In the sixth episode of the IIMB Podcast Series, Prof. Hema Swaminathan, Associate Professor at the Centre for Public Policy at IIM Bangalore, shares her insights on how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted India’s female workforce and deepened the gender imbalance in the Indian society. Prof. Swaminathan discusses various new challenges that India’s female workforce is facing due to the pandemic, and how business, government and society can help to reduce the adversities of this crisis and bridge the gender gap that has deepened as a result of the pandemic.