According to the UNDP’s latest HumanDevelopment Report themed “The rise of the South: Human Progress in aDiverse World”, the top 10 countries with highest percentage of women inparliament include Rwanda (51.9 percent), Andorra, Cuba, Sweden, theSeychelles, Senegal, South Africa, Nicaragua and Iceland.
Interms of the gender inequality index, Vietnam is ranked at 48thglobally, while Singapore is at the 13 th position and Malaysiaat 48th.-VNA