Sentences with phrase «by women in the field»

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Lena L. West was initially discouraged by the lack of black women in the tech field when she started XynoMedia Technology, a Yonkers, New York - based tech consulting firm for SMBs, in 1997.

By leveraging data, finding mentors and advocating for equality in the workplace, the startup world can level the playing field for women.

Called My Intelligent Communication Accessory, or MICA, the snakeskin bracelets are aimed at fashion - conscious women and are an attempt by the two companies to stand out in a growing field of often - clunky smartwatches and fitness brands that have yet to catch on widely with consumers.

Some women shy away from jobs in fields that require long workweeks, knowing they won't have the time: a 10 percent cut in free time for women reduces their share in high - hour occupations by about 14 percent relative to men, according to the researcher's model.In total, that difference in time spent on at - home labor results in an 11 percentage point gender wage gap, their analysis estimates.

By making a stronger connection between STEM jobs and careers in construction, the industry has an opportunity to reach more women, as well as others in STEM fields who can help take the industry to the next level.

The two women are considered by analysts to be experts in the field of computer vision, a subset of artificial intelligence that involves teaching computers to recognize objects in images.

By most estimates, women comprise only 30 percent of the workforce in engineering and tech - related fields.

Although the small businesses owned by women have traditionally been in the service sector, in recent years women entrepreneurs have been moving rapidly into manufacturing, construction, and other industrial fields.

She also said there should be more women in the field of computer science, an area that has traditionally been dominated by men.

According to an evaluation by Hired, female candidates in the field are offered an average of four percent less than their male counterparts, and «63 percent of the time women receive lower salary offers than men for the same job at the same company.»

But these sorts of corporate barriers to women's success are also prevalent in other STEM fields like medicine, according to research by athenahealth arm athenaInsights.

«We felt like the funding from this pack could have the greatest impact by making it possible for more women to get an education in those fields, and by giving them a platform to share their work and their passion for science.»

Research published in September 2011 by the Level Playing Field Institute (LPFI) revealed that hidden biases within the I.T. workplace caused women and blacks to have negative workplace experiences far more often than their male and white counterparts.

Not only am I a woman trying to do business, but I'm a woman trying to make a women's health opportunity look attractive to male investors in a field that's dominated by men.

In fact, women have made progress in some STEM fields — in 1987 only 23 % of mathematicians, statisticians, and actuaries were women; by 2015 this share increased to 67 In fact, women have made progress in some STEM fields — in 1987 only 23 % of mathematicians, statisticians, and actuaries were women; by 2015 this share increased to 67 in some STEM fields — in 1987 only 23 % of mathematicians, statisticians, and actuaries were women; by 2015 this share increased to 67 in 1987 only 23 % of mathematicians, statisticians, and actuaries were women; by 2015 this share increased to 67 %.

Recently CNN has posted an article by a Palestinian - American woman visiting her family in Gaza during the latest upsurge in violence, another article suggesting the US cut off aid to Israel, and now this shallow back - handed attack on Israel (comparing Israels security barrier to a «knife» and the contrasting it to the fields where angels announced the birth of Jesus).

Please, any Christian, honestly answer the following: The completely absurd theory that all 7,000,000,000 human beings are simultaneously being supervised 24 hours a day, every day of their lives by an immortal, invisible being for the purposes of reward or punishment in the «afterlife» comes from the field of: (a) Astronomy; (b) Medicine; (c) Economics; or (d) Christianity You are about 70 % likely to believe the entire Universe began less than 10,000 years ago with only one man, one woman and a talking snake if you are a: (a) historian; (b) geologist; (c) NASA astronomer; or (d) Christian I have convinced myself that gay $ ex is a choice and not genetic, but then have no explanation as to why only gay people have ho.mo $ exual urges.

To this day in Palestine women and children go through the wheat fields before harvest and pick it out by hand.

The parables disclose with what pleasure and tolerance he surveyed the broad scene of human activity: the merchant seeking pearls; the farmer sowing his fields; the real - estate man trying to buy a piece of land in which he had secret reason to believe a treasure lay buried; the dishonest secretary, who had been given notice, making friends against the evil day among his employer's debtors by reducing their obligations; the five young women sleeping with lamps burning while the bridegroom tarried and unable to attend the marriage because their sisters who had had foresight enough to bring additional oil refused to lend them any; the rich man whose guests for dinner all made excuses; the man comfortably in bed with his children who gets up at midnight to help his importunate neighbor only because he despairs of getting rid of him otherwise; the king who is out to capture a city; the man who built his house upon the sand and lost it in the first storm of wind and rain; the queer employer who pays all of his men the same wage whether they have worked the whole day or a single hour; the great lord who going to a distant land entrusts his property to his three servants and judges them by the success of their investments when he returns; the shepherd whose sheep falls into a ditch; the woman with ten pieces of silver who, losing one, lights the candle and sweeps diligently till she finds it, and makes the finding of it the occasion of a celebration in which all of her neighbors are invited to share — and how long such a list might be!

