Pandemic widens gender gap across Asia

India and Indonesia tumble in WEF ranking; Japan and South Korea inch up

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A woman walks in a New Delhi market in September. India's gender gap ranking fell more places than any other Asian nation in the World Economic Forum's latest report. © Getty Images

RURIKA IMAHASHI, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- The pandemic is widening gender inequality across Asia, the World Economic Forum said in a new report, signaling that the growing gap between the sexes is as important an issue as rebuilding COVID-battered economies.

The WEF published on Wednesday its Global Gender Gap Report 2021, which tracks progress toward gender equality in terms of economy, politics, education, and health.

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