You can’t manage what you can’t measure, as the adage goes. And in terms of measuring gender equality and women’s empowerment, considerable barriers exist. While significant advances have been made in regions such as Southeast Asia towards these goals, new analysis using the Lowy Institute’s Southeast Asia Aid Map shows that the world doesn’t have a good handle on international financing for gender equality.
Gender discrimination in Southeast Asia remains high compared with the rest of the world, and the economic cost of discriminatory social institutions in the region will…