Furthermore, anyone who has studied ancient Near Eastern culture knows that the familial structure we see represented in scripture was nothing like the nuclear family epitomized by the Cleavers, but would rather have included multiple generations and relatives living together in clans, with women working long hours «outside of the home» in the fields, tending sheep, gathering food, trading goods, etc..

The completely absurd theory that all 7,000,000,000 human beings are simultaneously being supervised 24 hours a day, every day of their lives by an immortal, invisible being for the purposes of reward or punishment in the «afterlife» comes from the field of: (a) Astronomy; (b) Medicine; (c) Economics; or (d) Christianity You are about 70 % likely to believe the entire Universe began less than 10,000 years ago with only one man, one woman and a talking snake if you are a: (a) historian; (b) geologist; (c) NASA astronomer; or (d) Christian I have convinced myself that gay $ ex is a choice and not genetic, but then have no explanation as to why only gay people have ho.mo $ exual urges.

«We are excited to partner with DSR driver, Leah Pritchett, who recently closed out her impressive 2017 season with four NHRA event titles,» stated Chris Hall, Chief Operating Officer of Talking Rain Beverage Co. «At Sparkling Ice, we were immediately inspired by Leah's career, especially as a woman making waves in such a male dominated field.

Guided by an Advisory Board of top executives in the alcohol beverage industry, Women of the Vine & Spirits offers extensive education, advocacy, training, mentorship, networking and steadfast support for women at every position in the field, particularly through the annual Women of the Vine & Spirits Global Symposium, March 12 - 14, 2018 in Napa, CalifoWomen of the Vine & Spirits offers extensive education, advocacy, training, mentorship, networking and steadfast support for women at every position in the field, particularly through the annual Women of the Vine & Spirits Global Symposium, March 12 - 14, 2018 in Napa, Califowomen at every position in the field, particularly through the annual Women of the Vine & Spirits Global Symposium, March 12 - 14, 2018 in Napa, CalifoWomen of the Vine & Spirits Global Symposium, March 12 - 14, 2018 in Napa, California.

Guided by an advisory board of top international executives in the alcohol beverage industry, Women of the Vine offers extensive education, advocacy, training, mentorship, networking and steadfast support for women at every position in the field, particularly through the annual Women of the Vine Global Symposium, March 13 - 15, 2017, in Napa, CalifoWomen of the Vine offers extensive education, advocacy, training, mentorship, networking and steadfast support for women at every position in the field, particularly through the annual Women of the Vine Global Symposium, March 13 - 15, 2017, in Napa, Califowomen at every position in the field, particularly through the annual Women of the Vine Global Symposium, March 13 - 15, 2017, in Napa, CalifoWomen of the Vine Global Symposium, March 13 - 15, 2017, in Napa, California.

Guided by an advisory board of top executives in the alcohol beverage industry, Women of the Vine & Spirits offers extensive education, advocacy, training, mentorship, networking and steadfast support for women at every position in the field, particularly through the annual Women of the Vine & Spirits Global Symposium, March 11 - 13, 2019 in Napa, CalifoWomen of the Vine & Spirits offers extensive education, advocacy, training, mentorship, networking and steadfast support for women at every position in the field, particularly through the annual Women of the Vine & Spirits Global Symposium, March 11 - 13, 2019 in Napa, Califowomen at every position in the field, particularly through the annual Women of the Vine & Spirits Global Symposium, March 11 - 13, 2019 in Napa, CalifoWomen of the Vine & Spirits Global Symposium, March 11 - 13, 2019 in Napa, California.

Guided by an advisory board of top international executives in the alcohol beverage industry, Women of the Vine offers extensive education, advocacy, training, mentorship, networking and steadfast support for women at every position in the field, particularly through the annual Women of the Vine Global Symposium, April 4 - 6, 2016 in Napa, CalifoWomen of the Vine offers extensive education, advocacy, training, mentorship, networking and steadfast support for women at every position in the field, particularly through the annual Women of the Vine Global Symposium, April 4 - 6, 2016 in Napa, Califowomen at every position in the field, particularly through the annual Women of the Vine Global Symposium, April 4 - 6, 2016 in Napa, CalifoWomen of the Vine Global Symposium, April 4 - 6, 2016 in Napa, California.

