You Searched For "women labour force particpation" and got 20 results
Sort By:
2 mins read
Govt to soon launch scheme to train adolescent girls for non-traditional jobs
A non-traditional career is generally defined as a certain role that has less than 25 per cent of a…
PTI
2 mins read
In India, being educated might increase your chances of unemployment: ILO report
According to the latest International Labour Organisation (ILO) report on India's labour landscape,…
3 mins read
Not only does electing “criminal” politicians often lead to an increase in crime in India, it can also be terrible for the economy: study
India's political landscape is marred by the election of politicians with criminal records, leading…
3 mins read
India's labour market undergoing structural transformation, latest survey data misinterpreted: SBI Research
India's labour market is undergoing a deep structural transformation with self-entrepreneurship acr…
ANI
3 mins read
Net new women EPFO subscribers addition rises to 28.69 lakh in FY23
Retirement fund body EPFO recorded a net new women subscribers addition of 28,69,688 in FY23 agains…
PTI
3 mins read
Modern slavery: 50 million — mostly women, children, and migrants — still trapped in forced labour and marriages, UN asserts
If you had to make everyone trapped in state-imposed forced labour in a line, you’d sadly notice th…
4 mins read
India tops the world in producing female graduates in STEM but ranks 19th in employing them
As India is digitally transforming at a rapid pace, the demand for technologically competent employ…
5 mins read
OPINION: Women’s Day special — Can EVs bring ‘missing women’ back into the workforce?
For millions of women, the simple act of leaving their homes to navigate work or errands is fraught…
4 mins read
Hurt by lockdown job losses, Indian youth is retreating from the labour force: SOIL report
India’s unemployment rate at 8% enormously understates the problem, says a State of India's Livelih…
2 mins read
Self-employed males earn 2.5 times more than females: Oxfam
Gender discrimination is the reason for 98 per cent of employment gap between males and females in …
PTI
4 mins read
Inspiring Stories of Women Entrepreneurs on Flipkart's Platform
Gone are the days when the aspirations of Indian women were confined to the boundaries of their hom…
2 mins read
The AI boom is the newest threat to women's presence in the workforce
Women are taking over the US workforce, but studies show many of their jobs could be replaced by AI.
Jacob Zinkula
2 mins read
More women are drawing salaries in India but the gender pay gap persists
The overall share of salaried employees improved from 48.3% in 2018 to 50% in March 2019. Howeve…
1 min read
Accenture, TCS and other top tech giants that extend adoption leaves to its female employees
From boardroom participation to inclusive policies, India Inc is stepping up its efforts to recogni…
2 mins read
Gig economy added 40,000 new women workers, but at low wages
More women are finding work, thanks to the increasing gig economy but they are being paid less, wid…
2 mins read
50 million people worldwide in modern slavery: ILO
According to the latest report by the UN agency titled, 'Global Estimates of Modern Slavery', 28…
3 mins read
Indian women don’t like being gig workers — the potentially $455 billion industry has to woo them with fair pay to start with
There are at least two surveys that explain the lag in the labour reforms for women. In 2018, …
2 mins read
Nearly 93% of the population in India lacks vocational and technical skills: Report
Despite Indian government’s Skill India initiative, a large chunk of its population — nearly 93% — …
2 mins read
275,000 more women left the labor force in January
While January's overall unemployment rate was 6.3%, the National Women's Law Center found 8.5% of B…