What Is a Woman’s Day?
In 2023, a Twitter account called the Gender Pay Gap Bot became popular for automatically replying to any organisation that tweeted about International Womens Day, with data on their gender pay gap. It put pressure on companies, calling them out for posting fluff instead of working towards being an equal employer. In India, as of October last year, the female labour force participation stood at 37%. In the decade since market regulator SEBI made it compulsory for listed companies to have at least one woman director on their board, women’s representation on Indian corporate boards has tripled from 6 per cent in 2013 to 18 per cent in 2022. What is the reality for these women at work, then? If we remove the fluff, what story does the data tell us?
