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Pakistan among worst performers on women’s economic rights enforcement yespunjab.com/?p=259026 #WomenRights #Pakistan #GenderEquality #EconomicRights #WorkforceParticipation #GenderGap #HumanRights #SouthAsia #WomenEmpowerment #PolicyGap #Development #BreakingNews

Inclusion isn’t just policy - it’s practice. 🇦🇺 See how Australia’s workplaces are supporting participation and social inclusion for all. 🔗Read more: amazingworkplaces.co/support… #Inclusion #Diversity #WorkforceParticipation #PeopleFirst #Equity #WorkplaceCulture #AmazingWorkplaces

National Statistics Office (NSO), under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), has released its Quarterly Bulletin for July–September 2025 under the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) highlighting continued improvement in India’s labour market. The overall Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR) rose to 55.1% (from 55.0%) while the Unemployment Rate (UR) declined to 5.2% (from 5.4%). For more information, visit : pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.… #PLFS #NSO #MoSPI #LabourStatistics #EmploymentData #LFPR #WPR #LabourForce #IndiaData #StatisticalRelease #OfficialStatistics #EconomicIndicators #WorkforceParticipation @PMOIndia @Rao_InderjitS @_saurabhgarg @PibMospi @PIB_India @mygovindia @NITIAayog

National Statistics Office (NSO), MoSPI conducts the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS). PLFS results show that India’s Labour Force Participation Rate (LFPR) has been steadily increasing over the years reflecting a growing and inclusive workforce. For more details, read the full PLFS 2023–24 report on the MoSPI website mospi.gov.in/sites/default/f… #MoSPI #NSO #LabourMarket #IndiaGrowth #EmploymentTrends #EconomicProgress #WorkforceParticipation #InclusiveGrowth #DataDrivenIndia @PMOIndia @Rao_InderjitS @_saurabhgarg @PIB_India @PibMospi @NITIAayog @mygovindia @LabourMinistry @MSDESkillIndia

TOBACCO VANGUARD Est. 1977 Not for all and sundry On Numbers, Dignity, and the Welfare State By M. Reuven A chart now circulating claims that 6.5 million people are on out-of-work benefits. It has been greeted with the usual chorus of alarm. The conclusion runs ahead of the evidence. The figure is a headcount, not a rate, and the working-age population is much larger than it was in the early 1990s. The series also carries definition breaks. Universal Credit widened coverage and moved people from several legacy headings into one container. Part of the recent rise is accounting, not social collapse. The composition has changed as well. The peaks of the 1980s and 1990s were driven by classic unemployment. Today the weight sits in health-related inactivity and claims recorded under UC. The pandemic shock, long NHS waiting lists, and a backlog in assessment have shifted people out of work and into categories that did not exist in the same form a decade ago. That is a labour-supply problem, not proof that the country has lost the will to work. We resist blanket generalisations because they are careless with people and with facts. Benefits are automatic stabilisers. They stop a redundancy or an illness from becoming a family disaster. The fiscal problem is weak productivity, flat real wages, and high effective marginal tax rates when people attempt to re-enter work. Blaming the chart will not shorten a waiting list or make work pay. Benefits spending also carries a multiplier effect. Recipients have high propensities to spend, so each pound flows quickly into local shops, rents, transport and utilities, supporting small firms and local authority revenues. In downturns this stabilises demand when private incomes falter, limiting scarring and helping people back into work sooner. The aim is not permanent dependence but a floor that preserves human capital. The net fiscal cost is lower than the headline outlay because part of the spend returns through VAT, fuel duty and income taxes. If ministers and MPs want a clean view, show the proportions as well as the numbers. Separate flows into and out of each category. Publish duration, age, and regional patterns. Distinguish assessed sickness from administrative delay. Then design policy around what those facts reveal. Faster treatment and rehabilitation. Credible work-capability tests with real support. Taper rates that do not claw back each extra hour of pay. Local employer partnerships that match skills to the vacancies that actually exist. Why is Tobacco Vanguard so concerned about how this is framed? The reasons are threefold. First, we champion the underdog and the marginalised. No group has been more stigmatised than the smoker, and the same spirit carries to the disabled and the unwell. As age and infirmity creep up, some of your writers have experienced disability. We know what it is to be dismissed by a headline. Second, we resist the steady erosion of the welfare state. A civilised country keeps a viable safety net. Unemployment, disability, ill health, and marital breakdown are tragedies, not moral failures. Members of this team have lived through each at one time or another. We take the long view and oppose the slide toward a punitive individualism that forgets how easily fortune turns. Third, if ever there were a field ripe for the misuse of statistics, it is welfare. Our method is to highlight disparities, to read the footnotes as well as the figures, and to educate by example through careful analysis. The public deserves better than theatrical punctuation and sweeping claims. The chart tells us that Britain has a participation problem shaped by health and by administrative change. It does not license a verdict on national character. Policy should follow evidence and compassion in equal measure. We will continue to test claims against the record, the definitions, and the lived facts of those whom the numbers describe. #TobaccoVanguard #UKWelfare #UniversalCredit #Disability #Incapacity #Inactivity #WorkforceParticipation #LabourMarket #Employment #Unemployment #NHSWaitingLists #WorkCapability #SafetyNet #SocialSecurity #AutomaticStabilisers #DataLiteracy #StatsMatter #ContextMatters #EvidenceBasedPolicy #Productivity #RealWages #EMTR #TaxAndBenefits #FiscalSustainability #UKEconomy #UKPolitics #ONS #CriticalRealism #SmokersRights

