In Myanmar, women are extremely under-represented in decision-making in both public and private offices. Throughout all sectors, culture is most frequently given as the reason why women are not allowed into leadership positions – in other words, the culture of male superiority and female inferiority.
Myanmar’s business case for gender equality needs to be systematically built around the different needs and interests men and women have in the rapidly developing socio-economic environment. This requires systematically collecting gender-disaggregated data for women and men in all spheres of governance including private and public sectors.