While India Inc. is exploring ways to increase women’s workforce, the discrimination against women jobseekers, and scrutinizing their plans for marriage and childbearing is a setback to the overall drive. Dr Saundarya Rajesh, Founder-President, Avtar Group, tells The Economic Times that the biases against women are rife despite growing awareness around the value and need for diversity and inclusion.
India’s Manufacturing Output Could Rise 9% if More Women Enter Workforce: World Bank
India’s manufacturing sector could grow by 9% with increased female workforce participation, according to the World Bank’s latest South Asia Development Update. News reports quoted the report highlighting that closing gender gaps in labor force participation would yield the highest output gains in manufacturing across South Asia, followed by the services sector. The World Bank
