role models
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Can school-based career guidance increase young women’s labour force participation?
A school-based career exploration programme in India raised female students’ aspirations and confidence by improving access to information and role models, but persistent structural constraints prevented these gains from translating into medium-term ...
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Are elite schools for me? How role models can narrow the aspirations gap
Can one student’s experience influence the educational decisions of those that follow? Evidence from admissions to elite schools in Peru shows how policies that make success stories visible can have multiplier effects.
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How promoting women to managers catalyses gender equality at home
Promoting women at work increases female bargaining power in the household, both for new female managers and female staff exposed to them as role models
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Body and mind: Experimental evidence from women living with HIV
Participatory information interventions empower and inspire women to become more ambitious and invest in income-generating activities
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Using role models to reshape gender attitudes: Evidence from schools in Somalia
Female role models improved gender attitudes and educational aspirations of primary school students, with particular impact on boy(s)/male students
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Going to the movies can help you at school
Watching Queen of Katwe, a movie featuring an inspiring role model, improved Ugandan secondary school students’ national exam scores