Mahila Shakti & Workforce Trends 2023-24 💼📊 Latest MOSPI data explained simply. Rural & urban stats, insights & more! #EmpowerWomen #IndiaData #MahilaShakti #MOSPI #WomenEmpowerment #LFPR #WorkforceParticipation #IndiaStats #EconomicTrends #DataInsights #EmpowerWithData

SCI raises concerns over the impact of political freebies on national development and workforce participation. Urgent action needed to strike a balance between welfare and sustainable growth. #NationalDevelopment #WorkforceParticipation @rashtrapatibhvn @PMOIndia @narendramodi

I enjoyed my discussion with Dr. Kiplee Bell to discuss our research @HarvardHBS on #caregiving and its impact on #Workforce. #Covid revealed extent #caregiver 's career prospects and #workforceparticipation levels are shaped by personal considerations. impactfulcaregiving.com/podc…

𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 India witnessed a remarkable surge in workforce participation in 2024, led by women and youth. Women accounted for 2.8 crore job applications—20% higher than in 2023—while youth saw a 27% year-on-year increase. Tier 1 cities like Delhi-NCR, Bengaluru, and Mumbai contributed 1.52 crore applications, while Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities like Jaipur, Lucknow, and Bhopal added 1.28 crore, highlighting a growing trend beyond metro hubs. Flexible work policies, gender-focused initiatives, and the rise of women-led sectors like healthcare and e-commerce have fueled this growth. Senior and managerial roles saw a 32% rise, signaling evolving opportunities across industries like IT, retail, and BFSI. #WomenInWorkforce #YouthEmployment #WorkforceParticipation #WomenEmpowerment #JobGrowth #GenderEquality #FlexibleWork #InclusiveWorkplace #Tier2Cities #CareerOpportunities

It’s absolutely incredible to see the positive impact on health, wellbeing and workforce participation in the rural communities of India, especially for the women, by having running tap water. Great initiative by the Modi government. “Jal Jeevan Mission spurs women’s workforce participation” “When it was started, only 3.23 crore (17%) rural households had tap water connections. However, by 10 October 2024, the initiative has successfully added 11.96 crore new connections, bringing total coverage to 15.20 crore households or 78.62% of rural India.” sundayguardianlive.com/tsg-o… #economicempowerment #WomenEmpowerment #workforceparticipation #equity #ruralempowerment

#Employment India's economic growth hinges on women's participation. Despite progress in recent years, women still lag in the workforce. Read the story: ow.ly/XIqe50T8hy3 #WomenInWorkforce #SkillDevelopment #EconomicGrowth #GenderEquality #WorkforceParticipation #EmpowerWomen #InclusiveGrowth #IndiaEconomy #WomenEmpowerment #FutureOfWork

How do reproductive rights and the push for gender equality intersect with economic systems that profit from women’s participation in the workforce? Are we examining the full impact? 📊💼 #FeminismAndCapitalism #WomenInEconomy #ReproductiveRights #GenderEquality #WomenInWorkplace #EconomicImpact #WorkforceParticipation #EconomicJustice #WomenAndEconomy #IntersectionalFeminism #EconomicEmpowerment

This Tuesday, Dr. @amitbasole will be giving a lecture on #NationalEmploymentPolicy at the Indian Institute of World Culture, #Bengaluru. All are welcome. Registration begins at 5.30 pm. #WorkforceParticipation #PublicPolicy #PVML2024

