https://www.scmp.com/rss/322700/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Economic growth is always welcomed with open arms, but what if I said that the much-hailed progress we have seen in Asia over the past couple of decades was built on injustice against women? According to the International Monetary Fund, the region’s economy grew at an average of 6 per cent a year between 1990 and 2015. But this growth was made possible in part by countries building their global competitiveness on the backs of poor women, who were paid low wages and made to work in substandard... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1959355/two-steps-lighten-load-asias-poor-women?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1959355/two-steps-lighten-load-asias-poor-women?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 30 May 2016 07:55:28 +0000