Brittany Ryan EASTON, PA. > FOOTBALL Ryan, a sophomore placekicker at Lebanon Valley College, completed her second season with 36 points (three field goals, 27 extra points), becoming the alltime leader in Division III for single - season and career points (44) by a woman.

The way he attacked your woman for running on to field was appalling, and what makes it worse is that she was held in high regard and affection by the entire team.

TRACK & FIELD — In Sydney, KERRY SAXBY of Australia finished the 5,000 - meter walk in 21:16 to lower by 10.5 seconds the women's world record set in 1986 by Guan Ping of ChinIn Sydney, KERRY SAXBY of Australia finished the 5,000 - meter walk in 21:16 to lower by 10.5 seconds the women's world record set in 1986 by Guan Ping of Chinin 21:16 to lower by 10.5 seconds the women's world record set in 1986 by Guan Ping of Chinin 1986 by Guan Ping of China.

TRACK & FIELD — EVELYN ASHFORD clipped.03 of a second off her four - week - old world women's indoor record by running the 50 - yard dash in 5.74 in San Diego (page 22).

On a field near Pier A in Hoboken, to which Borsellino had moved his charges, a young woman in Lycra stretched, watched by municipal workers scraping melted candle wax from a railing.

Finally in 2013, the school dedicated the field solely to women's rugby, a stipulation specifically prescribed by the consent decree.

Health - care workers, engineers, technicians and women in related fields are at higher risk because they are exposed to a variety of chemicals that could cause birth defects, according to researchers at a recent conference in Seattle sponsored by the American Medical Women «s Associawomen in related fields are at higher risk because they are exposed to a variety of chemicals that could cause birth defects, according to researchers at a recent conference in Seattle sponsored by the American Medical Women «s AssociaWomen «s Association.

I was intrigued by their business stance and superior methods of building up women in our field.

Written by two clinicians who have established themselves as leading experts and authors in this specialized field, this book maintains a compassionate tone that will be a voice familiar to many women in the postpartum community.

These brave women who lived in slavery in Egypt and defied Pharaoh's edict for the Jewish midwives to kill Jewish male babies, by giving birth on their own, squatting in the fields.

The number of jobs in STEM fields is expected to keep growing rapidly, but women are currently very underrepresented, accounting for less than a quarter of employees in the STEM workforce, according to a report by the Economics and Statistics Administration at the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Candidates for seats on the Palatine, Inverness and Salt Creek Rural Park Districts boards outlined their positions and fielded questions Wednesday at a forum conducted by the Palatine Area League of Women Voters in Palatine.

The compassionate tone of the book will be a voice that is familiar to many women in the postpartum community, and is written by two clinicians who have established themselves as leading experts and authors in this specialized field.

Though the video garnered a few negative responses, with some calling it «sick» and «tasteless,» she says she's been encouraged by the overwhelmingly positive response she's received on the campaign trail, not only because she's a mom, but also because she's a 38 - year - old woman in a field of older men.

The evidence outlined in the Series, contributed by some of the leading experts in the field, leaves no doubt that the decision not to breastfeed has major long - term negative effects on the health, nutrition and development of children and on women's health.»

Having been raised by my mother, who was a medical record clerk, I have a tremendous amount of respect and compassion for our men and women in the healthcare field who serve as nurses and caregivers.

Out of 285 schools in the nation, SU was ranked among 64 «top performers» by the SR Education Group for women pursuing degrees online in STEM fields.

The entrance of O'Donnell and / or Holtzman into the race would complicate things for certain members of the already - crowded field, particularly Nassau County DA Kathleen Rice, who is currently the only woman in the running, and Sen. Eric Schneiderman, whose Manhattan liberal base would be cut into by Holtzman.

11:00 AM — First Lady Chirlane McCray and Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen will be joined by Councilmembers Carlina Rivera and Helen Rosenthal, female entrepreneurs and business owners to announce a new initiative to help level the playing field for women in New York City.

The University at Buffalo played host Thursday to a series of sessions aimed at further encouraging involvement by girls and women in the so - called STEM fields.

For one, the number of women in our field is increasing, which means the workplace norms that were created by and for the convenience of men are in flux.

This can occur over time, as white women are quickly achieving parity in some scientific fields, as the group that is the main beneficiary of affirmative action policies that were fought for primarily by African Americans.

Though often marginalized and outnumbered by men, women stayed in the burgeoning field of computing long after their manual number crunching was replaced by lightning - fast machines connected by global information networks.

Women in nontraditional fields are especially prone to experiencing a continuum of harassing behaviors, from behaviors likely to be seen as harmless by male colleagues, like mild flirtation and sexual jokes, to more obvious acts like inappropriate touching and repeated requests for dates or other favors.