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1. Women workers and India's emerging gig economy

In this episode, we explore what it takes for women to set up big businesses that create employment. India was amongst the lowest-ranked countries in the world in a global index on women entrepreneurs. If we can accelerate female entrepreneurship in India, it could potentially create 150–170 million jobs by 2030 and transform the Indian economy. So how do we grow this pie?

Our three guests, Monisha Advani, co-founder of Emmay Entertainment and one of the few women to head a production company, Hemalatha Annamalai, serial entrepreneur, and founder of Ampere Vehicles, and Nupur Garg, founder of WinPE, and a leading investor in private equity, discuss how women entrepreneurs can be equipped to reach their potential, with host Sunaina Kumar.

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In this episode, we explore women and entrepreneurship in India. Entrepreneurship offers women the opportunity to participate in the economy, which is essential in a country where women are dropping out of the workforce, and struggling to find suitable jobs. The share of enterprises owned by women is just over 20 percent. These businesses are mostly micro or small enterprises, concentrated in the informal sector and generate low revenues. The potential for women’s entrepreneurship is huge, but women entrepreneurs need support and policy interventions.

Our two guests, Neharika Vohra, vice-chancellor at the Delhi Skill and Entrepreneurship University and Deepthi Ravula, CEO of WeHub, a platform for women entrepreneurs by the government of Telangana, along with host Sunaina Kumar discuss the social, structural and economic barriers that women face and look for solutions to support women’s entrepreneurship.

The episode includes stories from different parts of the country of women who run micro and small enterprises.

1. Ila Shah is a pharmacist and manager of Lok Swasthya Health Cooperative in Ahmedabad. The cooperative is supported by the Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA).

2. Bablu Bhowmik is self-employed, she runs a home business of fish farming in Jolaibari, Tripura. Her work is supported by Sesta Development Services.

3. Chandrakali Markam is head of a poultry farming cooperative in Dindori, Madhya Pradesh. The cooperative is supported by Professional Assistance for Development Action (PRADAN).

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In the second episode, we take a look at gaps in gender data in India with a focus on women’s participation in work. Data can reveal many new facts, and it is one of the most powerful tools to address the gender gap, to frame policies, and to bring women into the economy. Good data is essential for India’s progress and lack of data leads to poor policymaking and governance.

Our two expert speakers, Hema Swaminathan, Professor at the Centre for Public Policy at the Indian Institute of Management in Bangalore, and PC Mohanan, former acting chairman of the National Statistical Commission, along with host Sunaina Kumar discuss how India collects data on women, the gaps in data collection, why we need good gender data, and much more.

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Without women, India cannot progress. Indian women have been asserting their presence in different ways. The increasing number of women voters is beginning to affect election outcomes, and yet the representation of female elected officials is disappointingly low. The rate of female literacy has gone up across the country, and yet the participation of women in the labour force has been steadily declining. Women in India spend almost 20% of their time on unpaid and care work, while men, on average, spend only 2.5% of their time on these activities.

This is just a handful of the many questions and situations that we are tackling as we look at how we can move forward.

Mind The Gender Gap is a monthly podcast that focuses on data and evidence to explore essential questions about women and work in India. It is a collaboration between IndiaSpend, the country’s first and only public interest data journalism initiative and IWWAGE, a research initiative of LEAD at Krea University.

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