‘Female labour force participation is a driver of growth and therefore, participation rates indicate the potential for a country to grow more rapidly’ from an ILO report.

Many women take breaks due to the constant juggling of priorities of work and home. It’s an old story and many women don’t come back from the break.In fact, as it turns out the deepest losses were during the lockdown with urban women prioritising home or losing their jobs.

Here’s the article that shares more information https://www.indiaspend.com/…/women-hold-up-the-economy.

Thinking about your second career and then going ahead with it successfully is in itself an inspiring story.

Surekha Rithesh and I would like to share inspiring stories of two ladies – Geeta Venkatesh and Riddhi Doshi who have gone ahead and flourished in their second career.

Watch Riddhi Doshi Tedx Talk here – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mmnSg7tSFE

And you can find more about women labour force participation in this ILO report here https://www.ilo.org/…/genericdocument/wcms_342357.pdf

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