Women Workforce

Poor access to economic opportunity is reflected potently in India's famously poor female labour force participation rates

A staggering 49 per cent of the respondents said they did not have equal opportunities for career growth as the men in their organisations.

Women's Day (March 8) saw brands across categories put their best gender-aware or 'woke' message forward. But in the clutter, the message is getting diluted.

The PM's clarion call acted as a starter gun for various governmental agencies, galvanising them to action

The march for the equality of the sexes seems to fall apart at the family hearth

The world's largest social-media company also wants half of its US workforce to be from underrepresented groups by 2024

The FM said it was her experience as the commerce and defence minister in the previous term of the Modi government, and now as the finance minister, that women do not come forward to stake claim

Not so long ago, Japanese women who remained unmarried after the age of 25 were referred to as "Christmas cake," a slur comparing them to old holiday pastries that cannot be sold after December 25

There are a number of ways to boost the number of women working

About 19% of promotions in PSBs in 2015 were those of women against a 22-23% representation

The female labour force participation in India has fallen to 26 per cent in 2018 from 36.7 per cent in 2005, amid lack of access to quality education and underlying social, economic barriers limiting the opportunities for women, says a Deloitte report. According to the Deloitte report titled Empowering Women & Girls in India for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, 95 per cent or 195 million women are employed in the unorganised sector or are in unpaid work. As per the report, the education ecosystem needs to go through a set of system strengthening initiatives, including the introduction of digital and STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education in schools, which in turn will introduce girls to various career choices. "Specifically in the India context, the female labour force participation has had a decadal fall from 36.7 per cent in 2005 to 26 per cent in 2018, with 95 per cent (195 million) women employed in the unorganised sector or in unpaid word," the ...

A higher female labour force participation rate would increase consumption and therefore production

India has among the lowest women workforce participation rates in the world

Currently, India has the largest number of single women in its history

India would see GDP increase 27 per cent if it were able to boost female workforce participation to the levels seen for men

Increasing India's female workforce participation can boost GDP growth substantially. Indeed, the next chapter of the country's success story may well come from more women joining the workforce

Indicating robust participation of women in corporate India, the number of female employees in top 100 companies in terms of best workplace for the fairer sex picked up by 5 per cent in 2017 compared to the previous year, says a study. With this the overall percentage representation of women in 100 best companies for female employees is 30.55 per cent, this year from 25.25 per cent in 2016. The study on Best Companies for Women in India (BCWI) is conducted by Avtar Group --a diversity advocate and workplace inclusion expert -- and Working Mother Media. Tata Consultancy Services, Accenture Solutions, Deloitte in India, Procter & Gamble, IBM India are some of the corporates which figure on the list of top 10 best companies for women in India. Northern Trust Bank, EY, People Combine Educational Initiatives, Schneider Electric India and Shell India Markets are the other companies on top 10 list. According to the study, the top 10 companies together employ 2.36 lakhs of .

This trend will diminish the boost India's economy receives from its vast young population

Number of working women in India in 2000-05 jumped to 37% from the 34% earlier, but it has been on a downhill ever since