India has increased women’s participation in politics, business, and finance, but real decision-making power remains limited. The “agency gap” highlights the need to move from symbolic inclusion to true authority and control. Along the path to becoming a global economic power by 2047, women’s empowerment in India has shifted from a social welfare concern to…
Women’s empowerment is not just about access but about agency, control, and decision-making. Across rural and urban India, true empowerment remains constrained by deeply rooted structural and social barriers. What if women’s empowerment is not about lifting women up rather about examining what has been holding them down? Who is being empowered? How? Under what…
The article highlights how older women remain overlooked in gender equality efforts, especially in ESG and CSR frameworks, despite facing compounded lifelong inequalities. It calls for inclusive policies and corporate action to address their economic security, care needs, and social protection. CSW70’s Ministerial Round Table specifically addressed older women as an emerging focus area. Women…
Unpaid care work, worth $10.8 trillion globally, remains invisible in economic systems despite sustaining the workforce and corporate productivity. Investing in care infrastructure is essential for gender equality, higher female participation, and inclusive economic growth. Unpaid care work produces $10.8 trillion in annual economic value. CSW70 called for care infrastructure investment. The corporate sector extracts…
India’s women empowerment narrative is strong in policy and rhetoric, but real outcomes remain unequal due to flawed system design, data gaps, and ignored structural constraints like unpaid care work. True empowerment requires redesigning policies around evidence, accountability, and women’s lived realities—not just participation or intent. India speaks the language of women’s empowerment fluently. does…
The G20 Social Summit in Brasilia is pushing for a “Universal Care Floor” to formally recognize unpaid care work. This policy could transform millions of caregivers—especially women—by integrating them into social protection systems and redefining how societies value care. Take a moment to think, about the first person who woke up in your home today….
