Blue-collar working women in India facing the brunt of inequality; Difficult to progress in career
New Delhi| Women working in blue-collar jobs in India are still facing many challenges. These women are mostly working in low-skilled, low-paid and unstable jobs. This is making it difficult to progress in his career. This has been revealed in the report released on Friday by technology-based blue-collar hiring platform Work India. This report, which came a day before Women’s Day, is shocking.
Work India CEO Nilesh Dungarwal says the report is based on an analysis of over 11.46 lakh job advertisements and applications that hit the platform between 2022 and 2024. Although there have been some improvements, our data clearly shows that there are still many obstacles in the way of women’s career growth in blue-collar jobs. Work India is working to promote gender equality so that every person, whether male or female, can get a good employment for himself.
Remained tied up in tele calling and domestic work jobs
According to the report, women are mainly confined to fixed jobs like tele calling and domestic work. On the contrary, job opportunities like field sales, marketing and back-office are decreasing. Total job advertisements for women in India had increased by only 0.4 per cent in 2023. But in 2024, there was a significant decline of 5.3 percent in these job postings. This Work India report says that this is not just a sudden decline, but it points to a serious problem of gender inequality in blue-collar jobs. Even now most women are working in low-paid, low-skilled and unstable jobs.
30% decline in back-office jobs for women
The report also pointed out that job opportunities for women had increased in some areas. For example, tele calling jobs for women are growing at 10.3 per cent in 2023 and at 8 per cent in 2024. Similarly, jobs associated with MED (domestic work) grew by a whopping 99.8 percent between 2023 and 2024. Back-office jobs for women, on the other hand, recorded a 30 percent decline between 2023 and 2024. The report notes that advertisements for office peon jobs also decreased by 64.1 per cent.
