As per a report by McKinsey, $2.9 trillion of additional annual GDP in 2025 could be added by fully bridging the gender gap at the workplace.
As more and more women are getting economically empowered and have ample surplus funds, they are gradually turning to these markets, especially because of the ease and convenience of investing or trading through the online mode.
As the pace of economic recovery picks up, we believe that the market movement would continue to get more broad-based in nature as compared to the polarised market movement in the last three years.
From childbirth in isolation to juggling work, parenting and remote learning from home, here are some of the ways the coronavirus has changed women's lives.
This Women's Day, Moneycontrol brings you the story of three women who braved the odds and are part of the gig economy today:
Real estate developers said the move will provide a further boost to housing sales in the state
In the black-and-white picture that Kareena Kapoor Khan posted on her Instagram, her newborn son is seen resting on her shoulder while she clicks a selfie.
Wearing bright yellow scarves representing the colour of mustard fields, the women took centrestage at one key site, chanting slogans, holding small marches, and making speeches through loudspeakers to target the laws.
This Women's Day, Moneycontrol brings you a conversation with three women entrepreneurs in India who are blazing a trail in three different fields -- AI and Health, Fin Tech and Direct to Consumer. Dreams Unlimited: Startup Stories features Dr Geetha Manjunath, Founder & CEO, Niramai Health Analytix, Lizzie Chapman, Co-founder & CEO, ZestMoney and Vineeta Singh, Co-founder & CEO, SUGAR Cosmetics, in conversation with Moneycontrol's Chandra R Srikanth.
Tune into this special episode for insights from Paridhi Adani, Partner with law firm Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas.
Dr Chaitra Harsha has dabbled in setting up dental clinics, a medical tourism venture, offered consulting services in the area of bioinformatics, among others.
The tribal paintings, considered a heritage of ancient India, are a piece of art perfected by the Pithora, Saura, Warli, and Gond tribes.
The country's largest lender on March 1 had reduced the rate on home loans to 6.70 percent till March 31.
Kavitha Subramanian, Co-Founder of broking firm Upstox said her firm witnessed a sharp jump in the number of accounts opened by women investors since the last year.
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In a first, LetsVenture has launched a platform exclusively for women angel investors. Although the startup ecosystem has grown rapidly in India over the years, the number of women investors has been very few.
The program will reach one lakh women farmers from across Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana and Bihar, skilling them in digital literacy, financial literacy and entrepreneurship skills in the coming year.
The names of women victimised by violence were painted on metal barriers hastily erected around Mexico’s national palace late on March 6, ahead of a women’s march as activists turned the fencing into a makeshift billboard for their movement.
A career break can be long and with negligible or no income during the break, it's important for women to be financially independent. But how much money should you keep to sustain? In this Women's Day exclusive, Moneycontrol's Kayezad E. Adajania talks to Mrin Agarwal, Financial Educator & Founder, Finsafe India, to answer some of crucial questions.
World Athletics has marked International Women’s Day with a series of pledges to “further advance the role of girls and women” in the sport under the campaign slogan “WeGrowAthletics.”
In addition, the tech major is also launching $25 million grant under Google.org Global Impact Challenge for women and girls for non-profits and social enterprises in India and across the world.
Women who write the cheque also have to face bias at the workplace. “Years ago, when workspaces were designed, they were designed by men -- for men. That has not changed," one woman investor summed up the scenario now.
In the first year alone, the endowment Fund aims to grant Rs 70 lakh for various initiatives, said IIT Madras.
Though the marketing and sales division has traditionally given pharma sector its leaders, women are still a small percentage here. A pharma association data says that while the average percentage of women in most sectors in India is between 15- 35%, in the pharma industry, it is 10–15%.
For real empowerment, women should be offered equal opportunities, and not a special institution, to realise their potential.