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Title: FUNCTIONAL BARRIERS TO PROFESSIONAL ACCESS - GENDER EMPOWERMENT AND THE ECONOMICS OF COVER LETTERS
Authors: Aadya Kedia
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Aadya Kedia Daly College Indore
MLA 8 Kedia, Aadya. "FUNCTIONAL BARRIERS TO PROFESSIONAL ACCESS - GENDER EMPOWERMENT AND THE ECONOMICS OF COVER LETTERS." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 5, no. 8, Aug. 2020, pp. 2324-2330, ijsser.org/more2020.php?id=159. Accessed Aug. 2020. APA 6 Kedia, A. (2020, August). FUNCTIONAL BARRIERS TO PROFESSIONAL ACCESS - GENDER EMPOWERMENT AND THE ECONOMICS OF COVER LETTERS. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 5(8), 2324-2330. Retrieved from ijsser.org/more2020.php?id=159 Chicago Kedia, Aadya. "FUNCTIONAL BARRIERS TO PROFESSIONAL ACCESS - GENDER EMPOWERMENT AND THE ECONOMICS OF COVER LETTERS." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 5, no. 8 (August 2020), 2324-2330. Accessed August, 2020. ijsser.org/more2020.php?id=159.
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Abstract: The workforce of India is masculinizing rapidly. India's Female Labour Force Participation Rate has fallen to a historic low of 23.3%. The reduction in employment of women is primarily due to growing mechanization and automation in manufacturing and agriculture. However, access to jobs in the service and professional sectors has been very limited for women which have contributed to the falling rate of employment for women in India. Women in India, especially those from weaker socio-economic backgrounds face multiple structural and social barriers in assessing quality employment- which is a crucial means of achieving socio-economic mobility and emancipation. This paper has determined that the exclusion of women from the workforce traces its origin to larger gender and class-based discrimination that is rampant in Indian workplaces. The lack of access of women to soft skills that have become more important in the service-oriented economy reduces their employability in the formal sector. This paper has also sought to provide recommendations aimed at increasing the accessibility of women to quality employment through the development of communication and soft skills of women and the gender-sensitization of the society as a whole aimed at tackling regressive narratives surrounding women at the workplace.

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