UNDERSTANDING AND DRIVING EQUALITY IN WORK PLACE

GOAL 5 : GENDER EQUALITY

by
20CO31 HARSHA PRADA S
20CO48 LAKSHMI PRIYA B
20CO86 SORNAMUGI D S
 WHAT IS GENDER INEQUALITY?
* Gender inequality is the social process by
which men and women are not treated equally. The
treatment may arise from distinctions regarding biology,
psychology, or cultural norms prevalent in the society.
* Reason: High population, poverty, tradition, public view.
* Attitudinal disparities still hunt our rural masses as
Women are dominated over by their male members in
their own family. They have little power in making
decisions..
* Equality of control enables women to gain improved
access to resources. Social equity can enhance livelihood
security, productivity and sustainability of all members in
building their capacity for their own development.
* Elimination of Gender Discrimination is crucial.
 Report on gender gap across the world
World Economic Forum, Global Gender Gap
Report 2021
* Gender Gap: Difference between women and
men social involvement.
* Evolution of gender-based gaps among four key
dimensions – Economic Participation and
Opportunity, Educational Attainment, Health and
Survival, and Political Empowerment.
* It will take 200 years for economic gender
equality to emerge, and 108 years to completely
close the global gender gap.
 Report on countries with the lowest gender gap around the world

* Best-performing country: Albania, Ethiopia, Mali,

Mexico, Spain, Norway, Finland and Sweden,
Nicaragua, New Zealand, Ireland, Spain, Rwanda and
Germany.
* Bangladesh best performer in South Asia.
* Laws implemented in other countries:
 Iceland’s Equal Pay Law
 Norway’s Board Membership Rule
 Sweden’s Parental Leave
 Argentina’s Gender Identity Law
 Germany’s Wage Transparency Act
 Report on countries with the highest gender gap around the world
 

* South Asia was the lowest performer on the index after

West Asia and North Africa.
* Two-thirds of the world’s illiterate adults are women.
* Women spend two and a half times more time and effort
than men on unpaid care work and household
responsibilities. 
* Muslim world who resorts to regressive cultural
practices and grotesque distortions of Islamic teachings to
justify their repression of women.
* The share of women in GDP in the Arab region is only
about 29 percent, against 50 percent in all
developing countries
Report on India’s gender gap index (2017-2021)

* India is the third-worst performer among South

Asian countries, with Pakistan and
Afghanistan.
S.NO YEAR RANK SCORE
* Gender gap in India has widened to 62.5%,. (OUT OF 156)
* India in 2021 has slipped 28 places and has
been ranked 140th among 156 nations
1. 2017 108 0.669
participating in the rankings.
* Due to women’s inadequate representation in 2. 2018 108 0.665

politics, technical and leadership roles, 3. 2019 112 0.668

decrease in women’s labour force
participation rate, poor healthcare, lagging 4. 2020 112 0.664

female to male literacy ratio, income 5. 2021 140 0.625

inequality.
 Survey across Asian countries in 2020

A survey across the Asian countries, especially India, explains the reason for inequality:

 In Education, 39.4% girls of age 15-18 dropout from schools.

 Only 34% women in India have access to technology and further 76% females had never used the internet.

 Female Labor force participation in workplace has decreased from 36.7% to 25% in 2020. It further
reduced due to COVID-19.

IMPACT OF COVID-19
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic continues to be felt, closing the global gender gap has increased by a
generation from 99.5 years to 135.6 years.
WHERE DOES DISCRIMINATION EXIST?

Education sector
Digital division
Politics
1. HEED OVER EDUCATION
 Considering some biological factors like adolescence, 2. DIGITAL DIVIDE
almost twice the number of girls drop out of school. In Indian cities, 56% of women and 73% of men have used
internet on a daily basis. But in rural, only 34% women
 PREFERENCES: Male child- private institution, Female used internet compared to 60% of men.
child- free government school.
LEADS TO:
 Enrollment for girls at primary level is only 43.7%,upper • Digital illiteracy
primary level 40.9%,secondary level 38.6% and at • Lack of skills and tools
degree and above level 36.9%. • Negative impact on economic growth and development

