Sign up to save your podcasts
Or
Share Female labour force participation keeps plunging in India
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Share to email
Share to Facebook
Share to X
Or
Female labour force participation keeps plunging in India
In India, the female labour force participation dropped to a dismal 27 percent in 2015, down from 34 percent in 2004. The country now ranks 11th from the bottom on a worldwide index of female participation in the workforce, falling below countries like Bangladesh and Nepal. Why are so many women dropping out of the workforce in India? Our reporters Mandakini Gahlot, Thomas Denis, Suyash Shrivastava and Avantika Seth bring us this report examining the question.
View all episodes
By FRANCE 24 English
5
44 ratings
In India, the female labour force participation dropped to a dismal 27 percent in 2015, down from 34 percent in 2004. The country now ranks 11th from the bottom on a worldwide index of female participation in the workforce, falling below countries like Bangladesh and Nepal. Why are so many women dropping out of the workforce in India? Our reporters Mandakini Gahlot, Thomas Denis, Suyash Shrivastava and Avantika Seth bring us this report examining the question.
More shows like Focus
View all
Global News Podcast
7,773 Listeners
Economist Podcasts
4,183 Listeners
Newshour
1,068 Listeners
WSJ What’s News
4,361 Listeners
arts24
4 Listeners
People & Profit
0 Listeners
Access Asia
0 Listeners
Talking Europe
2 Listeners
The 51%
1 Listeners
Fashion
21 Listeners
Six O'Clock News
198 Listeners
Tech 24
4 Listeners
Down to Earth
0 Listeners
Business
4 Listeners
The Debate
22 Listeners
Inside the Americas
6 Listeners
Europe Rendezvous
5 Listeners
The World This Week
40 Listeners
Learning English from the News
250 Listeners
Reporters
4 Listeners
FT News Briefing
655 Listeners
5 Listeners
France in focus
4 Listeners
Banlieue Project
1 Listeners
The Observers
0 Listeners
Press Review
0 Listeners
The Observers Direct
0 Listeners
The Global Story
356 Listeners
Truth or Fake
4 Listeners