| Socio-economic class | Common professions | Barriers | |----------------------|--------------------|----------| | Rural poor | Farm labor, construction, beedi rolling, domestic work | Child marriage, no transport, sexual harassment in fields | | Lower-middle urban | Teaching, nursing, secretarial, small retail | Night shift bans, safety concerns | | Upper-middle urban | IT, banking, medicine, law, corporate management | Glass ceiling, maternity bias, return-to-work after kids | | Elite | Entrepreneurship, media, politics, arts | Less barriers but social reputation still matters |