Puja Srivastava, Co-Founder & CTO at spocto, A Yubi Company

A report published by the McKinsey Global Institute in 2019 estimated that if women's participation in the global economy were to match that of men, it could add $28 trillion to the global GDP by 2025, which represents an increase of approximately 26%. To achieve this, we must start encouraging women to take up STEM as an academic and professional option. And most importantly, women need to be taught to make financial decisions.

Equality and diversity should be more than just buzzwords in organizations. They should be actively pursued as a core value and an actionable outcome. We, as organizations, should strive to create an inclusive and welcoming culture for individuals from all backgrounds and demographics. Individuals must begin treating men and women equally by abolishing biases by asking men and women the same questions, not stereotyping women into some specific kind of roles & most importantly, changing the ideology that the part of the primary caregiver is only limited to women. Adhering to the same, at spocto, we have initiated extended parental leaves that allow men to be caregivers.

I'm very proud of the diversity at spocto is at a whopping 63%, comprising many women leaders. Be it HR, Legal, Pre-sales, Marketing, Sales, Technology, or Engineering, almost every vertical is being led or co-led by a woman. That sets a very good example for other women joining the workforce."