Many people still think that women are only capable of taking care of the family and managing households — but there’s nothing farther from the truth nowadays.
For Asia to realize and unleash its potential as an economic and development powerhouse, changing that traditional mindset and looking at women as important development stakeholders and providing them with decent and better employment opportunities is absolutely vital, according to the Asian Development Bank.
“Attitudes towards providing decent work for men and women — irrespective of their background — continue to be ambiguous, complex, and controversial,” said P. Imrana Jalal, ADB senior specialist on gender and development.