More Indian women are being counted as employed, but much of the rise is coming through agriculture and unpaid family labour. That makes the progress real, but incomplete.
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The Global Unemployment Gender Gap reveals more than joblessness. Women’s access to work is shaped by care, safety, law, hiring bias and whether they are counted in the labour force …
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Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha has said women’s workforce participation in the state has increased from 37.5% in 2022 to 45.9% in 2025, linking the rise to efforts around entrepreneurship, …
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Which countries have the highest female workforce participation, and what explains their numbers? This article examines the latest global data, the policy lessons behind high participation, and why women’s work …
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The Economic Survey 2025–26 identifies women’s workforce participation as central to India’s long-term economic growth. Yet behind the push for higher participation lie deeper structural problems — unpaid care work, …
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India’s demographic dividend is incomplete without women. Despite higher education rates, only 37% of Indian women are in the workforce—and most are in informal or unpaid roles. This article explores …