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Empower Women, Empower The World: How The Desai Foundation Is Elevating Lives In Rural Gujarat | MissMalini

Women in India still represent only 24% of the workforce.

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Empower Women, Empower The World: How The Desai Foundation Is Elevating Lives In Rural Gujarat - MissMalini

In India, it’s estimated that more than 360 million people are living below the
poverty line, with women leading 35% of those households. And while study after
study has shown that women put 90% of their income back into their families and
communities, women in India still represent only 24% of the workforce.

A recent visit to Gujarat prompted a very real understanding of something I had
read about, and intellectually understood, but had never experienced in person.
That is, if even a small por