A 2013 study, On-Ramps And Up-Ramps India, showed that 36% of women who join the workforce drop out and a whopping 75% leave for reasons related to childcare. Photo: Aniruddha Chowhdury/MintStep out of your comfort zoneOgale took up a career in computing after an eight-year sabbatical post-childbirth. It found that women feel significantly more guilty than men because while men externalize faults, women tend to internalize them. “Once I learnt to work by my own yardstick, the pressure eased and things worked better,” adds Purushottam. Nambiar says she believes that the quality of interaction with children is far more important than being available to them 24x7.

Source: Mint April 16, 2017 09:56 UTC