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Updated on: Mar 2024
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Tata Motors starts first-ever all-women car assembly line
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Tata Motors starts first-ever all-women car assembly line

Tata Motors is putting women in the frontline of Indian automobile manufacturing with the first ever all-women car assembly line at its Pune plant. This all-women assembly line, where the company’s two flagship SUVs – Harrier and Safari – are assembled by women from scratch. For the past three years, over 1,700 women hailing from […]

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Ashok Leyland sets up an ‘All-Women Production Line’ at Hosur
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Ashok Leyland sets up an ‘All-Women Production Line’ at Hosur

Ashok Leyland sets up an ‘All-Women Production Line’ at Hosur, Tamil Nadu. The company has up this line with 80 women employees at their Hosur plant. Ashok Leyland has invested significantly to train and upskill them in core manufacturing skills and these women will be responsible for the entire production of the new engine line. […]

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International Women’s Day empowering women in the workplace
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International Women’s Day empowering women in the workplace

This International Women’s Day, PwC shared the voices of women from around the world through research-based insights on empowerment – and explored what more can be done to propel women’s empowerment in the workplace, the technology sector, and the economy. The women are significantly more likely to ask for a raise (55%) and significantly more […]

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Job openings for women seek a 35% surge in white-collar
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Job openings for women seek a 35% surge in white-collar

According to reports, White-Collar Job openings for women seek an increase by 35 percent in February 2023. The number has been presented by the talent management platform Foundit (formerly Monster APAC & ME). The report has also suggested that Job openings increase in the following sectors, geography. Sekhar Garisa, CEO, Foundit said, “Female workers have […]

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Women in Leadership Pipeline has Hollowed Out in the Middle- IBM & Chief
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Women in Leadership Pipeline has Hollowed Out in the Middle- IBM & Chief

The leadership pipeline for women has hollowed out in the middle, according to a new global study “Women in leadership: Why perception outpaces the pipeline—and what to do about it” from the IBM Institute for Business Value (IBV) and Chief. The study has found a small increase in the number of women at the C-suite and Board […]

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Karnataka Assembly passes Bill for women to work night shift at factories
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Karnataka Assembly passes Bill for women to work night shift at factories

The Karnataka Legislative Assembly has passed a bill for women to work the night shift at factories. This will provide equal opportunities for females. “There were limitations on work hours for women, and there was pressure on the government, including from the software industry, to relax this,” Law & Parliamentary Affairs Minister J C Madhuswamy […]

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Corporates focus on gender diversity, to hire more women in 2023
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Corporates focus on gender diversity, to hire more women in 2023

Corporate India has been hiring women professionals focusing on gender diversity. It is expected that companies will hire more women in 2023. According to a survey conducted by Burgundy Private, a private banking business of Axis Bank and Hurun India, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has more female employees than any company in India. This is the second edition […]

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HCLTech hiring women professionals under “Returnship Program”
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HCLTech hiring women professionals under “Returnship Program”

India’s leading global information technology company HCLTech has announced an ‘HCL Returnship Program’ for women professionals who are having a career break and want to return to work. The Returnship program supports women who want to pursue both personal and professional goals. The company welcomes “Returners” back with a supportive workplace and matches professionals with the right job for […]

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