Imagine if half the world's population were to reach its full potential. How would this advance progress on economic, societal and political issues?
Dimensions to be addressed:
- The girl effect and the graduate effect
- Interventions to close gender gaps
- New models of leadership
Michelle Bachelet, Undersecretary-General, United Nations Women (UN Women), New YorkSheryl Sandberg, Chief Operating Officer, Facebook, USA; Co-Chair of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2012; Young Global LeaderArchbishop Desmond M. Tutu, Archbishop; Chair, The Elders, South AfricaTalal Al Zain, Chief Executive Officer, Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company, Bahrain; Global Agenda Council on Private Capital
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