Sentences with phrase «critical number of women»

«We need a critical number of women in positions of power, and we need to nurture the feminine energy in men,» she says.

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To put some numbers to those factoids, 12 percent of women, and 7 percent of men, would pretend to be sick in order to get out of making a presentation; 70 percent of those surveyed said presentations are critical to their career success.

The triumph of conservatives in the Southern Baptist Convention should not obscure the fact that a sizable number of Southern Baptists share classic liberal concerns for women's rights, racial and social justice and international peace, not to mention the viability of historical - critical method.

Through a number of events — organized on or around Labor Day — HMN will focus attention on the critical issue of preserving a woman's right to choose how and where she gives birth — a right that is rapidly disappearing.

«MSI is also calling for healthcare professionals to provide women with comprehensive contraceptive information and access to the full range of modern methods via dedicated client consultations, and for more investment in training for healthcare professionals in fitting long acting reversible contraceptive methods (LARCs), which are a critical part of the Government's strategy to reduce the number of unintended pregnancies and abortions in the UK.»

The Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) had earlier asked government to increase the number of women in critical positions to curb corruption.

Approximately equal numbers of women and men enter and graduate from medical school in the United States and United Kingdom.1 2 In northern and eastern European countries such as Russia, Finland, Hungary, and Serbia, women account for more than 50 % of the active physicians3; in the United Kingdom and United States, they represent 47 % and 33 % respectively.4 5 Even in Japan, the nation in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development with the lowest percentage of female physicians, representation doubled between 1986 and 2012.3 6 However, progress in academic medicine continues to lag, with women accounting for less than 30 % of clinical faculty overall and for less than 20 % of those at the highest grade or in leadership positions.7 - 9 Understanding the extent to which this underrepresentation affects high impact research is critical because of the implicit bias it introduces to the research agenda, influencing future clinical practice.10 11 Given the importance of publication for tenure and promotion, 12 women's publication in high impact journals also provides insights into the degree to which the gender gap can be expected to close.

However, this year we had a number of women directors produce high - profile, critical darlings — and still no nominations.

Roadside, which reported numbers Sunday, touted the film's 89 % Rotten Tomatoes score as well as Field's critical response for her portrait of a sixty - something woman who falls for a much younger co-worker (Max Greenfield).

Despite the growing number of women artists, a glass ceiling still remains for the critical recognition of their work.

As de Zegher traces the course of modern drawing, the number of influential women artists grows — slowly at first with figures such as Sophie Tauber - Arp and a few others — eventually reaching a critical mass with Eva Hesse, Agnes Martin, Lygia Clark, and many others.

It is critical that the phenomenon of OPCA's is not conflated with the large and growing numbers of ordinary men and women now representing themselves in court.

Large numbers of women have been trying to break into partnership and leadership for more than 30 years, but two critical factors have kept those goals out of reach for most of them.

In the mid-1970s a critical mass of women began joining the profession in record numbers.

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The Clinton - Lowey resolution follows a recently released Guttmacher Institute report on abortion and other studies that have found that the number of unintended pregnancies is increasing among low - income women and that contraception is critical to reducing the numbers of unintended pregnancies and abortions.

A qualitative study of pregnant Indigenous women in Perth found that women commonly referred to smoking as normal, a stress release, a low health priority and a social experience, and commented that it was difficult to quit because they were surrounded by smoking from their family and household members.11 In the social context of high smoking rates and large numbers of adults per household, smoking may offer an opportunity to alleviate stress, acting as a social lubricant in «time - out, yarning, and sharing with others».11 This provides a critical target for intervention in antenatal smoking; in order to help women to quit, it seems that consideration of and involvement with the social context in which women live are essential.