Sentences with phrase «female leadership because»

Now the Green party has been denied the opportunity of an all - female leadership because of its demented gender rules, perhaps it will reappraise the way it wishes to organise itself.

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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.

She relates her own personal experience encountering gender - based discrimination within the field: leadership positions are largely held by men; female designers having to use email addresses with male names and bringing male colleagues to business meetings because they find the reception more favourable; professional women being perceived as the assistant or as the «lesser talent» in male - female teams.