Jobs Before Marriage Key To Raising Women Employment In India | Prof. Vidya Mahambare writes for BQ Prime

The article summaries that women’s education levels in India are rising and, along with it, the age of marriage. However, after completing higher education, but before a woman establishes herself in paid work, most women get married. In effect, higher education leads to a delay in age at marriage by 2-3 years and improves the marriage prospects for women, not their employment prospects.

Being in paid work for a sufficient duration before marriage seems vital to raise women's employment in India. Also, skills and autonomy gained through job experience will ease their re-entry into work later. Of course, providing affordable and quality childcare would undoubtedly lower the drop in women’s employment rates due to childbirth in urban areas.