Director of the Bangkok UNESCO Asia-Pacific Regional Office for Education Mr Gwang-Jo Kim noted that according to the Global Report on the Status of Women in the Media, men outnumbered women 4:1 in media management positions across Asia-Pacific.
For the Asia-Pacific region, the UNESCO-Bangkok Office has facilitated the elaboration of a regional implementation strategy, which was launched at Nagoya (Japan) in June 2005.
Addressing the academic session, Tim Curtis from UNESCO Office in Bangkok shared the AsiaPacific experience of and challenges facing the region in implementing the 2003 Convention.
Aware of the central role of youth policies for the development of rights and needs of young people in Asia and the Pacific, and mainly in Indonesia, the Indonesian Ministry of Youth and the UNESCO Office in Jakarta decided to hear the voice of the young population.
Office occupancy costs increased by an average 3.6 percent globally, led by AsiaPacific (7.8 percent) and the Americas thanks primarily to Brazil (5 percent).