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Participation of women in country's workforce increased to 37%: Pradhan

Participation of women in the country's workforce increased to 37 per cent in 2022-23, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Saturday. Speaking at the 'Rozgar Mela' here, Pradhan said the figure was 23 per cent in 2017-18. "There has been balanced growth in society as there has been a rise in women's participation in the workforce," he said, adding that women are hard-working than men. The Narendra Modi government's women-focussed schemes have helped to raise the participation of women in the workforce, he said. The Centre is giving priority to women in policy-making and leadership roles, he said, maintaining that the prime minister has been stressing on the need to uplift women in the country. There is a need to skill women to increase the workforce of the country, he said, highlighting the importance of re-skilling and up-skilling working women to adapt them to changing technologies. Pradhan also said that the rate of unemployment in the country has come down to 3

Number of women in blue-collar jobs increasing across manufacturing sector

As companies move to be more gender inclusive

India needs a gender strategy

It must adopt a holistic approach consisting of fiscal, administrative, and regulatory measures, combined with public messaging and mindset changes

TaMo drives in change on the shop floor; Women to comprise 25% of workforce

Tata Motors' TCF-2 plant in Pimpri, near Pune, already has 1,500 women on the shop-floor who assemble the sports utility vehicles Harrier and Safari

'Micro-firms' could be holding back women from finding employment: Study

Research finds that increasing company size directly increases female participation in the workforce and amending labour laws and policies can help improve gender inclusivity

Significant no of women feel they have equal growth opportunities: Report

With the increasing participation of women in the workforce, a significant percentage of women professionals believe that they have equal career growth opportunities like their male counterparts, says a report. According to a report by jobs and professional networking platform apna.co, around 80 per cent women professionals interviewed said they have career growth opportunities at par with their male colleagues. This highlights a significant shift in perception, demonstrating a collective confidence in the existence of equitable career prospects for women, the report noted. The report is based on a comprehensive online survey conducted with over 10,000 women currently employed across various industries in July. The report further revealed that 65 per cent of women surveyed said they have witnessed gender pay equity in their current workplaces, a positive step in the organized sector's commitment to bridging the gender pay gap. It suggested that women are increasingly comfortable .

Urban Company to have 30% women in leadership, senior roles by 2025

In 2022, the company invested Rs 72 crore in training and upskilling its partners

Lack of menstrual hygiene at work drives income loss, absenteeism

Despite growing awareness about water and sanitation-related issues, menstrual hygiene facilities have been found lacking at the workplace in both the formal and the informal sectors

Share of women working overtime in factories at 11-year high in 2019

Section 51 of the Act prescribes that no adult worker shall be required or allowed to work in a factory for more than 48 hours in any week

Three in every five companies in India want to hire STEM-qualified women

The rise in demand for STEM-qualified women is expected to rise the highest in the retail and e-commerce industry

Women in informal economy have greater career aspiration than men: Study

They wanted health benefits and formal job agreement over money in their jobs

Britannia looks to increase its women workforce to 50% from 41% by 2024

FMCG major Britannia Industries is aiming to increase its women workforce to 50 per cent from the present 41 per cent by 2024, a senior company official said on Sunday. With 15 company-owned manufacturing plants and 35 contract and franchisee units across India having a workforce of over one lakh people, Britannia currently has 41 per cent women employees and would increase the strength to 50 per cent by the end of 2024, Head of Manufacturing, Owned Factories, Indranil Gupta said. The company has about 1,400 workers in its Madurai unit of which 65 per cent comprise women, Gupta said. The female workforce in the plant will be increased to 70 per cent by 2024, since it produced 190 tonnes of various food products per day, the senior official told journalists. When asked about the reason behind pushing for more women employees, Gupta said: "They are more hygienic, and more suitable for these type of jobs, which is an important requirement in food making facilities and disciplined ...

International Women's Day 2023: Theme, Whatsapp safety features, much more

DigitALL, technology for gender equality will be the theme for this year's event

Alliance launched to boost number of women in STEM, workforce in India

A top India-centric American business advocacy group, in collaboration with various US government agencies and a prestigious university, has announced an alliance to increase the number of women in STEM education and the workforce in India. The launch of the US-India Alliance for Women's Economic Empowerment STEM Collaborative was announced by Mukesh Aghi, president and CEO of the US-India Strategic and Partnership Forum during the US-India Alliance Shatter Summit. India and the US tech synergy is well evinced in India being an IT powerhouse and the US having the most robust tech economy. However, there is still a lacuna in the number of male and female STEM graduates, Aghi said. For India to unleash its full potential, there needs to be a concerted effort to get more young girls and women in STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths), he said. The US-India Alliance for Women's Economic Empowerment is a public-private partnership between the State Department, USAID, USISPF,

Women in construction, real estate sector earn less than males: Report

Informal women workers in Indian construction and real estate sector earn 30-40 per cent less than male workers, according to a report that highlights about gender inequality in this sector. Consulting firm Primus Partners and World Trade Center on Monday released a report 'Pink Collar Skilling: Unleashing the Women's Power in the Real Estate Sector' stating that out of the total people employed in this industry only 12 per cent are women. "In the domestic construction and real estate sector, which employs 57 million workers, 50 million of the people employed are men, and only 7 million are women," the report said. Further, it added that the informal women workers engaged in construction in India earn 30-40 per cent less than their male counterparts. This highlights the "gender inequality prevalent in the construction and real estate sector in India," it observed. With a 34.5 per cent pay gap, the hourly wage of women in the construction industry is Rs 26.15, the report pointed ou

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

WFH to hybrid model: Women workforce gets an inclusive push from India Inc

Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi also said that a flexible workplace can be utilised to increase women's labour force participation

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

PM Modi bats for remote work, flexible work hours, calls it the future

Modi said that India missed taking advantage of the first three industrial revolutions because it couldn't keep pace with the changing nature of work

Miles to go to fulfil PM Modi's Nari Shakti pledge for India in 2047

The rising share of women in the police force and aviation are among the few sunshine areas in a landscape of low, slow, or declining progress of women