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Source: IMTMA
To aid this
positive Participants at the IMTMA - FEdream Women Empowerment Initiative Inaugural
change,
IMTMA
conducts ‘Design and Manufacturing of 60 percent women workforce. and financially empowered,
women’s Special Purpose Machines’. More Metrology, inspection, and design the societal barriers will
exclusive such programs are on the anvil. departments are increasingly diminish. Moreover, Section 66
training dominated by women workers. of the Factories Act of 1948 was
programs
to make Towards inclusive culture IT and various other sectors amended in 2005, permitting
women Manufacturing has undergone deploy a large number of the women to do night shifts
industry- significant changes from what it fair gender, and as automation provided all safety precautions
ready. was in the 1980s to how it’s being takes over routine jobs such as are enforced, which also bodes
Presently, done now, and engineers need the handling of heavy materials well for organizations looking to
over 20
female to acquaint themselves with the along with the use of artificial hire women workforce.
candidates new ways of manufacturing. intelligence, robotics, and digital By breaking the barriers, they
are The mindset of co-workers and manufacturing, we will see more can perhaps share equal space
undergoing that of the top management women workers in industrial with men in whichever field
compre- is a significant challenge. units as well. they may be – in exhibitions,
hensive
training However, this is changing fast, Industries believe that manufacturing, policymaking,
on ‘Design with women getting the same encouraging diversity, gender- services, or any other sphere. The
and Manu- opportunities as men. neutral growth, training, male-female divide in industries
facturing Industry analysts see this competence building, and can be bridged when females
of Special change already happening in having women in managerial have a say in the decision-
Purpose
Machines’. a big way. For example, most roles will pay rich dividends. making process, positively
More such electronic units have more than As more women get educated affecting the system.
programs
are on the
anvil.

Source: IMTMA

Women Engineers attending a session on International Women's Day at IMTMA

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