Holding Up Half The Sky

HOLDING UP HALF THE SKY MASTERCARD WORLDWIDE Index of Women's Advancement 2012 Когеа (КR) 63.5 Japan (JP) 64.8 • China (CN) 73.7 The MasterCard Worldwide Index of Women's Advancement India (IN) 48.4 Taiwan (TW) 73.5 measures the socio-economic standing of women aCrOSS Asia/Pacitic. The Index is comprised of 5 indicators. Tertiary Education. Workforce Participation. Business Ownership. Business & Governement Leadership. and Regular Employment Opportunities. Hong Kong (HK) 73.7 Philippines (PH) 778 Indonesia (ID) 679 Each indicator measures the ratio of women to every 100 men in each of the 14 Asia/Pacitic markets coveced by the Thaland (T). 74.6 research. Vietnam (VN) 77.8 Singapore (SG) 774 Malaysia (MY) 68.3 Austratia (AU) 83.3 TERTIARY EDUCATION New Zealand INZ) 831 NZ 1377 TH 1332 PH 125.8 CN 1184 VN D072 1345 135.9 ID 1033 SG 981 JP KR 731 IN 60.5 1070 1042 IN II MARKETS. WOMEN ARE ON PAR OR BETTER REPRESENTED IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS THAN THIR MALE COUNTEIPARTS WORKFORCE PARTICIPATION BUSINESS & GOVERNMENT LEADERS PH NZ A 1923 771 731 668 665 587 IN SG MYy VN CN NZ AU TH TW HIK 901 843 832 BL6 799 788 751 HK D TH TW VN CN 484 459 360 343 327 240 SG JP KR PH ID MY IN 740 690 689 624 610 571 359 KR JP 123 150 HEALTHY WORKFORCE PARTICIPATON ACROSS MOST MARKETS. WITH 8 MARKETS AVERAGING OVER 20 WOMEN FOR EVERY 100 MEN IN THE WORKFORCE ONLY 6 MARKETS HAVE AT LEAST SO WOMEN BUSINESS/GOVERNMENT LEADERS FOR EVERY 100 MALE BUSINESS/GOVERNMENT LEADERS BUSINESS REGULAR EMPLOYMENT OWNERS OPPORTUNITIES 500 471 468 460 SG 1136 NZ 111 Hк 1101 I12 38.5 375 JP 1000 2055 1053 1028 35.9 325 325 304 TH 952 ID 944 CN 981 828 294 290 VN 716 IN 529 13 OF 14 MARKETS HAD FEWER THAN 50 WOMEN BUSINESS OWNERS FOR EVERY 100 MALE BUSINESS OWNERS I1 OF 14 MARKETS OFFERED EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES POR BOTH MEN AND WOMEN MasterCard Worldwide "Sccre <100 - gender inequality in farvor of males. Soore >100 - gender inequality in tavor of temales Score - 100 - gender equatity For the tull report, visit wwwmasterintelligence.com. Follow MasterCard on Twitter @MasterCardNews