But we're seeing John Molloy, author of two social issue that can
find more of women seeking men only for adult content.
Not exact matches
More than 60 percent
of the 320
women business owners surveyed by Forbes Insight and KeyBank's Key4Woman said that they don't track social media to
find out what they're customers are saying about them.
I have
found — and this is only my own personal experience — that single or divorced
women are
more likely to get the benefit
of the doubt.
A serial entrepreneur — she owns four restaurants and has
founded two companies in addition to Thinx — Agrawal says that the danger
of male investors asking the
women in their lives for advice is that,
more often than not, those
women are not their target customers.
A panel
of three entrepreneurs discussed the relationship between purpose and profitability in greater depth: Pocket Sun, who, as
founding partner
of female - focused VC firm SoGal Ventures, has a purpose
of «building an empire for millennial
women to invest in startups»; Eileen Gittins, a serial entrepreneur who
founded book self - publishing firm Blurb and now runs Bossygrl, a mobile app meant to introduce Gen Z girls to entrepreneurship by helping them launch micro-businesses; and Cathie Reid, co-founder and current digital advisor to Icon Group, an Australian cancer - care company with annual revenue
of more than $ 1.5 billion.
But she's keen to emphasize that innovation is about
more than just technology, citing the example
of a local female entrepreneur in the construction industry who couldn't
find workboots for
women and started a company to manufacture them.
A 2010 University
of Brasilia study
found that 1 in 5 Brazilian
women under 40 —
more than 5 million
women overall, or about 22 %
of Brazil's population — had had at least one abortion.
When she first started talking about how the school needed to become
more diverse, she says, «I was surprised to
find out the meme around Harvey Mudd was that we are a merit - based institution and bringing in
more women or people
of color would mean lowering our standards.»
Eleven entrepreneurs, all from
founding teams including
women or people
of color, made their cases for innovations that would help bring
more real - world experience into classrooms, help teachers track the progress
of special - needs students, or help underserved people
find jobs, among others.
The poll, which surveyed
more than 1,000 U.S. adults,
found that 52 percent
of Americans say men do not treat
women equally in the workplace while 61 percent
of women say that their male counterparts fail to treat them as equals.
Even
more important, in the midst
of the #MeToo movement, it has been
found that transformational leaders, in particular, are a perfect fit for inspiring, empowering, and retaining
women in the workforce.
The material is durable but not overly thick or heavy (the entire thing is really lightweight), there's a vertical front pocket to easily slip one hand into and out
of for a wallet or keys, the side pockets are the only ones I've
found big enough to securely fit my 1L Camelbak (even whilst jogging to grab a train), and the sternum strap on this one is specially designed to be
more comfortable and ergonomic for
women — and it shows.
For example, analysts
found that
women of all races are
more likely to buy flavored spirits.
And a recent BMO Financial Group poll
finds that while two - thirds
of Canadian adults still believe it's
more socially acceptable for a
woman to be the homemaker, views on the issue are changing.
(And if you're in the market for
more startling numbers having to do with gender diversity, «the
findings come on the heels
of a report by the McKinsey Global Institute that showed $ 28 trillion could be added to global GDP by 2025 if men and
women contributed equally to the workforce,» the UK's Guardian newspaper notes.
Of course, nobody is, male or female — but in the workplace, this seems to be much more of a problem for women, who see their personalities regularly judged and found lacking, even in largely positive performance review
Of course, nobody is, male or female — but in the workplace, this seems to be much
more of a problem for women, who see their personalities regularly judged and found lacking, even in largely positive performance review
of a problem for
women, who see their personalities regularly judged and
found lacking, even in largely positive performance reviews.
While the
findings may look discouraging for advocates
of more women in management and leadership positions, Srivastava says that «the takeaway should not be that having
more women in management roles is unimportant or undesirable.»
A
more recent study
of 243 men and
women between 95 and 100 — 75 %
of whom were
women —
found that all
of them rated highly on measures
of how easy - going and extroverted they were.
Driving the program are the
findings of the No Ceilings report, which showed that over the last 20 years,
women have become healthier and
more educated, but have not made much progress economically.
Hired's research
found that
women with zero - to - two years
of experience who took new jobs actually asked for 2 percent
more compensation than men — and received 7 percent
more.
A study from 2009 now getting buzz on the blogosphere explored the role marriage plays in the lesbian wage premium, and
found that
women who don't expect to be part
of a traditional family spend
more time investing in labour participation through on - the - job training and working longer hours than household skills.
The study's
findings about
more than 1,000 Latin American / Hispanic
women ages 25 to 60 revealed that 91 percent
of respondents surveyed considered buying a home the best financial investment they could make.
In 2003, Tammy Kinley, an associate professor in the school
of merchandising and hospitality management at the University
of North Texas, measured 1,011 pairs
of women's pants, and
found that high - end retailers» clothes tended to fit
more loosely than those in bargain stores.
