The Life Course Gender Gap data of the report says 20.7% of the employees in this sector are women in Bangladesh while the share is 15.9% in India and 11% in Pakistan. Ironically, the presence of women at mid and senior management is less in Bangladesh than India. According to the Women’s Empowerment data of the report, some 11.5% people are female at mid or senior level management in Bangladesh while it is 13.7% in India. In Bangladesh, 35.8% women have at least one such account while it is 76.6% in India, more than double from Bangladesh. The female HDI value is 10% lower than for males (for Nepal, this difference is about 7%; for Pakistan, markedly higher at about 25%).

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 22, 2020 08:37 UTC