Diverging pathways : young female employment and entrepreneurship in sub-Saharan Africa

Auteurs :
LANGEVANG, T.
GOUGH, K.V.

Description :
The paper focuses on two of the main trades with young women in sub-Saharan have typically entered : hair-dressing and dressmaking. Through drawing on a qualitative case study of hairdressers and seam-stresses in Ghana, it is shown how the two professions have faired quite differently in recent years.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Geographical journal, issn : 0016-7398, 2012, vol. 178, n°. 3, p. 242-252, nombre de pages : 11, Références bibliographiques : 57 ref.

Date :
2012

Editeur :
Pays édition : Royaume-Uni, London, Royal Geographical Society