🔆 Women & Gender Data Highlights ✅ Overall sex ratio = 1020 women for every 1000 men, sex ratios at birth abnormally low = 929/1000 ✅ Increase in share of gender budget in total union budget to 6.5% in 2024 ✅ Female Labour Force Participation Rate - 2023 = 37% (2018 = 23%), global average = 65% ✅ PMJDY - 55% account holders are women ✅ India ranked 129/146 in Global Gender Gap Index 2024, ranked behind neighbours like B’desh (99), China (106), Nepal (117), Sri Lanka (122), Bhutan (124) ✅ Women in India on average earn 70% of what men earn for the same job (globally = 80%) ✅ Women in Indian Parliament = 14.7% (lower than global avg of 27%) ✅ Literacy rate of women in India is 65% while that of men is 82% ✅ Women make up > 40% of STEM graduates but constitue < 15% of STEM professionals employed in R&D institutions ✅ More than 90% of women are involved in unpaid domestic services for household members (men = 27%) ✅ 57% of the women aged 15-49 are anaemic ✅ 74.10% of married women have their demand for family planning met by any modern method ✅ 210 among every 1,000 persons in managerial positions are women ✅ 55.63% Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan accounts held by women #gs1 #mains #society #social_issue