Breaking Barriers

Breaking Barriers August 2022

by Steven | Aug 3, 2022 | Breaking Barriers, Featured

BREAKING BARRIERS Quarterly Report August 2022 VIEW REPORT ARCHIVE Working women, earning men South Africa continues to face multiple overlapping challenges: the economic fallout associated with COVID-19, persistent electricity outages, high inflation, food...

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Breaking Barriers June 2022

by Steven | Jun 3, 2022 | Breaking Barriers, Featured

BREAKING BARRIERS Quarterly Report June 2022 VIEW REPORT ARCHIVE Reimagining Resilience as a MAP for Recovery The latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey results suggest that the number of employed young people has increased for a second quarter in a row. While this is...

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Breaking Barriers February 2022

by Minesh Singh | Feb 22, 2022 | Breaking Barriers

BREAKINGBARRIERS Quarterly Report February 2022 VIEW REPORT ARCHIVE Job Creation in Priority Sectors The President’s recent State of the Nation Address offered a reminder that youth unemployment remains the central challenge for our nation in the years ahead. It also...

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Breaking Barriers November 2021

by Steven | Nov 24, 2021 | Breaking Barriers

BREAKINGBARRIERS Quarterly Report November 2021 VIEW REPORT ARCHIVE Optimising for inclusion: when public employment programmes work The latest QLFS figures suggest that South Africa’s unemployment challenge remains intractable and exacerbated by COVID. Across...

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Breaking Barriers: August 2021

by Steven | Aug 23, 2021 | Breaking Barriers

BREAKINGBARRIERS Quarterly Report August 2021 VIEW REPORT ARCHIVE Young women and children: first or last? The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on young women’s employment. This Women’s Month, we continue to highlight the barriers and challenges faced by young women in...

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Facing into the future of work

by Steven | Jun 1, 2021 | Breaking Barriers

BREAKINGBARRIERS Quarterly Report June 2021 VIEW REPORT ARCHIVE Several prior editions of Breaking Barriers have shared data and research on jobless growth and zig-zagging pathways to employment, as well as promising solutions for these challenges. The COVID-19...