IANS | 10 May, 2024
Singaporean females have attained growing equality in the workplace
over the past few years, according to the Progress on Singapore Women's
Development 2024 issued on Friday.
The employment rate for Singaporean females aged 25 to 64 has
increased from 69.2 per cent to 76.6 per cent from 2013 to 2023, with
the gender employment rate gap narrowed to 12.4 percentage points,
according to the report released by the Ministry of Social and Family
Development, Xinhua news agency reported.
Local females'
representation in business leadership has also increased. For the top
100 companies listed in the Singapore Exchange, the percentage of women
on boards has tripled from 7.5 per cent in 2013 to 22.7 per cent by last
June.
Healthcare services have been improved for women, said the
Ministry, noting that the number of females aged 15 years who have
received the HPV vaccine increased from 1.3 per cent to 89.4 per cent
from 2014 to 2022.
Singaporean authority also amended the Women's
Charter last year to strengthen the government's ability to intervene in
family violence, the report added.
