The hiring of women in middle and senior management roles rose to 43% in 2020
Leading companies introduced initiatives and policies to make workplaces women-friendly
Reports say 41% of startups surveyed had achieved their goal of gender diversity hiring in 2020
40% of companies rolled out special and customised work-from-home roles following the COVID-19.
The Maternity Amendment Bill in 2017 had increased the right to paid maternity leave for working women from 12 to 26 weeks
This is the third-highest in the world
45% of all companies including large enterprises, startups and SMEs offer six months of maternity leave
Statistics are as per The DivHERsity Benchmarking Report 2020-21 launched by JobsForHer
The report surveyed over 300 companies from a wide variety of industries and sectors
