Paula E. Faulkner, S. Begum, Chastity Warren English
{"title":"How Bangladesh Is Increasing the Employability of Females With Technical Training Programs","authors":"Paula E. Faulkner, S. Begum, Chastity Warren English","doi":"10.4018/978-1-5225-8443-8.CH008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-8443-8.CH008","url":null,"abstract":"The authors of this chapter provide the background for Bangladeshi women's plight to achieve gender equality in the labor force. To be educated and trained as their male counterparts, many factors must be taken into consideration. While poverty and vulnerability continue to be faced by many Bangladeshi citizens, the government has initiated policies and programs to address the need for more trained skilled workers, including females. In recent years, the population growth has reduced, and health and education has improved. In the past, women were employed in typical trades such as sewing, typing, and hazardous and exploitative jobs. Today, government policies and procedures, such as the National Education Policy, have implemented training programs to address gender inequality to employ more women in various trades, with some owning their own businesses, such as the three success stories presented in this study of women whose economic status has benefited greatly from training programs.","PeriodicalId":245136,"journal":{"name":"Gender Issues in Technical and Vocational Education Programs","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115834654","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Gender Issues in Vocational Education and Training in India","authors":"Disha Singh","doi":"10.4018/978-1-5225-8443-8.CH004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-8443-8.CH004","url":null,"abstract":"The data unveils that India's workforce productivity is lower than that of many other developing countries. At the same time, India is also facing skill gap challenge because of the non-availability of skilled labor force in different sectors. There are very few adequately skilled workers in the employment system. Thus, multiple mismatches emerge, where on one side the sectors like manufacturing, crafts, etc. are desperately looking for skilled workers while on the other side the young job starters cannot find adequate employment. Also, India has a huge informal sector that employs more than 90% of all workers of the labor force and contributes in 60% of the country's economic output. If India is to become a major manufacturing power, then there should be the development of a network which can promote and reward skills and productivity. There should also be equal representation of gender in terms of participation in works and skill development. In 2011, out of a total workforce of 481.7 million, 149.9 million or 31% are women.","PeriodicalId":245136,"journal":{"name":"Gender Issues in Technical and Vocational Education Programs","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130085321","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}