According to the study, «
Women were more likely than men to find their most recent experience with online harassment extremely or very upsetting — 38 % of harassed women said so of their most recent experience, compared with 17 % of harassed men.&r
Women were
more likely than men to
find their most recent experience with online harassment extremely or very upsetting — 38 %
of harassed
women said so of their most recent experience, compared with 17 % of harassed men.&r
women said so
of their most recent experience, compared with 17 %
of harassed men.»
Much
of the reason that men commute
more than
women is historical: studies have
found that
women have had shorter commuting times than men since the 1980s.
Our recent survey
of more than 1,500 young U.S. business school students and graduates
finds that both men and
women count on having flexible careers that provide room for life outside
of the office.
That's according to the
Women in the Workplace 2016 survey of 132 companies, with more than 4.6 million employees, by Lean In, an organization founded by Sandberg to serve as a community and education platform for professional women, and management and consulting firm McKinsey & Com
Women in the Workplace 2016 survey
of 132 companies, with
more than 4.6 million employees, by Lean In, an organization
founded by Sandberg to serve as a community and education platform for professional
women, and management and consulting firm McKinsey & Com
women, and management and consulting firm McKinsey & Company.
It
found when
women worked
more than 34 hours per week and men spent over 47 hours a week working, they were
more likely to experience mental illness and symptoms
of distress such as nervousness or feeling low.
A recent study from Babson College
found that venture capital firms with female partners are
more than three times as likely to invest in companies with female CEOs than firms led by all - male teams, but the percentage
of women in the VC industry has dropped from 10 % to 6 % since 1999 — and only 2.7 %
of VC - backed companies have a female CEO.
For the first time in the report's history, the firm
found that
more than half
of new board members at S&P 500 companies (56 percent) were
women and / or minorities.
A 2015 report from researchers at Kent State University and the University
of Texas at Tyler
found that the «prevalence
of male norms in the male - dominated environment may result in a
more hostile workplace for
women who are perceived by men as violators
of the gender norms.»
However, I
found this interesting in light
of the fact that Tecco
found women were
more successful overall as contestants.
«We did our own analysis
of Fortune 500 companies,» he tells CNBC Make It, «and we
found that companies that have
women in top management roles experience what we call «innovation intensity» and produce
more patents — by an average
of 20 percent
more than teams with male leaders.»
In general, people in jobs requiring «cognitive non-routine» skills have done much better than those in jobs needing «manual routine» skills — and
women are
more frequently
found among the first category
of jobs.
A 2011 LPL Financial survey
found that
women place seven times
more value in financial peace
of mind than in having their investments grow (the paradoxical result being their investments often grow using this conservative approach).
In a study
of flu - related deaths between 1997 and 2007, published by the American Journal
of Epidemiology, a group
of researchers
found that mortality was
more common in men than
women across multiple age - groups, regardless
of underlying conditions.
Out
of the 223 largest publicly traded companies headquartered in the Bay Area,
more than one third had either zero or just one top position held by a
woman, the study
found.
A 2013 study from Stanford University
found that
women's antibodies tend to respond
more rapidly to an injection
of the flu virus than men's antibodies.
Unlike a similar study last year that
found that
women chiefs make
more than men, this one had a far larger sample and controlled for «chief executives» tenure, characteristics
of the firms (size, performance and risk), and the size and independence
of the boards.»
Incidents
of misconduct by Rose were far
more numerous than previously known, according to an investigation by The Washington Post, which also
found three occasions over a period
of 30 years in which CBS managers were warned
of his conduct toward
women at the network.
A study
finds more than half
of American
women would rather give up sex than their mobile devices.
Mariano notes that roughly 75 percent
of sellers within the industry are
women, down from about 90 percent a few decades ago, but
more men and married couples are joining the ranks and
finding a better work / life balance than the corporate world provided.
In a study published this year that tracked Best Buy's ROWE program, researchers at the University
of Minnesota
found that, while it had helped reduce employee turnover,
women who took part still spent 10 hours
more on child care per week than their male flextime colleagues.
A potentially
more rapid path for
women to become partners is the growth
of female -
founded venture firms.
Lately, she has seen a few
more women finding the industry, but some
of these bright and promising individuals choose to leave.
More than 30 %
of public company tech boards have no
women at all, compared with 78 %
of Russell 3000 companies that have at least one
woman on their boards, Equilar
found.
About WBENC:
Founded in 1997, WBENC is the nation's leader in
women's business development and the leading third - party certifier
of businesses owned and operated by
women, with
more than 12,000 WBENC - Certified WBEs.
Founded in 1997, WBENC is the nation's leader in
women's business development and the leading third - party certifier
of businesses owned and operated by
women, with
more than 12,000 WBENC - Certified WBEs.
A 2012 Credit Suisse Research Institute report evaluated the performance
of 2,360 companies globally over six years and
found that companies with one or
more women on boards delivered higher average returns on equity, lower leverage, better average growth and higher price / book value multiples.
Founded in 1997, WBENC is the leading third - party certifier
of businesses owned and operated by
women, with
more than 12,000 WBENC - Certified WBEs.