“…In this review, we focus on interventions that attempt to directly reduce or eliminate the challenges that women face, which prevent them from participating in economic activities. Therefore, we do not consider interventions that could indirectly affect female labour force participation as conditional cash transfers (Leroy et al 2009 and Yoong et al 2012; Kabeer et al2012); education, vocational and financial literacy, entrepreneurship training programs —including field schools (Miller et al 2014; Tripney and Hombrados, 2013, Woodruff and McKenzie, 2014; Chinen et al 2016); diverse types of information campaigns (i.e. Aker, 2010); interventions as certification to firms for good practice in hiring and retaining female employees, consulting and mentorship programs for women (Feigenberg, et al, 2013; Field, et al, 2016) or interventions that aim to reduce domestic violence against women (Day, 2009).…”