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Women’s opting out of white-collar gig jobs

June 02, 2022

Women’s opting out of white-collar gig jobs
Two years of the pandemic have widened the gender gap in middle-class gig economy jobs in India, data from freelance platform Flexing It shows, suggesting that the new normal of working may be adding to the barriers women face at work.

Indian women are opting out of the workforce even as freelancers, as per data from the white-collar gig jobs platform which was shared exclusively with ET.

While the absolute number of women consultants registering as freelancers on the platform increased in FY22 from FY20, the level of women consultants versus total new registrations dropped.

New registrations by women dropped from 35% in FY20 to 32% in FY22, while throughout the course of recent years, total new consultant registrations on Flexing It became by 25%. The absolute number of active women consultants currently stands at upwards of 16,000.

“This is an indication that women professionals’ experts are unfortunately dropping out of the workforce, rather than selecting independent consulting,” said Chandrika Pasricha, founder of Flexing It. This drop comes even as freelancing remains an underleveraged option for women, particularly in India due to a lack of access to reliable projects and information on project fees benchmarking, she said.

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