Health

At IWWAGE, we recognise that women’s health and economic empowerment are deeply interconnected. Access to quality, affordable healthcare is essential for women to enter, remain in, and progress in the workforce. Improved health outcomes strengthen women’s economic participation, while greater economic agency enables better health, creating a reinforcing cycle of empowerment.

IWWAGE’s work on women’s health focuses on:

Linking health and economic participation

Examining how health outcomes influence women’s ability to participate, retain, and advance in paid work across sectors and life stages.

Improving measurement and visibility of women’s work

Bringing attention to under-recognised areas such as menstrual and menopausal health, and their implications for productivity, dignity, and long-term labour market engagement.

Identifying systemic barriers and enablers

Analysing how health systems, workplace practices, and social norms shape women’s access to care and health-related decision-making.

Integrating health into economic and workplace policy

Advocating for the inclusion of women’s health needs within labour, social protection, and workplace policies to support sustained economic empowerment.

Through this work, IWWAGE positions women’s health as a strategic lever for inclusive growth, ensuring that women’s health needs are visible, valued, and embedded within broader economic and social policy agendas.

Report

Financing Quality Childcare Facilities in India by IWWAGE and Mobile Creches

The increasing nuclearisation of families in urban and peri-urban areas is driving demand for quality childcare, especially for working women.This study explores the current landscape of childcare services in India, focusing on government and non-governmental efforts to improve access and support women’s economic empowerment.