Women Workforce

BS Views of the week: Women, Election Commission, G20 agenda, and more

Covid-19 and women@work

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

Women still don't have level-playing field at work, says pan-IIM survey

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

Advertisers push inclusion cart on Women's Day but is it just tokenism?

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.

More action than noise on Women's Day?

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

Equality at home

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

Facebook plans to double women employees globally in 5 years

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

Women must come out of their 'comfort zones', says FM Nirmala Sitharaman

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

Japanese women are dropping marriage, but cultural norms fail to catch up

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

Conspicuous absence of women in India's labour force in last 30 years

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

From Railways to IAS: Women grossly under-represented in govt jobs

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

Fewer women working in India: Labour participation down to 26% in 2018

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 ...

The magic of women in workforce: More job opportunities, a better economy

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

Hiring of women expected to jump 15-20% in 2019: Indian Skills report

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

As Indian women leave jobs, single women keep working. Here's why

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

Tata Motors wants to hire more women in India but fewer are working

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

Faster growth in female workforce participation requires equal opportunity

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

Women workforce in India Inc up 5% in 2017, says study

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 .

India's rising wealth has a downside: Fewer women are working

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

Lesser women in workforce: Assocham calls for remedial action

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