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Table 1:Gender empowerment measure (GEM)

Region/ GEM Seats in Female Female Ratio of

Country Rank parliament legislators, senior professionals estimated

held by officials and and technical female : male

women (as managers (as workers (as earned

% of total)** % of total) of % of total) income

East Asia

China n.a. 21.8 n.a. n.a. n.a.

Japan 32 10.0 9* 45 0.44

Hong Kong, n.a. n.a. 25 38 n.a.

China

Korea, 61 5.9 5 34 0.45

Republic of

South Asia

Afghanistan n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.

Bangladesh 66 2.0 5* 35 d 0.57

Bhutan n.a. 9.3 n.a. n.a. n.a.

India n.a. 8.9 n.a. n.a. n.a.

Nepal n.a. 7.9 n.a. n.a. n.a.

Pakistan n.a. -j 9* 26* n.a.

Sri Lanka 64 4.4 4 49 0.48

Southeast Asia

Indonesia n.a. 8.0 n.a. n.a. n.a.

Malaysia 43 14.5 20* 45* 0.46

Myanmar n.a. -I n.a. n.a. n.a.

Philippines 35 17.2 35* 66* 0.59

Singapore 23 11.8 23 42 0.50

Pacific

Australia 10 26.5 26 48 0.69

Fiji Islands n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.

Maldives 62 6.0 15 40 0.60

New Zealand 9 30.8 38 54 0.67

Papua n.a. 1.8 n.a. n.a. n.a.

New Guinea

Samoa n.a. 6.1 n.a. n.a. n.a.

Solomon Islands n.a. 0.0 n.a. n.a. n.a.

Vanuatu n.a. 0.0 n.a. n.a. n.a.

* Data are based on the International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO-68) as defined in ILO 2001.

** Data are as of 8 March 2002. Where there are lower and upper houses, data refer to the weighted average of

women’s shares of seats in both houses.

Source: UNDP 2002, 226–9.

Table 2:Women in the public sector in the Asia-Pacific region

Region/Country Women in government at

ministerial level (as % of total)

2000

East Asia

China 5.1

Japan 5.7

Hong Kong, China n.a.

Korea, Rep of 6.5

South Asia

Afghanistan

Bangladesh 9.5

Bhutan n.a.

India 10.1

Nepal 14.8

Pakistan n.a.

Sri Lanka n.a.

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