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Centre Released Advisories, Survey to Boost Female Workforce Participation

Posted 01 Feb 2024

Updated 16 Mar 2024

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  • Advisories were released at event titled “Women in the Workforce for Viksit Bharat” jointly held by Ministry of Women & Child Development and Ministry of Labour & Employment. 
    • Event aimed to chart a path for women-led development by adopting a comprehensive, whole-of-government approach. 

 

  • Key Outcomes
    • National Minimum Standards and Protocol for Crèches (Operation and Management) Released:
      • These Standards and Protocol focus strongly on standardizing and institutionalizing the Care economy.
      • Aims to assist various entities, including individuals, service agencies, corporations, government organizations, and NGOs, etc., to establish creches.
    • Advisory for Employers to Promote Women Workforce Participation:
      • Key recommendations include promoting women in leadership and management roles, crafting gender-neutral job advertisements, establishing working women hubs, and gender-neutral creche breaks.
    • Launch of Employer Rating Survey Within Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation(EPFO):
      • It will provide a robust understanding of working conditions based on the feedback from women.

 

  • Female Workforce Participation
    • As per Periodic Labour Force Survey (2022-23), Women participation has increased from 23.3% (2017) to 37% (2022-23).
    • Push and Pull factors for female participation in employment
      • Economic development, education levels, fertility rates, access to childcare, cultural and normative context of society and social norms.
  • Tags :
  • female workforce
  • Employer Rating Survey
  • National Minimum Standards and Protocol for Crèches
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