Can Training in Employability Skills Help Adolescent Girls and Young Women in South Africa Increase Their Employment Opportunities?
(1) Durban University of Technology
(2) University of KwaZulu Natal
(3) Durban University of Technology
(4) University of KwaZulu-Natal
(5) Hand in Hand Southern Africa
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