The report highlights that the share of women in workforce is extremely low in urban areas, i.e. around 10.3 per cent. Worse, their businesses took a bigger hit in COVID.

Women will be allowed to work in all categories and also in the night-shifts with adequate protection, said the Indian FM.

It is important that women capitalize on this experience to lay down healthy boundaries and share the responsibility of domestic tasks.

Women’s participation in urban areas was low initially but dropped further from 17 percent in 2004–05 to 14 per cent in 2017–18 for all ages, and from 23 per cent to 18 per cent for women above fifteen years of age.

No woman should have to choose between family and profession. She shouldn’t have to postpone motherhood or forgo it completely because of lack of support and an environment that clearly discourages her from balancing both.

The survey was conducted between April-June 2018 and January-March 2019 and it shows the data of the rising regular wage earners and salaried employees in the urban workforce where the total increase has been from 48.3 percent to 50 percent.

Despite being revered as suspicious, the year-round stigma remains that women belong in homes. The goddess needs to build on the wealth that a man brings into the household by saving or smart management of household expenses.

“You’re the only one you got, that’s why you have to take care of yourself. Nobody else is going to do that for you. If you don’t care about your body, your mental health, your emotions, then you’re going to be in trouble,” says author Kaveree Bamzai.

With 15.2 percent in 2019, India’s female representation on boards has been ranked at 23rd place out of 56 countries. 

Everybody has a role to play in encouraging women to join/re-join the workforce, says UN Women’s Deputy Executive Director Anita Bhatia.