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Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 16:30:16 -0500
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Subject: Why more women should enter the workforce
| To ensure delivery to your inbox, please add info@devex.com to your address book. |  QUOTABLE | | "Women and girls aren't just recipients of aid, they are agents of global change. #SheBuilds is telling that story." |  - Melinda Gates, co-chair and trustee of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
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| | | DEVELOPMENT BUZZ |
 Three weeks ago, a freshly painted, brightly colored room in Amman, Jordan, was filled with more than 100 job seekers and potential employers, including a small group of young women. I asked the eager but wary women to list the challenges they perceive in the job market.
They didn't hesitate, rattling off a long list that included an inability to work nights because of safety concerns and cultural constraints, limited transport to get to and from work, labor laws that create disincentives to hiring them, biases limiting the options of "appropriate work," and age discrimination.
The day was a good one; at least two of the women left with job offers. But the conversation highlighted the challenges facing Jordanian women — and women around the world — as they seek to enter the workforce as professionals.
For me, the discussion, which took place during a visit to a USAID-supported Youth Job Center run by the International Youth Federation, perfectly encapsulated why it is difficult to ensure women their rightful roles in economy and society.
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There's more to education than English and math. In some Nigerian states, Creative Associates International — one of our partners for She Builds — is helping schoolgirls learn new skills and has helped boost school enrollment in the process. How?
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| | | VUVUZELA |  Since launching She Builds, a month-long campaign highlighting women and global development, on International Women's Day, hundreds of thousands of individuals and scores of organizations have begun to participate via our website and social media. They include some of the aid industry's biggest movers and shakers. Want to know who? Read more and join the conversation! | | | | | | |
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