While women usually surpass men in terms of education, only half of these women reach the workplace, said Anu Sriram, chairman, Indian Women Network (IWN) Southern Region at the first edition of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) IWN Gender Parity awards and conference on bringing parity at workplace.
The aim of the event was to recognise companies and educational institutions having best practicses in gender parity.
Anu Madgavkar, partner, McKinsey Global Institute (MGI), said that while parity for women is a humanitarian goal, there lies an economic rationale for it.
Suchitra Ella, chairwoman, IWN National and co-founder and joint managing director of Bharat Biotech International Ltd, spoke.
The award winners were Dr. Reddy's Laboratories, Hyderabad in the large scale category while Ultramarine and Pigments Ltd, Chennai and Mandala Apparels Pvt Ltd, Puducherry were declared the winners in the medium scale and small scale categories respectively.
