at the low end are cambodia per cent turkey per cent and azerbaijan per cent seven asian and pacific countries have no female ministers namely bhutan brunei darussalam nauru papua new guinea singapore solomon islands and vanuatu hong kong china ranked second per cent followed by china per cent malaysia per cent new zealand per cent singapore per cent and india per cent moreover half of the boards examined had no female directors at all china is the global leader with a per cent share of managerial level positions held by women followed by the philippines and georgia with per cent thailand and viet nam with per cent and per cent respectively and the russian federation with per cent