Sentences with phrase «especially for women in the workplace»

Freedom of speech is awarded all Americans, but having the confidence to voice their opinions is another matter — especially for women in the workplace.

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Sexism in the workplace, equal pay issues, and a heavy saturation of men in an office — especially if there's a lingering Old Boy's Club mentality — can make it a challenge for a woman to achieve her maximum potential.

The highest rates of breastfeeding are observed among higher - income, college - educated women > 30 years of age living in the Mountain and Pacific regions of the United States.60 Obstacles to the initiation and continuation of breastfeeding include physician apathy and misinformation,61 - 63 insufficient prenatal breastfeeding education, 64 disruptive hospital policies, 65 inappropriate interruption of breastfeeding, 62 early hospital discharge in some populations, 66 lack of timely routine follow - up care and postpartum home health visits, 67 maternal employment68, 69 (especially in the absence of workplace facilities and support for breastfeeding), 70 lack of broad societal support, 71 media portrayal of bottle - feeding as normative, 72 and commercial promotion of infant formula through distribution of hospital discharge packs, coupons for free or discounted formula, and television and general magazine advertising.73, 74

Especially at a time when the appalling behavior of a sitting Assembly member was strewn across the front pagesof every newspaper in New York, women were looking for decisive action from Albany signaling that this kind of behavior would not be tolerated in the New York workplace.

This year's International Women's Day theme is #PressForProgress which is encouraging women to push for gender parity especially in the workpWomen's Day theme is #PressForProgress which is encouraging women to push for gender parity especially in the workpwomen to push for gender parity especially in the workplace.

As Macy noted, a union card is one of the best ways to fight discrimination in the workplace, especially important for women of color, who experience gender and race discrimination at the same time.