Shedding Light on Female Talent in Lebanon’s Energy Sector

Ahmad, Ali ; Kantarjian, Lory ; El Ghali, Hana ; Maier, Elisabeth ; Constant, Samantha

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: ENERGY;    FEMALE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION;    GENDER;    STEM;    EDUCATION;   

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学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

This policy brief aims to contribute tofilling the knowledge gap and presenting a sex-disaggregatedsnapshot of the distribution of students across energyrelated higher education educational programs as well as thetraditional Science, Technology, Education, and Math (STEM)fields, in tertiary education institutions across Lebanon’sdifferent regions. The objective is to better understand thesupply side of female talent, starting with high skilledworkers, available to enter the energy job market in Lebanonand propose recommendations when talking about opportunitiesfor women to work in the sector. While the focus is onassessing the high skilled workforce, the recommendationspoint to the need to focus also on supporting amiddle-skills talent pool where most of the jobs in thesector are likely to be created.