How to improve

Female work
participation in India?
 Edward de Bono

“Thinking is the ultimate human resource. Yet we can

never be satisfied with our most important skill. No
matter how good we become, we should always want to
be better”
Six thinking hats

In his book "Six Thinking Hats" Edward de Bono presents

a simple but effective way to become a better thinker. He
separates thinking into six distinct modes, identified with
six coloured "thinking hats"
How to improve Female work participation in India?

India is the land of thousands of gods and goddesses

where women are worshiped and various traditions and
festivals celebrate womanhood.
When a woman opts for domestic duties over her career,
she brings multiple social and cultural benefits and
stability to society.
However, the contribution of women in the economy has
generally been ignored. The role and participation of
women as the economic workforce has mostly been
limited. 
 WHITE HAT
● Information
● Facts
● Data
What do I know?
What is the current
information on the issue or
problem?
What do I need to find out?
How will I get the
information I need?
• Increasing women’s mobility encourages them to continue their
education and participate in the labour force.
• Soft skills can improve girls’ and women’s educational and health
outcomes.
The current scenario of women empowerment is very disbalanced across the
various segments of the society.
• Able to solve unemployment
• Know about their intelligence
• Questionnaires, surveys and checklists
• Personal interviews
• Documentation review
What do I know?
 
● Increasing women’s mobility encourages them to continue
their education and participate in the labour force. Three
IGC studies have rigorously assessed the Government of
Bihar’s bicycle programme, which provides girls in grade 9
with money to buy bicycles. Studies found the programme
reduced the gender gap in age-appropriate secondary school
enrolment by 40% and it led to a 32% increase in enrolment of
girls in secondary school, and school dropouts for girls falling
below 5%.

● Soft skills can improve girls’ and women’s educational

and health outcomes. An IGC study in Zambia suggests that
programmes teaching communication and negotiation skills to
girls are perceived positively by participants and may increase
their sense of control over their lives and access to resources.
 What do I know?
● Access to microfinance increases female
participation in the labour market in the long run.
An IGC project in India found that greater access to
microfinance loans led to a significant increase in
female labour force participation – with the effect driven
by self-employment and not by salaried jobs.

● Female managers could improve productivity in

garment firms. IGC researchers provided training to
female employees in Bangladeshi garment factories
and found female trainees to be as or more effective
than the male trainees.
Current Scenario
 
The current scenario of women empowerment is very
disbalanced across the various segments of the society.
Literacy plays a crucial role in promoting women's rights,
achieving empowerment , enhancing the overall livelihood
and social status of women.

Cultural and social norms prevent women from realizing

their full economic potential, and safety concerns restrict
their physical and economic mobility. Additionally, gender
inequities and the lack of enabling conditions in the
workplace make it more difficult for women to actively
participate in the labour market.
What do I need to find out?
 

Able to solve unemployment

Unemployment is one of the common problems that can
be seen in the developing society. The research says that
half of the population consists of women. The
unemployment of women and unequal opportunities in the
workplace can be eradicated with the help of women
empowerment in India.
Know about their intelligence
It is unthinkable to understand and analyse the way of
living of women by peeking at them. You can foresee their
level of intelligence by way of moving toward the problems
and in the solution-finding. In the contemporary era,
women are nicely versed in unravelling technical troubles.
How to get the necessary information?
Information pertaining to women empowerment can be
obtained using these following methods:
● Questionnaires, surveys and checklists

Used when you want to collect a lot of information from

people in a non-threatening way.
● Personal interviews

Used when you want to fully understand a person’s

opinions or point of view or to get additional information
to a questionnaire.
●  Documentation review

Used when you want to gather information on current

practices without interrupting the program by examining
program monitoring reports, program statistics, etc.
 RED HAT
● Intuition
● Feelings
● Emotions

How do I feel about this?
What do I like about the
idea?
What don’t I like about this?
Women are the backbone of the society. She plays a vital role in the economic
development of the country and her contribution is as equal as their male
counterparts
The working and social scenario in today’s era is far different than that of
twenty-thirty years ago. Advances in technology plus evolving work and the
role of family for women in India have changed the contribution to the
business environment of 21st century.
• Problem faced by working women at the workplace.
• Problem faced by working women at family.
How do I feel about this …...????
 
Women are the backbone of the society. She plays a vital role in
the economic development of the country and her contribution
is as equal as their male counterparts. Without active
participation of women in various national, social, economic
and political activities, the progress of the country will be
stagnant. Traditionally, Indian women had been Home makers
but in 21st Century, due to higher education, better awareness
and increasing financial demands of family, women also go out
and choose careers.

Although Indian women have started working outside their

homes, but still there are several issues and challenges that
working women face today. Sometimes they are not treated
equally in their workplace. They do not get the same benefits as
that of male employees too. Gender bias, unequal pay, security,
mental and physical harassment, lack of proper family support,
insufficient maternity leave are considered as major issues and
challenges that working woman faces nowadays.
What do I like about the Idea…???
 
