Learning from ‘Best Practice’ Initiatives: On a path to fairer, more resilient and efficient actions for the labour market integration of female refugees
(2024) EKHS01 20241Department of Economic History
- Abstract
- This qualitative research explores the measures of civil society organisations (CSOs) in the labour market integration of female refugees. For this, expert interviews with five 'best practice' CSOs in Germany were conducted to highlight the measures the initiatives take in light of the obstacles they face in their work. The results show that both tangible and intangible measures are taken, which attempt to increase the participants' human capital as well as location-specific knowledge while facilitating the creation of networks among the partaking women. Challenges arise primarily in relation to funding, bureaucracy, and labour market discrimination. Overall, this research finds that CSOs present a multifunctional alternative to improve... (More)
- This qualitative research explores the measures of civil society organisations (CSOs) in the labour market integration of female refugees. For this, expert interviews with five 'best practice' CSOs in Germany were conducted to highlight the measures the initiatives take in light of the obstacles they face in their work. The results show that both tangible and intangible measures are taken, which attempt to increase the participants' human capital as well as location-specific knowledge while facilitating the creation of networks among the partaking women. Challenges arise primarily in relation to funding, bureaucracy, and labour market discrimination. Overall, this research finds that CSOs present a multifunctional alternative to improve the labour market integration while focusing on known gender-specific challenges. (Less)
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- author
- Hampel, Julia LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- EKHS01 20241
- year
- 2024
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- labour market integration, female refugees, civil society organisations, human capital, civil society, CSOs, LMI, demography, integration, networks, Germany, best practice, interviews
- language
- English
- id
- 9167707
- date added to LUP
- 2024-07-29 10:49:13
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- 2024-07-29 10:49:13
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