compared to men women in the asiapacific region are less likely to make career progression with the share of women among legislators senior officials and managers at around on average across the oecd and declining since in the asiapacific region the gender gap in unpaid work is about three hours per day hours for the oecd and such gaps are particularly large in southern asia however women are more likely to have been involved in setting up new businesses often without much financial gain in the startup period