Colombia | Female inclusion, economic recovery and sustainable growth.

Summary

There are structural problems in the Colombian labor market, among these, female unemployment stands out, which is linked to different cultural and social aspects, then what must be done is to apply a series of measures to be able to reduce this gender gap and have a sustainable growth of the economy.

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• Key points:
• Evidence of the high decline in female employment due to the pandemic.
• According to the data, women work in sporadic, easily replaceable, short-hour and informal jobs more than proportionally than men.
• It is time to take concrete actions for the economic recovery and sustainable growth of the country.
• Steps should be taken to quickly open education and care centers, as well as build confidence in the safety to return to them.
• Sustainable growth in the medium term will only be achieved with a productive inclusion of women.

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