El Progreso de las Mujeres en el Mundo 2015-2016: Transformar las economías para realizar los derechos
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Information is gathered from other international organizations that promote skills development and the transition from education and training to work. The Interagency Group on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (IAG-TVET) was established in 2009 to share research findings, coordinate joint research endeavours, and improve collaboration among organizations working at the international and national levels.
Access to training
Access for all to good quality education, vocational training and workplace learning is a fundamental principle of social cohesion and economic growth. Some groups of people may require targeted attention if they are to benefit from education, training and employment opportunities.
This is particularly the case for disadvantaged youth, lower skilled workers, people with disabilities, and people in rural communities. The attractiveness of vocational education and training is enhanced when combined with entrepreneurship training and when public policies encourage utilization of higher skills by business.
Gender equality
Women represent both half of the world's population – and half the world's economic potential. Their participation in the labour market reduces poverty because they often invest 90 per cent of their income in the well-being, education and nutrition of their families. Yet labour force participation by women has stagnated at about 55 per cent globally since 2010. Moreover, women are disproportionately represented in precarious work – low-paid, low-skilled and insecure jobs.
Training plays an important role in the pursuit of equality of opportunity and treatment for women and men in the world of work. Yet women often lack access to technical and vocational education and training. Many also lack the basic functional skills, such as literacy and numeracy, to participate meaningfully in the work force. Overcoming this challenge requires the adoption of a life-cycle approach. This includes improving girls’ access to basic education; overcoming logistic, economic and cultural barriers to apprenticeships and to secondary and vocational training for young women; and meeting the training needs of women re-entering the labour market and of older women who have not had equal access to opportunities for lifelong learning.
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Research papers
Working papers, reports, and other publications from international organizations, academic institutions and bilateral agencies. Research findings to stimulate informed debate on skills, employment and productivity issues.
El Progreso de las Mujeres en el Mundo 2015-2016: Transformar las economías para realizar los derechos, recopila formulaciones de políticas económicas y de derechos humanos para exigir cambios de gran alcance a la agenda mundial de políticas con el objetivo de transformar economías y conseguir que los derechos y la igualdad de las mujeres sean una realidad. El informe examina detenidamente cómo sería la economía si realmente fuese efectiva para las mujeres, en beneficio de todas y todos.
El informe examina detenidamente cómo sería la economía si realmente fuese efectiva para las mujeres, en beneficio de todas y todos, y examina el progreso en la obtención por parte de las mujeres de igualdad ante la ley, acceso a la educacion y otros servicios sociales; en el incremento de su visibilidad como agentes politicos; en su participacion en trabajos remunerados y sus beneficios; y en un mayor reconocimiento publico de la magnitud y la severidad de la violencia que experimentan. Pero tambien se pregunta por que los avances a la hora de garantizar a las mujeres el disfrute practico de una serie de derechos economicos y sociales han sido tan lentos y desiguales en los distintos paises y grupos sociales.