Discriminatory laws limit firms from hiring willing women, and removing such barriers can help narrow the economic gap between developing and developed countries.
Report by Chennai’s Great Lakes Institute of Management, released a day before Women’s Day, analyses data from Labour Surveys, National Family Health Surveys, and Time Use Survey.
In contrast, proportion of men who stepped out at least once a day was about 87 per cent. Wide gaps exist in mobility among men and women in India, finds study
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Krea University researchers surveyed 2,083 non-agricultural enterprises in Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, and Odisha to examine the impact of Covid-19 on women-led MSMEs.
Researchers from IIM Bangalore and Warwick University analysed IHDS data from 2004-05 and 2011-12 to find that the situation is especially stark for women in urban areas.
The study has also found that men are four times more likely to be the protagonist of a Covid-related news story and those portrayed as 'empowered' tend to be men.
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I wonder if any of the female authors spent a single night shift in a smaller firm. It is easier to preach about smaller firms making amenities but what about when those females step outside to go back to their homes. Does our government provide adequate security to them The answer is no.
Also these researchers play with the graphs. The slope of Share of Female workers graphs is steeped up to show a great change of 0.5%.
By making the women do night shifts at firms , how will their families cope up. Who will love the kids at home. The whole article seems to be biased with Leftist agenda.
I wonder if any of the female authors spent a single night shift in a smaller firm. It is easier to preach about smaller firms making amenities but what about when those females step outside to go back to their homes. Does our government provide adequate security to them The answer is no.
Also these researchers play with the graphs. The slope of Share of Female workers graphs is steeped up to show a great change of 0.5%.
By making the women do night shifts at firms , how will their families cope up. Who will love the kids at home. The whole article seems to be biased with Leftist agenda.