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What Women Want from the Workplace

Fewer than three in ten women in India are in work. Why is this rate so low, and what can be done to improve the situation?

Fewer than three in ten women in India are in work - one of the lowest rates of female employment in the world.

In this edition of WorklifeIndia, we ask bosses and recruiters why so few women work in India, what can be done to improve the situation, and what Indian women expect from the workplace of the future.

Presenter: Divya Arya

Contributors: Anjali Bhushan, Independent HR consultant; Shikha Suman, founder of healthcare start-up Medimojo; and Shiv Agrawal, Managing Director at ABC Consultants.

Image: Workers in an office in Bangalore, India (Credit: Getty Images)

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25 minutes

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Fri 16 Nov 2018 15:32GMT

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  • Fri 16 Nov 2018 15:32GMT

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