Senior female business leadership in the Asia-Pacific region has been shrinking this year and is lagging behind other parts of the world, with the lack of flexible working in the post-Covid era posing a hindrance to gender parity, global advisory firm Grant Thornton International said.
The proportion of women holding senior management positions in mid-market businesses in the region has dropped to 31 per cent this year, one percentage point lower than 2023, the firm said in a report released on Friday. Latin America leads the world with a…