The challenges facing women in Lesotho's labour market The education-employment paradox highlights why learning alone cannot guarantee gender equality or women's economic empowerment. Gender 1 hour ago

It notes that “even in post-secondary education and training, women have higher levels of enrolment compared to men and account for 60 per cent of total enrolment”, except in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields where “[they] account for only 26 per cent of total enrolment.

Three, traditional gender norms remain a bottleneck to women’s progress even with higher formal education.

Even in part time employment, men outmarch women at 11 per cent to five per cent.