Gaps remain and more needs to be done, but there are encouraging signs of change and role models of success
Hong Kong-born Bangladeshi Lamia Sreya Rahman has accomplished more at 28 than most people her age.
She graduated from the University of Hong Kong with first-class honours in criminology and American studies before obtaining a law degree from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Four years ago, she founded AI start-up Vidi Labs together with Turzo Bose, a 27-year-old from Bangladesh who came to Hong Kong to study and graduated in chemical and environmental engineering from the University of Science and Technology.
Seekr, the wearable device they designed for people with eyesight problems, including blindness, has taken off in a big way.
