Women in corporate sector

Women have started entering the workforces like never before from the sixties and seventies. There has been a paradigm shift from earlier years when roles of men and women were clearly defined: a man was supposed to be the bread earner while a woman was supposed to take care of the household. In the US, 46.8 % of the workforce is now comprised of women. ------------------ In India, the workforce gender diversity is quite interesting. In rural India, agriculture and allied industrial sectors employ as much as 89.5% of the total female labor. However, there are far fewer women in the paid workforce than there are men in urban India. Some industry sectors do employ a lot of women. As an example at software industry 30% of the workforce is female.

But still is there any change in india???????

House wives and working women who 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 home at the convenience of ones leisure time best suit house wives, students and retired employees etc. and it is for these reasons that they are in great demand in India. They are paid piecemeal or hourly. Above all they do not require any expertise mostly. All you need to have is a computer and an internet connection. If you possess software skills, it will be an added advantage to do some types of software linked assignments.

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 Women in corporate India - Yes Its not rarity now 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 women at various position which is quite a huge number. 1) According to the UN Population Division, by the year 2020, almost 20% of the global population in the working age accounting for nearly 1 billion people would be Indians which

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 the right 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.