https://www.thehindu.com/business/Industry/daughterly-guilt-haunts-indian-working-women/article8377880.ece?homepage=true

Recruiters are finding it difficult to meet client requirements that mandate filling corporate positions with women employees. This trend follows research that has historically placed India at the bottom rung in Asia when it comes to women’s representation in white-collar jobs across all levels of experience.

In the white-collar segment too, the country has the poorest representation of women as a percentage of the workforce, compared to the rest of Asia.

The survey attributes women dropping out, in markets such as India and China, to several traditional influences, one of the strongest being ‘daughterly guilt’ – which, it says, can outweigh ‘maternal guilt’ – from having to leave elderly parents in others’ care. Husbands earn ‘enough’

The Hindu also spoke to two women managers at two of the top six IT services companies in India; one of whom has returned to work after her second maternity leave, and the other who has resigned and is now serving her notice period. Both requested anonymity for reasons of corporate protocol.