In general terms, women's rights in East and South Asia are behind their status in the West. This is mainly because East and South Asian countries tend to be conservative, very religious in the case of South Asian ones, and have social structures that sometimes favor men over women.
Changing this practices is very challeging, but this does not mean that no porgress has been made. In countries like South Korea and Japan, Women enjoy almost the same legal rights as men for example.
