Accenture, Cisco, HCL Tech, Dell, Uber, Flipkart, and other companies in India are making a lot of effort to improve the representation of women in the tech workforce. Some of these companies are reaching out to talent in tier-2 and tier-3 cities; implementing inclusive AI-powered skill-based hiring practices to help reduce unconscious biases in hiring; providing mentorship and career development initiatives; setting up caregiving support structures; and offering returnship programs, according to an ET report.
According to the most current Global Gender Gap Report 2023 published by the World Economic Forum, women make up 27% of India’s STEM workforce as of 2023, compared to 32% of the non-STEM workforce.
Reaching out to female students and giving women from low- to mid-socioeconomic backgrounds, chances are the main goals of Flipkart and Dell, as per the report.
Dell recently relaunched its Dell Resident Program, which ran virtually during the pandemic, under which the company brings female STEM graduates from Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities who are going to graduate but not be employed yet, to the workplace for a year.
Gender diversity at HCL Tech increased to 29.2% in FY23, and throughout the previous five years, there has been a 24% increase in gender diversity at the senior leadership level. The company is showcasing the accomplishments of young women who are leaving their mark in STEM careers with the #SheTheFuture campaign.
Reports state that organizations such as Infosys, Lowe’s India, Amazon, Cisco, ABB India, BT Group, Cummins India, and WeWork India are fostering a female leadership pipeline, offering tech and non-tech talent development programs, establishing mentorship groups, and promoting more women, and pursuing external partnerships.
Organizations such as Infosys, Lowe’s India, Amazon, Cisco, ABB India, BT Group, Cummins India, and WeWork India are fostering a female leadership pipeline, offering tech and non-tech talent development programs, establishing mentorship groups, promoting more women, and pursuing external partnerships.
Some, like as Uber, are leveraging the talent pool of female computer professionals who have taken a career sabbatical and are eager to return to the workforce.
Earlier reports suggest, these organizations also aim to stop women from leaving the workforce prematurely due to childbirth-related events by offering career re-entry programs, flexible work schedules, and lactation rooms in the workplace, and hand-holding initiatives that facilitate their return to work following maternity leave.
The recently released Global Gender Gap Report by World Economic Forum, India has been ranked 127 out of 146 countries.
