COUNTRIES	Has National Plan of Action	Has Ratified the Optional Protocol	HDI Rank*		GDI Rank*		GEM Rank*		Has Discriminatory Laws in the Following Areas (Source: Equality Now)	A N D D E M A N D I N G A C C O U N T A B I L I T Y
			1995	1999	1995	1999	1995	1999
Af ghanistan			170		130		116
Bangladesh	Yes		146	150	108	123	80	83	PERSONAL
Bhutan			160	145		119
Brunei Darussalam			153	137
Cambodia	Yes
China, People's Republic of	Yes		111	98	71	79	23	40	ECONOMIC STATUS
India	Yes		134	132	99	112	101	35	VIOLENCE
Indonesia	Yes		104	105	68	88	56	71
Iran	Yes		70	95	66	87	95	88	VIOLENCE
Japan	Yes		3	4	8	8	27	38	MARITAL STATUS
Korea, Dem. People's Republic of
Korea, Rep. of	Yes		31	30	37	30	90	78
Lao People's Demo. Republic			138	140	96	115
Malaysia	Yes		59	56	38	52	49	52	VIOLENCE
Maldives	Yes		118	93	79	77	78	76
Mongolia	Yes		110	119	67	99
Myanmar	Yes		132	128	94	104
Nepal			151	144	115	127	73		ECONOMIC STATUS
Pakistan	Yes		128	138	103	116	114	101	PERSONAL STATUS
Philippines	Yes		100	77	64	65	28	45
Singapore	Yes		35	22	28	22	35	32
Sri Lanka			97	90	58	76	79	80
Thailand	Yes		58	67	33	58	54	64
Viet Nam	Yes		120	110	74	91

(UNDP Human DeveiopMent Report, i995 & 1999)