GUNJAN SONDHI AND PARVATI RAGHURAM

MIGRATION Gender and Skilled Migration: Women in the Indian Tech Sector

Who goes abroad and why? The impact of going abroad for international assignments is usually gendered. While women make up nearly 35 per cent of the labour force in the Indian tech sector, a proportionally smaller group takes up international assignments. In this article, we draw on our findings to highlight who this group is, how the nature of work and migration is gendered and how it impacts women’s long-term career prospects within the Indian tech sector.

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