The article highlights that only 19% of married women in the 24-29 age group with a child or children in urban India were employed in 2019. In contrast, 44% of single urban women in that age group were employed. This proportion falls to about 33% of married women with no child.

Unsurprisingly, we find that the employment rate in urban India is the lowest among better educated (with secondary education or above) married women with children.

Letting young women drop out of employment is not optimal for firms or for the Indian economy and it is in the interest of companies to retain all their talented employees, men or women.

The article further talks about what companies can do to retain talented employees.

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