3. DISCRIMINATION IN POLITICS
 Many household women have no right to choose their day-to-day freedom.
 There is a significant decline in the number of women ministers (from 23.1 per cent in 2019 to 9.1 per
cent in 2021).
 Only few female candidates come from either wealthy family or political families.
 Women who are elected have also expressed difficulties- working with large male population, household
demands and societal expectations.
EXISTING SCHEMES THAT PROVIDE EQUALITY AND IMPROVE
PARTICIPATION IN INDIA
 Beti Bachao Beti Padano

 Pradhan Mantri Ujjwal Yojana

 One Stop Centre Scheme

 Sukanya Samriddhi

There are adequate legislations in India which not

only removes the discrimination against women but also empowers
the women. . But they are still insignificant because of inadequate
social knowledge and acceptance among other.
 GENDERED IMPLICATIONS IN INFORMAL
SECTOR
 Occupational distribution by gender shows that women (28 per cent) are
relatively more involved than men (22 per cent) in low-paid and
elementary occupations like domestic helpers, cleaners, street vendors
,construction workers , housekeeping, salesperson and garbage collectors.

 Women (10 per cent) are also under-represented in high-skill and well-
paid jobs, such as those of professionals, technicians and associate
professionals, as compared to men (13 per cent).

 Additionally, the percentage of women (92 per cent) engaged in informal

employment in the country is higher than men (88 per cent).

 Women informal workers receive less than half the male wage rate.

 Lack of social protection and job contracts.

 COVID-19 AND WOMEN INFORMAL
SECTOR WORKERS IN INDIA
 According to survey findings,83 per cent of women respondents witnessed a
severe income drop and many lost their jobs.

-Due to closure of factories, interruptions in supply chain, restrictions

on transport carrying raw materials, and payments withheld by sub-
contractors/employers even for work already completed.

 Though, women face challenges in workplace, burden of household chores,

they are adopting to remain safe during the post-lockdown period .

 Nine out of ten admitted that the COVID-19 pandemic had increased health
issues like mental stress and tension.
 MANDATORY STEPS NEEDED IN WORKPLACE

Increase diversity in hiring

All
All companies
companies should
should think
think carefully
carefully about
about the
the
language
language they
they used
used in
in their
their job
job postings.
postings.

Review equal pay laws

All
All companies
companies must
must make
make sure
sure that
that the
the federal
federal
equal
equal pay
pay law
law is
is implemented.
implemented.

Begin a pay audit

All
All companies
companies must
must consider
consider conducting
conducting aa pay
pay
audit
audit to
to see
see if
if their
their male
male and
and female
female employees
employees
are
are paid
paid comparably
comparably
 Consider updating training:
All companies should consider to make gender equality training
mandatory once a year.

 Revise pay secrecy policy:

All companies must record and share the salary details of their
employees.

 Promote work life balance:

All Companies must address the problems of working mothers of new
born babies.

 Create an open minded atmosphere:

All companies must promote a culture where employees know that they
are appreciated only based on their talents and performance.

 Provide mentorship for everyone:

Pairing employees of same gender is essential for offering insight to
manage work family balance.
 *CHANGES NEEDED IN EDUCATED SYSTEM

All schools Must encourage students who failed in

10th to pursue further and not to dropout.
Every school should make it compulsory to teach
that gender inequality and verbal abuse on
transgender or females is sin.
All Colleges and schools must ask their students
to go to underdeveloped areas and teach not only
girls but also ladies about how to use phone and
also teach the good and bad side of social media
and internet.
 OTHER GENERAL SOLUTIONS

Conduct more rallies and awareness programs

All Family members must accept and share household
chores .
Verbal abuse against women must be strictly considered in
all workplaces.
Court must be created to appeal against gender
discrimination despite having strong acts.
All parents must give equal education to their children .
Surveys must be made regularly to monitor dropout count
and their reasons.
 CONCLUSION
Our study on gender equality in the
workplace in India has highlighted key
problems and possible solutions to bring
about a gender equal workplace.
This case study is a small effort to drive
home the point that organizations can bring
about transformative change for gender equal
workplaces.
we conclude by saying that gender equality
in working places is very essential for the
growth of any country.
THANK YOU