Emerging leadership of Asian women

Shanghai (CNS) -- How women in the Asia-Pacific region are shaping and being shaped by the emerging economy is a broad and rich topic thoroughly discussed in a women's leadership survey in the Asia-Pacific Region.

The report was jointly issued by the U.S NPO Asia Society and the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore on Thursday in Shanghai at the Third Annual Women's Leadership of New Asia Summit.

According to the report, obvious gender gaps between males and females in Asia are diminishing as economies emerge and strengthen. Some brilliant Asian women have become top political leaders or are now ranked among the wealthiest citizens. The trend is shaking the traditional perspective in Asia that the female is the weaker sex.

The report also pointed out that despite an overall elevation of the status of women in Asia, the situation is diverse across individual nations. For instance, women in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and India are commonly active in politics, but the 'power women of South Asia' had access to their positions because of their family background, as do many women with high profiles in civil rights movements in the region.