Centre Released Advisories, Survey to Boost Female Workforce Participation

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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.