With solely 0.5% of the whole ladies workforce engaged in tech roles in non-tech sectors, there’s a urgent must amplify feminine participation on this area. Having mentioned that, the tech sector is more and more prioritising the employment of girls and India’s ladies’s STEM participation stands at 43% globally, which is the very best on the earth,” TeamLease Digital CEO Neeti Sharma mentioned.
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This may additional develop this 12 months (2025) on the premise of the sustained efforts of the federal government and women-centric applications enabling elevated participation of girls in tech, inclusive maternity and childcare assist, she acknowledged.
The TeamLease Digital – ‘Girls on the Coronary heart of India’s Digital Evolution’, report is predicated on knowledge obtained from its broad community and proprietary database, in addition to a number of public sources from 2019 until 2023.
Additional, mentioning city-specific statistics, the report discovered that the proportion of girls becoming a member of the workforce from tier I cities (55%) outnumbers the tier II cities.
Girls hiring is projected to centre in Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, and Gujarat within the coming months, with expertise being employed in places similar to Chennai, Pune, Nasik, Coimbatore, Kochi, Aurangabad, and Vadodara, it acknowledged.
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At present, within the manufacturing phase, Tamil Nadu accounts for 43% of the whole employed ladies workforce, it famous. It discovered that the brisker degree had the very best focus of girls at 34%, which regularly declines because the hierarchy rises, with 26% within the junior degree (3-5 years expertise), 18% within the mid-senior degree (5-15 years), 11% in management roles (15-20 years), and a mere 8% within the C-suite or boardroom degree.
The decline in ladies in management positions is especially as a result of lack of alternatives, assist for girls with caregiving tasks, and fewer mentors and function fashions, the report mentioned.
“Whereas the general annual development of girls employed within the tech sector is projected to be 5.5% over the following 5 years, extra concerted efforts are required from firms, policymakers and governmental initiatives to pave the best way for a extra equitable and inspiring future of girls in India’s digital journey, TeamLease Digital AVP of Technique and Progress Munira Loliwala added.