A study conducted by the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) across 700-odd districts in the country has found that women respondents in just 32 per cent of these districts felt they were able to achieve work-life balance, highlighting ongoing challenges with unpaid domestic work.

The study that compared and analysed data for women from a total of 705 districts across the country from the National Family Health Survey-4 (NFHS-4) and NFHS-5, reveals that despite the rising literacy among women aged between 15 to 49, only 46.1 per cent of the districts reported educational empowerment among women. Speaking during the report launch, Professor Satish Deodhar, Dean (Faculty), IIMA, underscored the need for men’s participation in sharing household responsibilities to achieve work-life balance for both genders.

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