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India’s August labour data shows higher participation, stronger employment and lower rural unemployment. Women’s LFPR rose again to 34.8%, but the improvement remains concentrated in rural India.

India is formalising employment rapidly, but women remain just a quarter of the flexi workforce. The Quess Pulse Report FY2026 shows that the next challenge is getting women into the …

More Indian women are entering the labour force, yet participation remains far below men’s. The explanation lies across both sides of the labour market: jobs and wages, care and mobility, …

Reframe 2026 by Breakthrough moved the women-at-work conversation beyond recruitment, examining the norms, care systems, workplace cultures and infrastructure that decide whether women can build lasting careers.

Avtar says the US retreat from DEI is affecting women’s representation in Indian workplaces. Change in Content asks what that reveals about corporate inclusion itself: if commitment disappears when policy …

India’s clean-energy ambitions could generate more than 44 lakh jobs, yet women make up just 11% of the surveyed solar and wind workforce. The next phase of India’s green transition …

AI can help women refresh skills, build evidence of current capability and explore new career or business paths after a break. A genuinely smarter return, however, also requires fair hiring, …

India’s female labour-force participation has risen sharply, and women’s wages are growing too. The next opportunity is to turn higher participation into stronger income, productivity, formality, ownership and economic power.

Female labour-force participation rose sharply to 34.4% in July 2026, but rural women accounted for much of the improvement. Urban female participation remains weaker and urban female unemployment rose to …

A CSEP paper says India could add $700 billion to $1.4 trillion to GDP by increasing women’s workforce participation. The deeper issue is not only norms, but the shortage of …