Sunday, March 3, 2019

Widening Gender Gap In India


According to the latest global gender gap report by the World Economic Forum, it's getting even harder to be a woman in India. India has slid 21 notches down to rank 108 among 144 countries. The figures are alarming, 66% of the Indian women workforce is unpaid. Not just this, according to a world bank report only 27% are part of the labour force and contribute only 17% to the country's GDP. On Agenda we ask, are we doing anything to fix this gap? From rank 87 to rank 108, what's the reason behind the steep fall. Watch full video: https://www.ndtv.com/video/shows/agen... NDTV is one of the leaders in the production and broadcasting of un-biased and comprehensive news and entertainment programmes in India and abroad. NDTV delivers reliable information across all platforms: TV, Internet and Mobile.

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