Women In Indian Workforce

The low participation of women in India's labour force is largely due to gender discrimination in terms of wages and opportunities, a report by charity organisation Oxfam said on Wednesday.

After the nationwide lockdown, within a few weeks over 100 million Indians lost their jobs. Women were several times more likely to lose their jobs than men and far less likely to recover work after restrictions lifted.

The Indian Navy has the maximum percentage of women in its workforce among the three services at 6.5 per cent, according to details provided by the government in Rajya Sabha on Monday.

IMF chief Christine Lagarde, who on Tuesday said that raising women's participation in the workforce to the level of men can boost Indian economy by 27 per cent, shared her views on the country's economy with NDTV. The IMF chief had earlier said India must continue with reforms, especially in the financial services sector and should urgently focus ...

Addressing a press conference here as part of the all women co-chairs of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meet, Lagarde said IMF research has showed that raising women's participation in the workforce to the level of men can boost Indian economy by 27 per cent.

In her interactions with these young women who work at cafes, malls and offices, Asiya has realized that despite the promises by privatization of Indian economy, the opportunities available to these women are limited, exploitative and restricting.

The women worker participation rate in urban areas of India is low, states a report presented in united Nations. According to an estimate almost 120 million Indian women which is about 80% of the total female workers are employed in the rural sector.

The participation of Indian women in the workforce fell 10 per cent in the past decade as India recorded the lowest female labour force participation rate, a joint industry chamber Assocham-Thought Arbitrage Research study showed on Sunday. “There is an urgent need to create more jobs and entrepreneurship opportunities to promote women empowermen...

Women in India do almost 10 times as much unpaid work as men - a much higher ratio than the global average - leaving them out of the formal workforce and unable to contribute to the economy, consultancy firm McKinsey said in a new report.

The low participation of women in India's labour force is largely due to gender discrimination in terms of wages and opportunities, a report by charity organisation Oxfam said on Wednesday.

After the nationwide lockdown, within a few weeks over 100 million Indians lost their jobs. Women were several times more likely to lose their jobs than men and far less likely to recover work after restrictions lifted.

The Indian Navy has the maximum percentage of women in its workforce among the three services at 6.5 per cent, according to details provided by the government in Rajya Sabha on Monday.

IMF chief Christine Lagarde, who on Tuesday said that raising women's participation in the workforce to the level of men can boost Indian economy by 27 per cent, shared her views on the country's economy with NDTV. The IMF chief had earlier said India must continue with reforms, especially in the financial services sector and should urgently focus ...

Addressing a press conference here as part of the all women co-chairs of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meet, Lagarde said IMF research has showed that raising women's participation in the workforce to the level of men can boost Indian economy by 27 per cent.

In her interactions with these young women who work at cafes, malls and offices, Asiya has realized that despite the promises by privatization of Indian economy, the opportunities available to these women are limited, exploitative and restricting.

The women worker participation rate in urban areas of India is low, states a report presented in united Nations. According to an estimate almost 120 million Indian women which is about 80% of the total female workers are employed in the rural sector.

The participation of Indian women in the workforce fell 10 per cent in the past decade as India recorded the lowest female labour force participation rate, a joint industry chamber Assocham-Thought Arbitrage Research study showed on Sunday. “There is an urgent need to create more jobs and entrepreneurship opportunities to promote women empowermen...

Women in India do almost 10 times as much unpaid work as men - a much higher ratio than the global average - leaving them out of the formal workforce and unable to contribute to the economy, consultancy firm McKinsey said in a new report.