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Subject: Call for Papers: Women and Jobs in Africa - Policy Research Workshop in Accra, Ghana
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CALL FOR PAPERS
Women and Jobs in Africa
Policy Research Workshop
Accra, Ghana
November 11 & 12, 2025
Paper Submission Deadline: June 30, 2025
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The African Center for Economic Transformation (ACET), the University of Ghana-Legon, and the World Bank announce a competitive call for
papers and participation in a two-day policy research workshop to be held on November 11-12, 2025, on the campus of the University of Ghana-Legon.
Join us for an engaging workshop that will unite leading researchers and influential policymakers to explore the dynamic landscape around women
and jobs, from labor force participation, skills development, to entrepreneurship and resilient rural livelihoods in Africa. This event promises to be a vibrant forum for discussing the latest challenges, groundbreaking evidence, and innovative solutions that
are shaping the future of women's roles in the African economy to foster economic development. Information on key dates, themes of interest, and paper submission guidelines are included below.
Please visit
our
website and read the
full announcement for more details on the conference and paper submission process.
We look forward to your submission!
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Key Dates
Deadline for submission: June 30, 2025
Notification of selection and funding awards: July 31, 2025
Deadline to accept: August 18, 2025
Deadline for full paper submission by selected presenters: October 20, 2025
Program posted on the workshop’s website: November 3, 2025
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Themes
We invite you to submit empirical papers that delve into the critical barriers to – as well as the opportunities to promote - women's economic participation. Priority will be given
to research that studies policy solutions tailored to the unique economic landscapes of Africa to spur economic growth. Topics of interest include jobs for women as related to (but are not limited to):
Innovations to facilitate labor force participation
Education and skills development towards better job outcomes
Gaps in wages between men and women, and occupational segregation
How social norms affect jobs
Care economy and care work
Legal and policy frameworks to facilitate productive work
The impact of digitization and AI on employment outcomes
Livelihoods and resilience in agriculture
Access to markets for SME entrepreneurs
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Submission Guidelines
Format of the extended abstract submission: We invite email submissions of extended abstracts
of a maximum of two (2) pages that will include the objectives, the research question, a brief description of the data, methodology, preliminary findings, and clearly articulated policy relevance of the research.
Submission process:
Submissions should be a single attachment of the extended abstract in .doc, .docx or .pdf file formats.
The body of the email should clearly indicate the names of the authors and have the contact information of one corresponding
author.
Early-career researchers are encouraged to apply.
One submission per researcher. A researcher can be an author/co-author on no more than one submission.
Email submission to:
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Funding
There is scope for limited funding for selected participants, with priority given to early-career researchers to cover all or some of the costs of attending, as funding permits.
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About the Africa Gender Innovation Lab
The Africa Gender Innovation Lab conducts impact evaluations of development interventions and leads policy research to generate evidence on how to close
gaps between women and men in earnings, productivity, assets, and agency. With these findings, Africa GIL helps project teams and policymakers design innovative and scalable interventions and policies to address gender inequality. The Africa GIL is housed
within the Office of the Africa Chief Economist, Africa Region.
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The Africa Gender Innovation Lab is funded by the Umbrella Facility for Gender Equality (UFGE), a multi-donor trust fund administered by the World Bank to advance gender equality
and women's empowerment through experimentation and knowledge creation to help governments and the private sector focus policy and programs on scalable solutions with sustainable outcomes. The UFGE is supported with generous contributions from Australia, Canada,
Denmark, Finland, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Wellspring Philanthropic Fund.
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