The working and social scenario in today’s era is far different
than that of twenty-thirty years ago. Advances in technology plus
evolving work and the role of family for women in India have
changed the contribution to the business environment of 21st
century. The financial demands for Indian families are rising day
by day. Higher cost of living, increasing expenses on education of
children, increasing cost of housing properties in India force
every family in India to look for ways and means of increasing
household income.
 
Today women are giving their best and active contribution in all
the male-dominated fields such as sports, medical, law, military,
academics, politics, bank, top level corporate positions etc. In
recent era working women can spend less time in household
works than they did thirty years ago.
What don’t I like about this….???
 
Problem faced by working women at the workplace.
 
 Gender bias
 Insufficient Maternity leave
 Mental / Physical harassment
 Unequal pay
 Leadership
 
Problem faced by working women at family.

 Family duties
 Time balance
 Mother responsibility
 Business Tour / Training
 Health / Fitness
 
 BLACK HAT
● Judgement
● Analysis
● Negative

Women in India have to face lot of issues. They have to go through gender
What is wrong with this? discrimination, harassment, sexual abuse, lack of education, gender pay gap
and much more.
Eve teasing, Gender Inequality, Assault against women at work or in public
What are the negative aspects areas is something which is happening everyday to a billion women and girls
of the current issue?
over lifetime.
 YELLOW HAT
● Benefits
● Positives
What are the good points?
What are the positive aspects
of the current issue?
Why is this a good thing?
It’s very important for female to be active participant in work. The more
female participation helps not only the economy to grow but also helps in
changing the value proposition and society’s way of setting limits to work roles
of females.
GDP growth is the prime change that can be seen.
Per capita income index for women will rise
Labour force among middle class and lower middle class families will also
increase
This actually helps in bringing the stigma that is developed against women
work role.
 GREEN HAT
● Ideas
● Alternatives
● Possibilities
● Creativity

What new ideas are possible?

What is my suggestion?
• To Create An Educated Workforce
• Skill Development and Vocational Education
• To Strengthen Sectors Where Women Predominate - Health And Education
Bringing women’s labour force participation up to that of men is essential for
growth and development. Yet, unequal participation by males and females -
and disparity in their wages -plagues both the formal and informal sectors in
India.
What New Ideas Are Possible?
1. To Create An Educated Workforce
Standard Operating Procedure(S.O.P'S) For Training Of
Workforce Must Be Enforced .
Proper Education Of Training Should Be Done.
2. Skill Development and Vocational Education
Trained Staff Should Be Appointed To Provide The Skill
Development Programs And Vocational Training Sessions.
3-. To Strengthen Sectors Where Women Predominate -
Health And Education
Promoting Health And Education Profession By
Introducing Them To Role Model Of That Field.
4. Transforming Agricultural Employment
- From Low To High End.
New Innovation And Machinery To
Agriculture Sector To Reduce Efforts And
Increase In Yield Of Harvest.
5. Encourage Entrepreneurship
Promoting Self Made Entrepreneurs As A
Mentor.
6. Modernizing And Expanding The Role
Of Shgs( Self Help Group)
Promoting Small Business Opportunities
For Self Help Group And Training Session
For The Same.
 What is my suggestion?
The first step in empowering women and increasing their
opportunities is better education and skill-enhancement at
all levels. This includes dissuading drop-outs.

Next, we must strengthen anti-discrimination laws and

promote policies that protect women against workplace
discrimination – both in law and in practice.

Then, we must improve work-place infrastructure in order

to remove entry barriers and attrition. This includes the
provision of toilets, a safe work environment and
adherence to laws pertaining to provision of maternity
support and crèche facilities.

Finally, we must break gender stereotypes which

perpetuate discrimination through changing of attitudes
and perceptions regarding female workers. These
measures will help to increase female labor force
participation.
 BLUE HAT
● Process
● Thinking

First stop the showing differences about men and women are in olden days. In
What thinking is needed? 1990’s women’s faces a lot of problems about there right of empowerment
but now a days it is changed.

Where are we now? We are in socialist country we all are equal

But still bit of short glance is there in some rural areas and olden peoples
What thinking we needed?
First stop the showing differences about men and women are in
olden days. In 1990’s women’s faces a lot of problems about
there right of empowerment but now a days it is changed.
In a present day’s they are getting those rights but it still a bit
understated we have to change that too.

What we want
Stop the criticizing.
Equal participation in all sectors.
They have right to take there own decisions.
We have to encourage there skills and talents
and also motivate the sports activates.
 Where are we now?
We are in socialist country we all are equal
But still bit of short glance is there in some rural areas and
olden peoples
India set aside the old ways and they give impotent about
human values and ethical feelings they formed set yet
Gide line in our construction.
Article 14, 15, 16, 39, 42 these articles convey the they
identity and they rights
Free to speak
They have the right to take own decisions
In before 1950s women are just house holders and home
makers very low peoples had the education
Now a days change the progestin they all are getting
equal rights in education job sectors etc.