In an interview with the South China Morning Post, Fiona Nott, CEO of Hong Kong’s Women’s Foundation, says women in the territory are still being left behind:
Nott reels off the figures: in the workplace, women earn on average 22% less than men, a gap that is wider than a decade ago and wider than Singapore, the US, Britain and Australia; women represent only 13.8% of Hang Seng Index company boards – just half of the 26% in the UK; and women represent just 29% of management positions – worse than Malaysia, Canada, the US and Australia.
The wage gap increases to 35% for elderly women.
Meanwhile, women make up 85% of single parents living in poverty, and 30% of women drop out of the workforce due to caring responsibilities.
