These included: improvement of learning outcomes, engaging youth in planning education for social transformation and sustainable development, gender balance in leadership positions, overcoming corruption, achieving good governance in education, conflict mitigation and disaster risk reduction through education.
While these new studies are discouraging, I believe that Big Pharma is trying to address both gender bias and lack of balance in the executive suite.
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Managers should take note that "a raft of research published over the last decade has shown that gender diversity and the right balance of talent can be a contributing factor to business performance, so there is a strong business case to ensure that we nurture female talent from the very start of their careers", said Ms Jackson.
The opening session was also the occasion to launch the Chinese translation of the Gender-Sensitive Indicators for Media (GSIM) and of the handbook Getting the Balance Right: Gender Equality in Journalism.
Heather Jackson, a businesswoman and author who advocates a better gender balance among senior managers, said the results were disappointing but unsurprising.
The committee's heard a lot of evidence about whether or not having a good gender balance in the workforce, and in particular, in the board room makes a company more competitive - and it will be interesting to see whether the two sides of the Coalition sing from the same hymn sheet.
Australia is also committing to achieve gender balance on Australian Government Boards by 2015 and establish a National Center of Excellence (NCE) to reduce sexual assault and family and domestic violence.
Led by chairwoman Laura McAllister, the gender balance of Sport Wales' board went from eight men and one woman to five women and nine men in 2012.
Multinational corporations operating in India have a better gender diversity record, with one in five women in management and one in ten in executive roles, but the balance is still very skewed.
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