countries (above Iraq, Jordan, Egypt, Iran, Morocco, Saudi Arabia and outside the region (India and Pakistan). Younger women, the report said, have a higher participation rate than women aged above 45, with women aged between 15 and 44 being twice as likely to participate in the labor market as compared to women aged between 45 and 64. The report also indicated that two-thirds of Lebanese women with higher levels of education are either employed or are seeking jobs, noting that this group makes nearly 31% of the total female population of Lebanon. Working Lebanese women, the report stated, tend to engage in less productive jobs, with over two-thirds working in the services sector (particularly, the public sector and domestic employment). The report also mentioned that Lebanese women tend to take lower paying jobs on a fixed contract basis, adding that they are less likely to reach management or senior positions. On the female workforce in the MENA region, the WB report found that increasing female economic participation to the same levels of men could increases the GDP in the region by 47%, noting that the latter has recorded the lowest Female Labor Force Participation in the world (21%). (The report can be found on the following link: https://bit.ly/3of4EdY). (Al Diyar, October 19, 2020)
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