More women are joining the workforce, but leadership gaps remain, according to a report by professional networking platform LinkedIn and New Delhi-based public policy consulting firm The Quantum Hub.

There has been an overall increase in the representation of women across the workforce to 26.8% in 2024 from 23.9% in 2016, but there has been a decline of 0.5 percentage points between 2022 and 2024, said the report, titled ‘Women in Leadership in Corporate India’. Further, it said, the percentage of women in senior leadership roles has dipped to 18.3% in 2024 from to 18.7% in 2023, after increasing from 16.6% in 2016, but it may go up by the end of the year.

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