Gender mainstreaming into Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Lebanon

The main purpose of this study is two-folds: (a) to map current initiatives and assess practices, achievements and gaps in gender equality and gender mainstreaming in skills/ Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) systems in Lebanon, and (b) to provide recommendations on relevant strategies and appropriate plan of actions that key stakeholders and ILO can undertake to address identified gaps and barriers in the existing TVET/skills development system. 

It is expected that these recommendations, if applied, will facilitate the task of strengthening gender responsiveness in TVET/ skills development and effectively enhance access and opportunity for increased female participation.

The study is the result of joint efforts and investments under two programmes, including:

• PROSPECTS, a partnership for improving the prospects for host communities and forcibly displaced persons (FDPs) launched by the Government of the Netherlands. In Lebanon, the program focuses on enhancing the resilience of the country’s crisis-distressed labour market and creating better livelihoods for both Lebanese host communities and Syrian refugees.
• The Global Programme on Skills and Lifelong Learning (GPSL3) funded by NORAD. GPLS3 – Lebanon component SkillUp aims to improve skills development system to facilitate access to and transitions of vulnerable groups in the labour market by providingmarket-responsive skills training and work-based learning, enhancing skills utilisation and productivity, and improving skills governance and quality assurance.