Women and Work in Asia and the Pacific : Experiences, Challenges and Ways Forward

Working women everywhere face discrimination. Inequality and lack of inclusion isreinforced through regulation, policy, behaviours and attitudes. Although there hasbeen progress in some countries, gender equality has yet to be achieved by anynation.

.This in-depth study examines the challenges faced by working women, theirfamilies and communities in ten countries throughout Asia and the Pacific:Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia, Japan, China, Cambodia, India, Sri Lanka, Fiji,Pakistan and the Philippines.Informed by the work of senior academics, policy-makers and community grouprepresentatives, and with a foreword by Elizabeth Broderick AO, independentexpert, for the Working Group on Discrimination Against Women and Girls, UnitedNations Human Rights Council, working women's experiences are describedand analysed within a framework of four themes: demography, globalisation,technological development and sustainability. Drawing on this wide range of qualitative and quantitative evidence, the authors setout recommendations for co-ordinated and context-sensitive responses specific toeach country to improve the working lives of women and girls.