Gender considerations may need to extend beyond immediate participation opportunities. Although women had similar training completion rates, they appear to face substantial challenges in the labor market relative to men. Moreover, these challenges were not related to differences in the types of courses women selected or other training characteristics. Therefore, where such labor market barriers are thought to exist, special attention could be given to enhancing the employment prospects of female trainees, such as linking them with female mentors in the community (for example, female-owned businesses) or undertaking affirmative action initiatives to provide direct and stronger support to female graduates.
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