Session 1002
Gender Disparities and Factors Underlying Low Female Labour Force Participation

Chair: Sonalde B. Desai, University of Maryland

1. Empowering Women amidst Long Working Hours and Unsupportive Family Dynamics: Exploring Livelihood Opportunities and Gender-Sensitive Strategies to Boost Female Labor Force Participation in IndiaRadhika Dayal, Population Council Consulting India; Sudeshna Maitra, Population Council Consulting; Nizamuddin Khan, Population Council Consulting; Niranjan Saggurti, Population Council.

2. Caring Dads: Childcare Expansions, Paternity Leave and Fathers' Involvement in ChildcareHuebener Mathias, BiB; Malin Mahlbacher, Federal Institute for Population Research (BiB), Germany; Sophia Schmitz, BiB.

3. Educational Assortative Mating and Couples’ Linked Occupational Trajectories in ChinaJian Song, Renmin University; Bo Hu, Renmin University of China; Yang Zhang, Renmin University of China.

4. Motherhood Penalty in IndonesiaKadek Swarniati, Universitas Indonesia; Diahhadi Setyonaluri, Universitas Indonesia.

5. Untangling Empowerment and Contraceptive Use Longitudinally in Five African SettingsMarita Zimmermann, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; Cara Myers, Gender Equality Division Women’s Economic Empowerment Team, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; Diva Dhar, Gender Equality Division Women’s Economic Empowerment Team, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; Michelle O'Brien, Institute for Disease Modeling, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

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