As someone who values rule of law and fiscal responsibility, I find the proposal to address Social Security's challenges by encouraging illegal immigration perplexing. Surely, the focus should be on stimulating job creation and encouraging American workforce participation. It's crucial to develop sustainable solutions that bolster our economy and uphold our legal frameworks, rather than relying on measures that could further complicate legal and economic systems. #RuleOfLaw #FiscalResponsibility #JobCreation #WorkforceParticipation #SustainableSolutions #EconomicIntegrity #LegalFramework #ImmigrationReform

Its Feb 1st again. And in the next half hour, the Hon'ble @FinMinIndia @nsitharaman will shortly take stage to deliver her presentation. It's a crucial #interimbudget - one that is eagerly awaited by all. However, some of us are anticipating it more than others. I am talking about the archetypal #IndianWomanProfessional - the IWP, as we refer to her at @avtarinc. Over 60 lakh women, with a combined earning potential of about Rs. 4500 crores and therefore an on-par tax contribution to the exchequer - is all geared up, waiting for this budget. Why? Because, the IWP is today more career-savvy, more finance-savvy, more budget-aware than before. Because, seeing a lot of focus on #workforceparticipation of women by way of surveys and promises and researches, she believes her time has come. Because the IWP has always been placed last and she hopes that will change. In 2000, when Avtar was born, it was with the express purpose of increasing #womensworkforceparticipation. In 2005, when we first started the second career revolution for women in India, we proved to corporates that the Indian woman is a different person altogether. She is unlike her western or far-eastern counterparts. You can't paint her with a broad brush. You need to really understand the IWP and enable her. In 2008, when we began advising corporates, it resulted in the creation of career comeback opportunities for lakhs of women, recognizing that flexible working is not just an option but oxygen for women's careers. Yes, in the last 24 years of Avtar's existence, there has indeed been tremendous improvement, but we have a long way to go. Why? Simply because there are still thousands of organizations in India which lack even the basic policies needed to support women and leverage the power of #WomensWorkforceParticipation. For instance, consider policies such as paid maternity leave for expecting mothers, childcare support to new moms, flexible working options, commute assistance to women to ensure their safety and upskilling for women on breaks.  You would say, yes, my company offers all of this. And I agree. Fortunately, all or most of these enablers are available to women working in large Indian companies like @MahindraRise @TataCompanies @TheJSWGroup @ITCCorpCom @drreddys et al and in MNC's like @IBM @EYnews @AccentureIndia @Citi et al. But the plight of women employees in small and medium scale enterprises? It remains a cause for deep regret.  Mind you, MSMEs too are keen on providing all the above-mentioned enablers to their women but they are not in a position to do so. Answer me this. With limited finances: A} How can a small organization afford to provide full compensation to a woman employee without requiring her to fulfill job responsibilities? B} How can an MSME afford to open a daycare for its women employees? C} How can an MSME adopt diverse hiring practices when they face genuine challenges in employing and retaining women?  The answer is 'They cannot.' Not without the support of the government, which must provide financial support and incentives. Hence the following asks: 1. Lower Taxation Slabs for Women 2. Tax Credit for Child and Dependent Care 3. Separate Section 80D Benefits 4. Enhanced tax sops for MSME's who employ women Yes. The IWP waits in anticipation. Will the Hon'ble #FinanceMinister deliver good news? She is, after all, an #IndianWomanProfessional, herself. #GenderInclusivity #WomensWorkforceParticipation #WomensEmpowerment #BudgetSession #Avtar #ChangeMakers #InclusionRevolution

Just at a time when women’s #workforceparticipation exceeds pre-pandemic levels, access to #childcare - or the lack of it - threatens progress. The time is ripe for the #privatesector to rise in support of #workingmothers, else we risk their exit from the workforce altogether

#WorkforceParticipation shown by the Bureau of Labor Statistics reveals that it hasn't even recovered to prepandemic levels. So these jobs, are just the same people taking on 2nd & 3rd jobs to afford to live! bls.gov/charts/employment-si…

“We've got a higher #WorkforceParticipation. We've got those workers paying more in and employers paying more in on their behalf. And that's the reason why we consistently overcontribute,” she said during a radio call-in show on Sept. 30. #DanielleSmith theepochtimes.com/world/albe…

बिना भेदभाव के समान अवसर देने से महिलाओं की श्रम भागीदारी बढ़ी है. #WorkForceParticipation #equaloppurtinity #WomenEmpowerment