Hiring women for leadership roles in India grows to 23.2 pc in early 2024: Report

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New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) Hiring women for leadership roles in India has grown to 23.2 per cent across industries in early 2024, a new report showed on Thursday.

According to the report by the professional networking platform LinkedIn and public policy consulting firm The Quantum Hub, there has been an overall growth in the representation of females across the workforce over the years, rising from 23.9 per cent in 2016 to 26.8 per cent in 2024.

However, slight fluctuations were noticed between 2022 and 2024, with a drop of 0.5 percentage points.

"The percentage of women in senior leadership roles grew from 16.6 per cent in 2016 to 18.7 per cent in 2023, but has dipped slightly to 18.3 per cent in 2024, which may correct by the end of the year," the report said.

The data, self-reported by more than 1 billion LinkedIn members covers trends from 68 million companies, 135,000 schools, and 41,000 skills globally.

"Recent focus on 'women-led development' has led to concerted efforts by both policymakers and business leaders to tackle these challenges. I hope this report will inspire tangible steps towards narrowing gender disparities, particularly in senior leadership positions," said Aditi Jha, Board Member and Country Head, Legal & Government Affairs, LinkedIn India.

The findings also reveal sector-wide variations in women's leadership representation. Industries such as Education at 30 per cent and Government Administration at 29 per cent have the highest representation of women in leadership roles, followed by Administrative and Support Services and Hospitals and Health Care, each with 23 per cent.

Other sectors such as Technology, Information, and Media & Financial Services each have moderate female representation in leadership at 19 per cent, according to the report. Source: https://www.morungexpress.com/hiring-women-for-leadership-roles-in-india-grows-to-232-pc-in-early-2024-report

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Having children gives more meaning to people’s lives: study

London, Having children brings an increased sense of meaning into people’s lives, a new survey has revealed. The latest measure of the country’s well being by Prime Minister’s national happiness survey revealed that having a child does not necessarily make people happier or more satisfied with their lot, but it does make them feel they have more of a reason for living. The researchers also acknowledged for the first time that their figures show that married people are happier than everyone else, and that the most miserable are those who are divorced or separated. “Although the presence of children does not alter overall life satisfaction or improve day-to-day emotions, it may bring an increased sense of meaning and purpose to people’s lives,” report said. The happiness survey is being conducted by the Office for National Statistics on the orders of David Cameron, who thinks it is important to know what matters to voters beyond what can be measured by economic statistics. The £2 million-a-year exercise, primarily based on four questions about people’s sense of well-being, has been widely condemned by critics as futile and pointless. “People who are married or in civil partnerships reported the highest average levels of life satisfaction, significantly higher than cohabiting couples. “The lowest average rating was reported by people who are divorced or separated, including those who have dissolved civil partnerships,” the report said. The survey, carried out among 80,000 people, asked four questions -- how satisfied they were with their lives, to what extent their lives were worthwhile, how happy they were yesterday, and how anxious they felt yesterday. Typically, the answers -- on a scale from one to ten -- were somewhere over seven. The report said people with children rated their satisfaction and happiness levels no differently from others. However, it said the lowest rating for the ‘worthwhile’ question -- 7.6 out of 10 -- was given by people living in households where no children were present. “This increases to between 7.8 and 7.9 out of 10 for people living with two or more children in their household. “This finding suggests that although the presence of children does not alter overall life satisfaction or improve day-to-day emotions, it may bring an increased sense of meaning and purpose to people’s lives, therefore increasing average scores for the “worthwhile” question,” the report added. Married couples, the report said, put levels of life satisfaction on average at 7.7 out of 10. Cohabiting couples scored two points lower, at 7.5 out of 10. Single people scored 7.3, widows 6.8, and those who were divorced or separated 6.6. Image Link Flickr, Source: Indian Express

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