Between 2017 and 2024, a silent revolution has been taking place in India’s largest and most populous state. A movement that has not registered amidst the raucous headlines that emerge from Uttar Pradesh. It is the silent revolution of more women entering the workforce. In these intervening years, since Yogi Adityanath took office, the female labour force participation rate (FLFPR) has surged from a dismal 14 per cent to 36 per cent. While it’s still below the national average of 45 per cent, it is nonetheless a dramatic breakthrough and is expected to continue to rise, powering the $1 trillion economy goal set by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

The Women Economic Empowerment (WEE) Index, a key barometer that tracks these figures, says that a sustained policy effort under CM Yogi Adityanath, which has placed women at the centre of government policy priorities, has made the difference.

When CM Yogi took office in 2017, he inherited a legacy of goondaism in the streets and perilous safety standards for women. So endemic was it to society that a bloody riot was sparked by an episode of sexual harassment prior to his taking office for the first time.........

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