It was compiled by Jennifer L Solotaroff, Senior Social Development Specialist; George Joseph, Senior Economist and Anne T Kuriakose, Senior Social Development Specialist from the World Bank. Explaining the report, Ms. Solotaroof said that women are still under-represented in technical and vocational education and training and apprenticeships despite gender parity in formal education. She said that men far outpace women in securing high-skills jobs, even with same education levels and is worst since the end of the conflict. Sexual harassment in the workplace is also a serious problem and a major deterrent to women taking up employment. Chandrani Senaratne, Secretary, Ministry of Wome and Child Affairs and Valerie Layrol, Senior Operations Officer, World Bank also spoke.

Source: Sunday Times November 18, 2017 08:48 UTC