In a report on gender equality in the non-profit sector in india, published by Institute of Social Studies Trust, it is stated that despite india’s economic growth, patriarchal binaries continue to define the workplace. The total female labor force participation in India is on 29% (world bank 2010). Moreover, women tend to earn 25 percent less than men in the formal sector in India (2013) and the estimates for the informal sector can only be assumed worse. The non profit sector, which is often perceived as the “domain of women” in India shows UNDERREPRESENTATION of women when it came to managerial positions and above. In the majority of the organisations (50% of the surveyed) women constituted more than 50% of the workforce. However, the find it difficult to provide many of the facilities because of financial constraints.

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