IT companies shower love on womenfolk

I chanced upon this piece of work on HR headlines(naukri.com)
Though the title sounds partial towards women, but infact India has also understood the need of women empowerment in terms of economic liberation a vital element in improving the economic status of a country....

IT COMPANIES SHOWER LOVE ON WOMENFOLK

It is women unlimited! And IT companies are leading from the front, heralding a change to make the workplace a better experience than ever before. While scanning a resume, all qualifications being equal, most IT companies are showing a penchant for women talent. This global phenomenon ushered in by MNCs is now becoming an IT industry best practice in India. While women-friendly policies like flexihours and gender diversity are par for the course, IT companies are now going one step further. Companies such as IBM are actually encouraging their placement agencies to circulate more resumes of women. Headhunters confirmed that they are being incentivised for doing that. While Adobe Systems ensures that women have help, by creating women communities and networks , Sapient creates role models of women in high positions to highlight the absence of a glass ceiling. Meanwhile, TCS has created work policies for women which result in eight out of 10 women resuming work after maternity leave. IT companies such as Accenture , TCS and IBM also focus on attracting more women in technology by either tying up with academia or training women from science streams to become software engineers. Nasscom estimates the proportion of women working in the IT industry will touch 35 pct in 2007, up from 24 pct in 2005.
Source: 23 Dec' 06 The Economic Times New Delhi Edition