Study finds disparity between men and women has grown in China, with researchers seeing the ‘magnitude of the ‘she-cession’, where the Covid-induced economic slowdown disproportionately impacted the female labour force.
A new study commissioned by Uber suggests ride-hailing services can bring more women into the workforce. While safer commutes could improve India s low female labour force participation somewhat, they address only part of the problem.
Women have long been an untapped economic resource in the world. Former Japanese Prime Minister Late Shinzo Abe in 2013 decided to change that by introducing a policy of womenomics, a policy based on the.
Female labour force participation rates have, in the past, tended to rise during times of financial stress as women stepped out to augment their household incomes.