Women’s participation in tech contractual roles nearly triples, but pay gap persistsWomen’s participation in India’s tech contractual workforce has nearly tripled from 9.51% in 2020 to 27.98% in 2024, according to a TeamLea...
26 Mar, 2025, 03.19 PM IST
Women's representation at leadership positions drops to 19%, 46% at entry-level positions: TeamLease ReportWomen hold only 19% of C-suite positions compared to 46% at entry-level roles, according to TeamLease. Unemployment among women has risen s...
25 Mar, 2025, 06.29 PM IST
Banking on equality: ways to enhance gender representation in Financial ServicesWomen are 24% of the BFSI workforce and face challenges in career progression and work-life balance. While more women step into leadership ...
14 Jan, 2025, 10.21 AM IST
What can truly move the needle on gender gap?Despite progress, India’s gender gap remains a significant challenge. A report by Bain & Company highlights that India needs 145 million mo...
11 Dec, 2024, 01.41 PM IST
IndiGo aims to have over 1,000 women pilots in its workforce in 1 yearIndiGo plans to increase its number of women pilots to over 1,000 within the next year as part of its broader diversity and inclusivity eff...
15 Aug, 2024, 04.54 PM IST
Higher empowerment helping women influence major consumption decisions: ReportWomen's influence on consumption decisions in India is growing, with notable presence in sectors like IT and consumer staples. The rise in ...
14 Mar, 2024, 08.32 PM IST
Cars24 pledges to increase female representation in its workforce by 50% in 2024The programme is aimed at fostering gender equality within the organisation and beyond, the company said. To bridge the gender gap and cult...
07 Mar, 2024, 03.51 PM IST
Women's reservation bill: A history of female participation in India's workforceAccording to the International Labour Organization (ILO), doubling the percentage of women in the workforce could boost India's growth rate...
20 Sep, 2023, 04.05 PM IST
TCS, Infosys, Wipro, others are steering the drive to bridge IT's gender gapThe share of women employees across the top five IT companies stood at 34.1% at the end of the first quarter of 2023-24, up from 31.7% as o...
04 Aug, 2023, 05.55 PM IST
Hiring of women pips IT headcount growthThe number of female employees increased 6.5% at these IT companies in FY23, outpacing growth in their total headcount, which was 5.9%, acc...
10 May, 2023, 08.40 AM IST
Most female blue collar employees in India confident about equal pay: SurveyThe research was conducted by Censuswide on behalf of Indeed with 508 employers and 1,001 employees in the blue collar segment. The survey ...
24 Feb, 2023, 07.12 PM IST
Edelweiss Tokio Life rolls out slew of D&I initiatives“The origination of WOW can be traced back to the employee engagement survey conducted in late 2019, which captured a lower engagement rate...
08 Oct, 2021, 04.50 PM IST
As pandemic continues to rage, hiring recovers, gender parity improves with female workforce up from 30% in April to 37% by July-endHiring picked up by 25 percentage points by end of July as compared to June.
29 Sep, 2020, 05.02 PM IST
Tata Steel on a gender-diversity drive, aims to have 20% female staff in 5 yearsThe diversity thrust includes focused hiring of women, offering female staff facilities like flexible working hours, options to work from h...
27 Aug, 2018, 11.00 PM IST
Women representation in India Inc up 5% this year: StudyWith this the overall percentage representation of women in 100 best companies for female employees is 30.55 per cent, this year from 25.25...
16 Oct, 2017, 07.55 PM IST
Intel's $125 million fund to fight gender and racial imbalance in Silicon ValleyThe fund, called Intel Diversity Fund, will invest in startups run by women and underrepresented minorities.
10 Jun, 2015, 02.52 PM IST
Women not progressing in career despite organisational effortsThe study showed that non-traditional solutions to gender diversity positively impact an organisation's long-term ability to engage female ...
11 Nov, 2014, 12.46 PM IST