The Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore and the Asia Society undertook the writing of this report, Rising to the Top? A Report on Women’s Leadership in Asia, which looks at published data on gender equality and women’s leadership in Asia, develops a pathway for thinking about women’s leadership, and draws conclusions with an eye toward the future. This report presents published data on gender equality and women’s leadership in Asia. The data comes from multilateral, private and academic institutions (see Bibliography and Data Sources). The Global Gender Gap Report 2011 (GGG Report 2011), which synthesizes data from a range of original sources, is heavily referenced. This report extracts salient findings on Asia-Pacific countries and provides qualitative insights from secondary research. It lso highlights some best practices and provides illustrative stories.
