MUMBAI: Despite having a disproportionately low percentage of women in leadership positions in the workforce (18 percent), more women in India are currently looking for entrepreneurship chances than males, according to the most recent LinkedIn statistics. According to data from the World Economic Forum’s 2022 Global Gender Gap Report, the proportion of female founders increased by 2.68 times between 2016 and 2021. In contrast, the percentage of male founders increased 1.79x throughout the same period.

In order to provide reusable sanitary products for women and girls, Catherine Nakayemba and her two friends Atuhurra Angella Marjorie and Ndagire Corret, founded Safe Girl Reusable Pads in 2016. The pads for rural communities are made by Safe Girl, a company situated in a community in Mpigi District, which now employs 11 young moms.

According to experts from London, women had a 50% greater chance than males of having long Covid.

According to a poll, women were less likely than males to indicate they were making ends meet in early 2022.