Regional data on gender diversity - how Malaysia, Singapore, China fare

In Asia, there is a lot to be proud of such as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ‘Abenomics’ growth strategy in Japan which has a goal of having women in 30% of leadership positions by 2020.

And in Malaysia, Prime Minister Najib Razak launched the 30% Club to help achieve the country's target of tripling the percentage of women on companies’ boards to 30% this year.

But there is some way to go, as Hays' Global Gender Diversity Report 2016 shows.

Where three in five women in Asia (62%) aspire to reach a top leadership position in their career, 39% feel they don't have the opportunity to communicate this ambition and sufficiently promote themselves in their current roles.

Women respondents in Malaysia demonstrated the highest ambition to reach MD/CEO level globally in order to feel successful in their careers (28%).

Colombia (22%), UAE (18%) and Japan (17%) also had high percentages of female respondents stating success meant reaching the MD/CEO level, while Germany (7%), the US (7%), and Belgium (5%) had some of the lowest.

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