UNESCO's Institute for Statistics also highlights the lack of gender balance among teachers in Africa.
The influx of "bachelor" labourers has skewed the gender balance: women are now just one-quarter of the population.
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The education secretary also called for improved gender balance in primary schools, where far more women are employed than men.
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But she says their number reflects the gender balance in the upper echelons of science, where fellows are chosen from.
Nigel Utton, of Kent Primary Head Teachers Executive, said positive discrimination was the only way to achieve a 50-50 gender balance.
We were going to get a little gender balance here. (Laughter.) This young man back here, what's your name?
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Just as equality between genders is of the utmost relevance, gender balance among scientists is an essential condition for scientific development.
One notable reaction came from Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, who runs a global management consultancy, 20-first, that helps companies achieve greater gender balance.
Heather Jackson, a businesswoman and author who advocates a better gender balance among senior managers, said the results were disappointing but unsurprising.
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.
Gender balance among staff is vital: countries with a higher proportion of female primary teachers are more likely to have higher enrolment rates for girls in secondary schools.
"Gender balance directive postponed, " Ms Reding said on Twitter.
Before the debate, Welsh Secretary Ron Davies made an impassioned plea to the conference not to tear itself apart in arguing over the mechanics of achieving gender balance in the assembly.
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.
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.
The twinning system which attempted to create gender balance in the assembly combined with a decision to put an English MEP on the European list higher than some Welsh candidates, were bound to cause some resentment in Wales.
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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.
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.
It is also organised to highlight the importance of establishing a Lesotho media policy that gives balance attention to gender issues.
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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Far more important than creating a gender-ethnic-racial balance within the government is finding individuals who believe in the principles of economic liberty, constitutionally limited government, and personal and civic responsibility.
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.
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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