Female labour force participation
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A Brown Pundit Visits China
After five days in Shanghai and Beijing, the author reports on China’s imposing infrastructure and unobtrusive but ever-present state, the absence of religiosity and billboards, and high female workforce participation,…
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Female labor force participation in India
Reacting to a Wall Street Journal piece, the author argues that India’s low female workforce participation of 24% contrasts with Bangladesh’s textile-driven 38%, and compares the effect of young women’s…
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TCS bats for (Saudi) women
A report that Tata Consultancy Services has opened an all-women back office in Riyadh for 3,000 Saudi women, plus its toilets-for-schoolgirls initiative in India, with a link to Yahoo News.
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Revenge!! Justice!!!
On Dov Charney’s removal from American Apparel, the post recalls an advertising episode involving a young Bangladeshi woman that angered conservatives, cites an opinion piece by Rezwana Manjur, and says…
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The (Lady) Enforcer
A profile of 27-year-old Manju Bhatia, joint MD of the all-female loan recovery agency Vasuli Recovery, with the poster’s comment that India needs more women leaders in fields seen as…
