gender equality

Share of female board chairs at top 100 SGX listcos edges up to 10%: diversity council

With progress being made on gender diversity, the council is looking at other aspects such as skills, experience and age 

The percentage of female chairs on the STI comes in at 10%, falling below benchmarks in Australia and the UK.

Gender diversity, tenure length remain governance gaps among STI company chairpersons

Just three of the 30 constituents on Singapore’s blue-chip barometer are chaired by women

Standard Chartered's CEO for Singapore, Asean and South Asia Patrick Lee (centre) joins others from the bank to mark International Women's Day 2026.

‘Deeply ingrained’: How a culture of inclusion helps Standard Chartered balance the scales for women in the workplace

The bank has put in place structures to empower female employees while also supporting the wider community

Researchers find that girls fare as well as boys at Go when instructed by AI instead of humans.
THE BROAD VIEW

How AI can help overcome gender bias in science

We must do what we can to ensure human prejudice does not perpetuate through technology

While many nations have made progress on laws that advance women’s economic rights, weak enforcement systems and institutional shortcomings have hindered their real-world impact.

World Bank report highlights 'shockingly large' gap between gender equality laws and enforcement

No country currently ensures all the legal rights required for women’s full economic participation

US President Donald Trump, after taking office in January, issued an executive order declaring that only two genders would now be recognised - male and female - ending recognition of a third gender, denoted by an “X” on US passports.

US Supreme Court backs Trump administration’s passport gender policy

THE US Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration on Thursday to require passport applicants to be identified on the document by their biological sex at birth rather than their gender identity.

Median annual giving by Asia’s largest philanthropies is less than half that of their North American peers.
ESG INSIGHTS

Issue 152: Blended finance’s Asean philanthropies problem; sticking with DEI

This week in ESG: Convergence Asia-Pacific head addresses misaligned objectives; the need to do DEI right

The reality is, companies with more women in leadership consistently outperform their peers in profitability, innovation and employee satisfaction.
THE BROAD VIEW

Can digital collaboration reshape gender equity?

Technology is not just changing how we work, it is fundamentally altering who can work and when

Women held 13% of all board leadership roles in Singapore-listed companies last year, up from 11% in 2023.

Proportion of female directors at top 100 SGX companies surpasses 25% target in 2024

But a study finds that 31% of all Singapore-listed firms continue to have all-male boards

Women are earning, inheriting, and managing more wealth than ever before, but a study shows that, globally, they are expected to accumulate only 76% of the wealth of men by the end of their working lives.
SCIENCE OF WEALTH

Rewriting the rules: Challenging outdated notions of luck, risk and gender

Financial success is driven not by inherent traits but by individual choices, access to resources, and informed decision-making