Nowadays, luckily sexism is controlled in USA and other developed countries by the law. Women have the same rights and privileges as men. However, in developing countries, especially in Asia, sexism is still a current issue that is not likely to be solved in just a short period of time. Sexism in these countries has been preventing women from accessing occupational opportunities and also form equal opportunities in education, health, property and justice.
As an evidence of sexism in Asia that is depriving women of education, occupation, health care opportunities, let's look at the sad reality in Nepal and other Asian countries. According to a report released in November 2000 by The Mahbub Ul Had Human Development Center in Kathmandu city, Nepalese women did not have enough access to education as statistics shows that two thirds of the illiterate population in the region were women. Many of them were forced to work as unpaid family workers and, therefore, their contributions to the country were not accounted for. Furthermore, a minority of educated women had never had any job opportunities in the government in this country. Not only in Nepal has sexism caused the inequality in career opportunities, but in the Philippines, Indonesia and other Asian countries. Many women have to go to Hong Kong or Singapore to work as domestic helpers. As an example, I have met online many Philippine ladies who worked in Hong Kong as domestic helpers. They told me that there were not enough jobs for women in their country. They did not have educational opportunities either to upgrade their professions to gain access to other opportunities.
As an example for women not having enough health care service due to sexism, a statistic in Nepal shows that maternal death rate is very high. Pregnancy-related deaths number more than 200, 000 a year. .
As another bad result of sexism, Asian women do not have equal rights to property either.
