Women in Corporate Sector

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Women in corporate sector


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Women have started entering the workforces like never beforefrom the sixties and seventies. There has been a paradigm shiftfrom earlier years when roles of men and women were clearlydefined: a man was supposed to be the bread earner while awoman was supposed to take care of the household. In the US, 46.8

% of the workforce is now comprised of women.

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In India, the workforce gender diversity is quite interesting. In ruralIndia, agriculture and allied industrial sectors employ as much as89.5% of the total female labor. However, there are far fewerwomen in the paid workforce than there are men in urban India.Some industry sectors do employ a lot of women. As an example atsoftware industry 30% of the workforce is female.


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But still is there any change in

india???????


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House wives and working womenwho are

employed part time and who find lots of

leisure time look for work-at-home jobs to

earn some extra money to support their

families. Internet and advance technology have

made prospects of these jobs very bright.

Another advantage of these jobs is that they

are offered to complete them at flexible hours,

but within the deadline. Working at homeat

the convenience of ones leisure time best suithouse wives, students and retired employees

etc. and it is for these reasons that they are in

great demand in India. They are paid piece-

meal or hourly. Above all they do not require

any expertise mostly. All you need to have is a

computer and an internet connection. If youpossess software skills, it will be an added

advantage to do some types of software linked

assignments.


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DUAL ROLE


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omen n corporate n a - es ts not rar tynow like what it used to be some years ago.

India has done quite fair job to promote

womanhood and its value.

Some Statistics

0) IT sector has more than 30 percent womenat various position which is quite a huge

number.

1) According to the UN Population Division, bythe year 2020, almost 20% of the global

population in the working age accounting for

nearly 1 billion people would be Indians which


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Overall too India ranks 113 of 135 countries on the index. Even so, there is no doubt

that there are more Indian women leaders in business than ever before, thanks to the

resilience and gung ho spirit that women display.

The Global Scenario

During the last century, arguments about gender equality in the workplace was

largely based on the concept of equality of opportunity. It was said to be theright thing to do.

Gradually, the gender gap elimination was done and there was a significant

improve in the financial scenarios of companies. It seemed not just the right,

but a bright thing to do.

A recent research has revealed that around 12% growth could be given to

companies if the gender gap was eliminated.

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Women in Corporate Sector