Jean D’Cunha is head of Myanmar on special assignment as senior adviser to U.N. Women Multi-Country office for India, Bhutan, Maldives and Sri Lanka. https://www.newsdeeply.com/womensadvancement/contributor/jean-dcunha/rss en Equal Pay and Opportunity Thu, 19 Jul 2018 14:30:00 +0000 Jean D’Cunha https://www.newsdeeply.com/womensadvancement/community/2018/07/19/parliamentarians-need-to-step-it-up-for-gender-equality https://www.newsdeeply.com/womensadvancement/community/2018/07/19/parliamentarians-need-to-step-it-up-for-gender-equality Despite being one of the fastest-growing regions on the planet, South Asia has declining employment rates, largely affecting women. To help reverse the trend, governments must work to get more women into parliament, says Jean D’Cunha of U.N. Women.