While India's population is growing, women's participation in the workforce is shrinking
According to the World Bank’s latest data, women represented 23% of India’s formal and informal workforce in 2021, down from nearly 27% in 2005.
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According to the World Bank’s latest data, women represented 23% of India’s formal and informal workforce in 2021, down from nearly 27% in 2005.
Pinky Negi, an Indian teacher with two master's degrees, loved her old job at a public school in the Himalayan foothills. But then she did what millions of Indian women do every year - gave up her career when she got married and had children. "The idea of not earning pinches me the most when I have to ask for the smallest of things," said Negi, who briefly tried home tutoring
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