a key lever for Thailand’s post-pandemic recovery

As Thailand responds to COVID-19’s longer-term economic impacts and its leaders navigate this economically uncertain period, there is a risk that the gender diversity imperative falls to the wayside for businesses and policymakers.

This critically important topic should not be overlooked. Advancing Thailand’s gender equality has the potential to not only drive economic recovery and performance improvements, but also shape an inclusive, resilient, and sustainable social and business environment for the nation’s long-term growth as we look towards a post-COVID world.

Thailand is currently ranked 75th in the World Economic Forum’s 2020 Global Gender Gap Report. By the end of 2020, the report estimates that women will make up roughly 35 percent of top management positions in firms and 16 percent of representatives in…