A coalition of India's leading startups for women's workforce participation.
The Pact For Gender Parity brings together founders, CHROs and people leaders who are actively prioritising gender-equal workplaces as a way to lift women's representation across the ecosystem. The Pact pools capital, peer learning, mentorship, research and policy advocacy behind one shared ambition — closing India's gaps on women's workforce participation in this decade.
Our Purpose
Why the Pact exists
Our Mission
To accelerate India's progress on women's workforce participation by enabling startup employers to act — pooling capital, peer learning and practical playbooks behind the demand-side levers that actually move the needle on women's representation.
Our Vision
An Indian startup ecosystem where women are equally represented across every function and seniority level — and where gender parity is treated as an operating discipline, not a side project.
Anchor Research
Women in India's Startup Ecosystem Report (WISER)
WISER is the recurring deep-dive that anchors every conversation the Pact has — with founders, funders and policymakers. The report maps where female founders and women operators sit across stages, sectors and seniorities, surfaces the structural gaps holding the ecosystem back, and offers a practical agenda for anyone serious about closing the gap in the next decade.
Read the latest WISER
Benefits
What do member startups gain?
Five concrete reasons founders, CHROs and people leaders bring their companies into the Pact — and stay.
Set gender-diversity goals you can hold yourself to
Public, peer-reviewed gender-diversity goals tied to time-bound milestones — backed by frameworks the Pact community has co-developed and stress-tested in the field.
Practical playbooks from peers
Access to ready-to-use playbooks on hiring, retention, leadership pipelines, return-to-work, parental leave, safety and pay equity — drawn from peer companies that have already shipped them.
Benchmarks and data
Member-only benchmarks and the underlying data on what is working across hiring, retention and progression — so you can measure your company against credible peers, not industry averages.
Curated community & mentorship
A curated community of founders, CHROs and people leaders running the same playbook — closed-door working sessions, expert clinics and one-to-one mentorship from operators who have done it.
Recognition and visibility
Visibility for member companies and the work they are doing — across the Pact's channels, the WISER report and the wider partner ecosystem of investors, media and policy stakeholders.
Members
Pact For Gender Parity Members
A growing collective of startups, funds, foundations and operating organisations actively prioritising gender-equal workplaces.
…and a growing list of additional member startups, partners and ecosystem organisations.
Bring your startup into the Pact.
Whether you fund, build or lead people — there is a seat at the table for founders and CHROs serious about closing the gap on women's workforce participation.
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