The March of Women

More than 40pc of India's women confined to domestic work: report



Women in India depict only 27 percent of the formal labor force, despite recent inspiring statistics of improving literacy rates. Health and nutrition is also being formalized, much so in Bangladesh, which is a diffusion of going one-up on the diminutive status of women in third world countries. This is undoubtedly inspired by the global awareness of the recognition of women and their roles in the community. In India however, domestic household work, a product of historic marginalized attitudes, is still not considered in formal policy. Working 10 times more than men at unpaid work, considering household compensated productivity would contribute US $300 bn to India annually. However, much like Bangladesh, many challenges remain, to liberate women and shine a light of success towards their gender.

Women's economic footprints are growing
Delightful news, in contrast, where women-led households have been noticed to multiply six-folds, in the last decade in Bangladesh. From around 62 thousand, it stood at 3.63 lakh in 2013.

Female participation in the country

Women workforce growing fast

World Bank president recently claimed that Bangladesh is doing well to integrate women in the workforce. He also used this situation as a stand alone example to focus the importance of growth of women workers for economic development. Continuing unhindered, Bangladesh can add the total female workforce to 82% through the next decade, which will accumulate to an extra 1.8% of GDP.

Female entrepreneurship in Bangladesh

Female labour force could drive economy further: WB

If Bangladesh could boost its female participation from the current to 34% to 82%, then it is possible to achieve 1.8% point annual GDP growth, the World Bank believes for Bangladesh. In it’s two yearly report on Women, Business and Law, it disseminates acknowledgement of women’s economic environment, in 173 countries, recently expanding from 5, to 8 countries in South Asia.

With seven indicators: accessing institutions, using property, getting a job, providing incentives to work, building credit, going to court and protecting women from violence, previously it found 90% of the economies consisted of at least one law unfavorable to women. It said that Bangladesh and a few neighbors have handicapped inheritance for