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The path to 'Viksit Bharat' goes through getting more women into paid work
Updated : 5 days, 11 hours ago IST
The report titled "The Missing Half: Women and India's Growth Challenge" argues that to sustain a growth of around 7 per cent over 25 years, necessary for 'Viksit Bharat' by 2050, overall worker participation in paid work must rise from about 47 per cent to nearly 60 per cent. This can only
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Over 26 million Pakistani children out of school despite improvements in i
Updated : 2 weeks, 1 day ago IST
A report by Dawn reveals 26.2 million Pakistani children are out of school. While girls' completion rates and school infrastructure have improved, declining funding and a 24 per cent female labour force participation rate remain major hurdles. Officials are now developing an "Action Plan" to
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Nari Shakti soars: Female labour force participation rate reaches 37.0 per
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The Periodic Labour Force Survey Report 2022-23, released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation on October 9, demonstrates a remarkable increase of 4.2 percentage points, pushing the FLFPR to 37.0 per cent in 2023, read the Ministry of Women and Child Development press r
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World Bank's toolkit aims to make transport, public spaces more gender inc
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Public transport services are not traditionally designed keeping in mind women's safety and their specific travel needs, the World Bank said. This severely limits their access to work, education and life choices. India has amongst the lowest female labour force participation rates globally,
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How are Indian Universities helping to reduce gender inequality in the wor
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 4 (ANI/SRV Media): In India, women constitute 46.2 percent of the total enrolment in higher education but the female labour force participation rate is a mere 21 percent, as against a global average of 40%. In fact, not only is the number very low, but for those w
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