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SOUTH ASIA: WOMEN IN CIVIL SERVICE (1990s) AND IN THE CORPORATE SECTOR

Country Women in the Civil Service(%) of total Women at decision making position (% of total women Women at managerial and professional level (%) of 1990's
Bangladesh 7.88 0.012 12
Bhutan n/a n/a n/a
India 6.8 n/a n/a
Maldives n/a n/a n/a
Nepal 7.66 0.463 17
Pakistan 5.35 0.266 4
Sri Lanka 21.1 10.23 22.3

Note : Decision making levels are assumed to be additional secretaries, joint secretaries and Heads of Depts.
Source :  Human Development in South Asia 2000: The Gender Question,
 Mahbub ul Haq Human Development Centre OUP, Karachi,2000. 

 
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