Page 6 - Women Employment

Diversity in India Inc: Women got only 21 out of every 100 new jobs in FY22

This is the second of a four-part series examining diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) in corporate India. Part 2 looks at a decline in the representation of women in the workforce

Let's build society where women command more respect: President Murmu

President Droupadi Murmu on Sunday greeted citizens on the eve of Durga Puja and asked them to build a society where women command respect and they get to contribute equally in the process of nation building. On the auspicious occasion of Durga Puja, I extend my warm greetings and best wishes to all the fellow citizens living in India and abroad, she said. Maa Durga is Shakti Swarupa and this festival is an opportunity to show respect towards women power, the president said. A society where women empowerment is encouraged at every level in a true sense can be considered to be a modern, developed and just society, Murmu said. The nine forms of Goddess Durga symbolise the infinite power of mother nature, she added. I wish the spirit of unity and fraternity is strengthened in our society through the festival of Durga Puja. Let us build a society where women are respected more and more and they are able to contribute equally in the process of nation building, President Murmu said. I

Gender disparity: Harder for women to re-enter job market, shows EPFO data

Payroll data released by the National Statistical Office shows only 18.67 per cent of the persons that rejoined and re-subscribed employees' provident fund (EPF) are female

Inclusive roads: New batch of women cab drivers starts training in Delhi

In all, 450 applications received so far for driving lessons

Who will feed UP's mid-day meal cooks? They have not been paid since March

Over 90% of them are women who are too poor to afford even a single meal

Women kirana partners lead deliveries for Flipkart in India's remote areas

The programme enables the kirana partners to make limited time-based deliveries contingent on their comfort and availability and has enabled large-scale participation from women

'More women in India seeking entrepreneurial opportunities compared to men'

According to LinkedIn data, published in the World Economic Forum's 2022 Global Gender Gap report, the share of women founders grew 2.68 times between 2016 and 2021

Covid cut Indian women out of the job market, putting $6 trillion at stake

India is an extreme illustration of a global phenomenon. Across the world, women were more likely than men to lose jobs during the pandemic, and their recovery has been slower

Goa to start 'Pink Rickshaw' service for women drivers: CM Pramod Sawant

Pink Rickshaws can be taken on loan via Chief Minister's Rozgar Yojana and sponsorship via Rotary club, which will also conduct training: Sawant

From flexible hours to child care, India Inc innovates to hire more women

Getting women back to paid jobs after a long break is part of a growing awareness across India Inc

5 lakh Jammu and Kashmir's women march towards economic freedom

Women in Jammu and Kashmir are treading an entrepreneurship path aided by the Umeed scheme's soft loans and training.

Work to identify beneficiaries for basic income to women on: Tamil Nadu FM

The work to identify eligible beneficiaries of the assistance to women heads of families is on in full swing, Finance Minister of the State Palanivel Thiaga Rajan told the Assembly on Friday.

BS Number Wise: Jobs added for women, but gender disparity remains

In 2021-22, one female will hold a job for every four males employed. In 2020-21, the ratio was 1:5

Why Delhi's anganwadi workers are fighting for higher pay, social security

Anganwadi workers work overtime, and keep critical health and nutrition programmes running, even as they are paid little, receive no social security, or adequate protection from the Covid-19 pandemic

Female employees break a Tata Steel glass ceiling as SCR operators

Tata Steel has deployed four female employees as stacker-cum-reclaimer (SCR) operators for the first time at its Meramandali plant in Odisha's Dhenkanal district

Ola Electric's Futurefactory to be run entirely by as many as 10,000 women

This will make it the world's largest women-only factory and the only all-women automotive manufacturing facility globally

Coronavirus likely to lock India's women out of job market for years

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Savitri Devi has been searching for work since she lost her job at a garment factory in New Delhi, along with half her co-workers, when sales plummeted at the start of the coronavirus pandemic last year.

Covid impact: More women have exited formal employment in India than men

Of the more than half a million women who exited the formal workforce and did not join back, two-thirds were under 35 years of age. By comparison, only a third of men under 35 exited formal employment

Exclusion of women in decision-making marker of 'flawed democracy': Harris

The status of democracy depends fundamentally on the empowerment of women, whose exclusion from decision-making is a marker of a "flawed democracy", Kamala Harris has said

Women: Educated but unemployed

Indian women work a lot. But, their work is predominantly at home, in service of other members of their household