India Ranks 115 on Women Empowerment Meter

Bangalore: Women in India have never let anyone believe that they can lag behind in anything, however the facts are adverse. The global survey called the Third Billion Index shows on its scorecard the depleted position of women in the country which is demanding a change for good. India gets placed at a dismal 115 on a recent global survey on women empowerment out of 128 countries surveyed. India needs to make serious considerations to scale up the meter by employing measures to empower women and establish a world standard in equality among the sexes.       

Australia tops the list followed by Norway, Finland and Sweden the three Scandinavian countries where the women contribute to the growth of the economy in equal share as the men. Making the bottom of this list are Pakistan, Yemen, Chad and Sudan.

The report prepared by the international consulting and management firm Booz & Company ranked India on various parameters like access to work policy, entrepreneurial support, advancement, and equal pay. It is true that women are sophisticated to play leading parts in the global economy in the future, even than they are not given the required consideration by the government’s decision makers and business leaders in many countries.

This situation is seen as a missed opportunity for the large number of women all over the world which can amount to a great number of workforces just by employing them. As for India with the second largest population in the world, it creates just 14 percent of the world skill pool. With 5.5 million Indian women embarking into the professional world every year, fully fledged to succeed and climb corporate ladders, the trend seems positive.

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