“Valuing the labor that women perform outside work, evolving as a society and discarding outdated gender norms will enable women to be truly empowered’ says Vishala Ramswami, MD, Loyal Textiles

Chennai, March 20, 2019: At the recently held 11th Successful Women in Management (SWIM) Conference by Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai, Chief Guest Ms.Vishala Ramaswami , MD- Loyal Textiles, CEO - P.Orr & Sons, while delivering the Key note address on the theme ‘Women Empowerment is definitely a reality today. But is it enough? said, “ I believe that for women to be truly empowered in Corporate India we require two developments - (i) Economists & corporate world recognize and value the labor that women perform outside of work and (ii) We evolve as a society and discard outdated gender norms.”She further added, “We need to understand that the question is not how do we get more Indian women to work and it is instead how we better help women balance the double burden – domestic and professional work in a manner that is beneficial for both the company and the employee. Once we recognize and value women’s labor outside of work, instead of dismissing it, we can become more empathetic to the multiple demands on Indian women and find ways to make the workplace more welcoming for them.”