A wider gender imbalance has been reported in India’s healthcare sector in senior management roles, a study shows. While India has 29% female doctors and 80% are in nursing departments, there is a significant under-representation of women when it comes to leadership roles, especially at the executive and board levels, according to “An Unbalanced Scale: Exploring the Female Leadership Gap in India’s Healthcare Sector” report by Dasra. 

Women’s workforce occupy only 18% of leadership roles in India’s healthcare sector, earning 34% less than their male counterparts. Globally, women occupy only 25% of senior positions and a mere 5% of leadership roles in the healthcare sector.

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