women and work

Young women and men are approaching parity in education, yet young women remain more than twice as likely to be outside employment, education or training. Our analysis of the ILO’s …

India has expanded skilling at enormous scale, yet NITI Aayog says only 3% of women across the segments studied are in formal jobs. The problem lies beyond training, in information, …

Australia’s latest gender indicators show meaningful progress in education, pay and workplace accountability. The remaining gaps increasingly point towards working hours, care, participation and access to economic opportunity.

Women were practising law, building scientific institutions, running banks and writing spaceflight software long before workplace inclusion had a vocabulary. These careers reveal how much professional history we have failed …

UN Women and the European Union have launched Women in Motion 2.0 in China, focusing on women’s skills, labour rights, inclusive workplaces and AI-relevant career support.

ASUSE 2025 shows women are becoming more visible as business owners in India’s unincorporated economy. The next challenge is turning ownership into jobs, income and opportunity for women.

India’s million-plus cities offer women more regular wage jobs and better earnings than the urban average. But MoSPI data also shows a sharp gender income gap and care burden.

Care work keeps the world running. UN Women’s latest care economy factsheet shows why investing in care systems can create jobs, reduce women’s unpaid workload and strengthen economies.

India wants more women in paid work, cities, factories and formal jobs. That growth story needs safe and affordable housing for women near opportunity.

A new Hybrid Work Study from Umeå University suggests hybrid work improved autonomy, leadership access and time control among white-collar employees, with women reporting the clearest gains.