Sentences with phrase «advancing gender equality»

Supported by this expected growth, women of color are advancing gender equality and making an impact in the workforce that will be felt throughout the housing market and economy.

Women who are climate experts, gender experts — or both - including grassroots leaders, policy makers, financiers, project developers, and farmers, bring critically important and often different perspectives that can lead to more effective climate policy and action, while advancing gender equality and women's empowerment in the process.

The above facts give women an expected role in advancing gender equality.

It also marks a call to action for advancing gender equality, bringing attention to the injustices many women still face: lower wages, discrimination, job insecurity, harassment, and violence.

It will be a thought - provoking event with top - level speakers advancing the gender equality discussion to the next level.

(September 20, 2016) At the 12th and final Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Annual Meeting, 30 partners joined No Ceilings: The Full Participation Project, an initiative of the Clinton Foundation, Vital Voices Global Partnership, and WEConnect International to announce a new series of commitments that address significant gender gaps and advance the gender equality targets of the United Nations» Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

• «Professor Marston & the Wonder Women»: A drama that details the unorthodox life of the psychology professor who created Wonder Woman as a method to advance gender equality and show that women are as capable and courageous as men.

This report shows 62 initiatives in 45 countries that tested or scaled new approaches and emerging technologies to eradicate poverty, protect the planet, manage climate risk and natural hazards, advance gender equality and prevent conflict.

Naturally, and rightly so, on International Women's Day, we're hearing a lot of discussion, insight and debate focusing on the many advantages for continuing to advance gender equality in the workplace, and critically, how we can all #PressForProgress.

Our mission is to advance gender equality, social justice, and human wellbeing through high quality research, theory, and action programs.

Scholars at WCW advance gender equality, social justice, and human wellbeing through high - quality research, theory, and action programs.

We now must flip 4 seats to win a pro-reproductive health State Senate in 2018 to support and advance gender equality and economic opportunities for people and their families, and to preserve reproductive rights in New York.

Not exact matches

Equally passionate about gender equality and the arts, AlHusseini supports several NGOs advancing social and cultural change in societies that adversely impact women and girls.

In honor of International Women's Day, here are 10 leaders who discuss the power feminism and gender equality can have in not only creating more tolerant, safe workplaces, but in advancing society as a whole.

Women living in the world's most advanced democracies and under the most progressive gender equality regimes still know less about politics than men.

Change takes time and occurs predominantly on an individual and household level with few advances in gender equality transforming the (higher) levels of society... Participation in soccer has provided opportunities for the females in this study to counteract the dominant masculinities and femininities prevalent in society and sport.»

Teenage birth rates were found to drop off after infectious disease rates fell, suggesting that later reproductive age underpinned advances in gender equality.

On the other hand, if rates of infectious disease go up due to growing antibiotics resistance, advances in gender equality could begin to unravel, Varnum says.

As Director - General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova is actively engaged in international efforts to advance quality education for all, gender equality, cultural dialogue and scientific cooperation for sustainable development and is leading UNESCO as a global advocate for safety of journalists and freedom of expression.

Together, this partnership has garnered the latest thinking in digital technology for education such as, digital innovation and creativity; computational thinking; advances in STEM; the use of digital technology to promote higher order thinking skills; support for gender equity, and equality of access.

In her own act of resistance, Walker's The Jubilant Martyrs of Obsolescence and Ruin showcases the artist's signature satire and sardonic imagery to directly address the history of oppression and injustice experienced by Black Americans in the South with the persistence of racial and gender stereotypes and ongoing efforts to advance equality in America.

In the work, Walker uses caustic, satirical imagery to reconcile the history of oppression and injustice experienced by African - Americans in the South with the persistence of racial and gender stereotypes and ongoing efforts to advance equality in America.

Another new strategy we are pursuing is our People - Centered Accelerator, a partnership with more than 40 other groups that aims to advance social inclusion, gender equality and women's empowerment in sustainable energy efforts globally.

Each programme is tailored to our corporate partner's sustainable development and business priorities — delivering against multiple objectives such as offsetting your carbon footprint, improving health and livelihoods, gender equality, and advancing education.

When we discuss gender equality at law firms, we look for all kinds of reasons why women don't advance, from the billable hour to lack of work / life balance to less - successful rainmaking skills.

West Coast LEAF's vision of gender equality includes a commitment to advancing the human rights of persons who are transgender and challenging the systemic inequalities they face.

Michael Strong, chair of the MPF, says: «Gender equality for senior roles is more advanced within professional services than the 5 % of female CEOs in the FTSE 100 and the 4 % in the S&P 500.

With over 25 years in real estate and championing gender equality, she brings insider knowledge to NAWRB's mission of advancing women and women - owned businesses in the housing ecosystem.