Women hold just 33% of entry-level pvt jobs: Report
Workforce gender gap begins early in India with women holding just one in three entry-level private sector roles and only 24 per cent of managerial positions, a report said on Wednesday.
In India, despite forming half of the university graduate pool, women continue to face systemic barriers to entry, advancement, and retention in formal employment, according to McKinsey & Company’s ‘Women in the Workplace’ report.
It showed that women hold just one in three entry-level private sector roles and only 24 per cent of manager positions, signalling a wide gap between potential and actual representation.
The report is based on insights of 77 private sector organisations having a total of 9 lakh employees. The imbalance is further highlighted by a seven-year age gap at the entry level where women average 39 years compared to men at 32 years, the widest across the countries studied.
