It's also a problem for companies that want to retain them.

Women actually help other women? Inconceivable!

More women in cybersecurity would make the Internet safer for all.

India ranks 'meh' in report on laws enabling women to work.

Despite the recent, global wave of popular feminist movements, the status quo remains deeply unhelpful to women’s careers. Both cultural and political forces conspire to stymie women’s careers. When a couple gets married, it’s the woman who moves and changes 

Last week, actor Shah Rukh Khan was awarded the World Economic Forum’s Crystal Award, which recognizes “the achievements of outstanding artists who have shown exemplary commitment to improving the state of the world.” The award celebrated Mr. Khan’s Meer Foundation, 

In a study that feels beyond overdue — and yet extraordinarily timely, given the recent, rampant conversations (including our own Women & Work panel last year) around India’s leaking pipeline of professional women — researchers at the University of Ghent 

A new report from the International Finance Committee has laid out a clear case of benefits for employer-sponsored child care. After studying employers across the world who provide some form of corporate day care or child care benefits, the report 

Flexibility in the workplace is the key to helping women maintain their career trajectory after childbirth, new research by the University of Kent has shown. The research, led by Dr Heejung Chung, of the University’s School of Social Policy, Sociology 

A new study out of the American Academy of Neurology sheds light on new parents’ sleep patterns — and on the obstacles faced by women returning to work after having a baby. Researchers concluded that new mothers’ sleep is impacted far 

At the risk of being accused of never being happy: We have notes on the Maternity Benefit Act Amendment Bill, 2016, passed in the Rajya Sabha last week. We can congratulate ourselves on improvement with this maternity benefit amendment: the 

As part of our Women & Work discussion, we set out to understand the options and choices Indian parents have around work and home life. First, an encouraging stat: 91% of our female respondents were professionally engaged outside the home. 

Much has been said about the so-called leaking pipeline of Indian women dropping out of the workforce. We’ve posited many explanations for this phenomenon, from corporate policies to inadequate government protection to workplace bias or women’s own ambition. But so far, 

If there was one moment at our recent Women & Work discussion that elicited some mild gasps and controversy, it was when Dr. Ritu Anand, deputy head of global HR for TCS, talked about women and ambition. “The major issue [keeping 

One of the problems with most discussions around women and work is that they start by leaving out a huge segment of the female labour force: stay at home parents. Make no mistake, working as a stay at home parent 

In all the conversations about how to stem the leaking pipeline of talented Indian women from the workforce, language around flexibility reigns supreme.  Indian companies that offer generous flexi time policies to new mothers re-entering the workforce are seen as