SINGAPORE — The Philippines and Singapore rank highly in Asia, and are within the top 50 countries globally for gender equality, even as the region lags Europe and the Americas in closing the gap between women and men, a World Economic Forum report released Thursday showed.
Estimating that the worldwide gap will take 123 years to close at the current rate, the report put regions like Europe and the Americas ahead of Asia in overall opportunities and advancement for women in 148 economies. The top 10 in the global rankings were largely European nations, with Iceland at number one, followed by Finland and Norway.
