Asia - Building Gender Balanced Business

Little is mentioned in the international media on how organisations are managing and promoting women in Asia, one of the fastest rising economic regions in the world. This section will cover this region, providing stories and information on how organisations there are managing gender issues.

• The varying percentages of women in management ranks and IT work forces

• Across the region, the economic crisis is hitting women harder and differently from men, but there are ways to fix that

• The pay gap in China”:958-0-the-pay-gap-in-china.html

• South Korea’s poor gender ranking gets worse

• How Indian B-Schools can help women and the nation

“Sujoya Basu writes in ‘Gender Stereotypes in Corporate India: A Glimpse’ that for the country to make full use of the vast talent Indian women offer would require significant awareness, appropriate and enforceable legislation and a major change in social thinking.”

• A call for managerial diversity in Japan

“Any hesitation among Japanese female employees to shoulder challenging assignments is because they have had few role models in Japanese corporate society, Michiko Achilles, managing executive officer and chief human resources officer at Aozora Bank, said.”