ASIA’S workforce should reflect its population. Today, only 49% of working-age women in developing Asia participate in the labour force compared with 80% of men. And the number is down from 56% in 1990. For South Asia, the lowest in the region, women’s workforce participation is 30% versus 80% for men.
On average, a woman in developing Asia is paid only 77% that of her male counterpart. Less than 10% of positions on corporate boards are held by women and just over 10% of government ministers in the region are female.
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