For a woman, workforce participation decision is dependent upon various factors. These can be personal, social, economic or environmental; such as age, marriage, childbirth, freedom to work, education, wage, social status, labour market conditions, will power and confidence, and so on and so forth. In this May, when the world is thinking about labour with the theme “Uniting workers for social and economic advancement” Swathanthra is uniting the thoughts and experiences of women in the workforce in different sectors. We don’t claim comprehensiveness. However, this may be a beginning.