These factors have respectively influenced on women workers in societies, economies and labour markets. Asia still largely holds the traditional view that women's primary role is to be mothers and wives, and that men's is to work and be the breadwinners. With women's increasing levels of education, economic development and a demographic change, however, a larger number of them have joined the labour market, and relations between men and women have been undergoing a steady, concurrent change.
Women enjoy more equality at work in some countries than others.
Similarly, various economic forces, such as liberalization, economic restructuring in an increasing overall globalization, and the recent Asian financial and economic crises have also deeply affected the socioeconomic well-being and employment patterns of millions of women and men in the region in recent years. Despite some progress made during the last 10 years, a large majority of women workers in Asia and the Pacific continue to work in the informal and rural sectors, in jobs with lower remuneration, lower job security, and more in atypical forms of employment compared to men. Labour force participation of women in the region ranges from 26 percent to 83 percent . A recent ILO study on the overall trends in changing labour force participation shows that economic factors, as well as policy measures are having an impact on the labour market. It lists the countries according to their growth during the last 15 years.