Sentences with phrase «for equality for women»

The Waking the Feminists event at the Abbey Theatre drew 600 people together to call for equality for women in the arts.

When she wasn't working on the upcoming PC version of her studio's award - winning iOS title, Revolution 60, or fighting for equality for women in the tech world, she was kicking butt in Destiny as a level - 34 Hunter.

To me a feminist is a person who believes in and fights for equality for women.

Looking ahead to 2016, the struggle continues for equality for women and for people of color in the film industry.

It's great there is a movement for equality for women with feminism.

there is such a need for equality for woman artists and they made a great point.

Not exact matches

The small Nordic country has long been considered a haven for women, holding the top spot for gender equality worldwide for nine years running, according to the World Economic Forum.

The increasing availability of education, coupled with shifting roles in the home for women, is not only changing women's lives but also reworking attitudes toward gender differences and equality.

Whether it's leading a national conversation about gun control or fighting for girls» education and gender equality around the world, an increasing number of young women are stepping forward as change agents.

Global Citizen's latest European concert was held during the G - 20 summit in Hamburg in July, where leaders including Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appeared on stage in support of empowering women and girls in the fight for equality.

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

While Japan has made progress on economic participation and opportunity for women — one of the report's four gender equality measures — it's seen a reversal in women's political empowerment.

And Britain's equalities minister recently touted Christina Hendricks, the curvy star of Mad Men, as a healthy role model for young women.

The rise of the numbers for women - owned businesses over the past five years is cause for cheer among those who would like to see more equality of business ownership, particularly given the stagnant numbers or declines over the previous half decade.

«It's wonderful that women are standing up for something that's been going on for a long time, and hopefully, within a generation, we will come closer to this equality we're trying to achieve.»

Olde is also a passionate global advocate for the advancement of women and gender equality and a TiFF Share Her Journey Ambassador.

A women's march was being organized in Washington, the teenager wrote, to protest the incoming administration of President - elect Donald J. Trump and to speak up for gender equality.

It's been more than 50 years since the U.S. Congress passed the Equal Pay Act, which mandates that men and women receive equal pay for equal work, but women are still fighting for compensation equality.

The former includes attending gender diversity workshops and monitoring your own individual behavior, while the latter includes vocally demanding respect and equality for women even when no one is watching.

Opposition to immigration, equality for women, and employment reform are all rooted in a stalwart commitment to tradition, institutionalized in Japan's corporate - government nexus, which has spent decades evading necessary structural reforms.

ONLY three Western Australian businesses have been named an «employer of choice for women» among a list of 98 organisations considered to promote gender equality and provide equal opportunities for women in the workplace.

Progress on wage equality for women in the United States has been demonstrably slow in recent years — but a number of companies have taken matters into their own hands.

Intel announced on Tuesday that it has achieved 100 % pay equality for both women and underrepresented minorities, according to the chipmaker's 2016 diversity and inclusion report.

Yet what some moguls might seem as liabilities DuVernay turned into strengths, using her indie training to maximize her resources, telling a black story from a black point of view, making sure that women's contributions were acknowledged and writing into the script her own passionate pleas for equality (albeit in the King style).

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Yes, that's worth re-stating: Women's demands for equality sparked one of the most significant events in modern European history.

The women's professional network Levo, for instance, launched its annual #Ask4More campaign last week, opening with comments from high - profile leaders such as Chelsea Clinton and Sheryl Sandberg on the importance of demanding equal pay and equality generally.

The Liberal government has signalled that next Tuesday's budget will include initiatives to promote gender equality, improve the economic success of women, ensure more gender equality in boardrooms and ease access to capital for female entrepreneurs.

While a majority of those surveyed believe that the pay gap is real for both women and minorities, not everyone understands that black workers — specifically women — see more obstacles to racial equality and barriers in the workplace.

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Sandberg may have given this TED Talk nearly eight years ago, but the three pieces of advice she offers for women ring true today in her ongoing fight for gender equality in the workplace.

Teen Vogue put together this list of the women of Young Hollywood, «each of whom is breaking barriers, advocating for equality, and fighting for better representation.»

Men who believe in equality need to champion the idea of women in power and, more significantly, they need to model for other men that they are respectful of and comfortable with female leaders and female bosses.

Peter Buffett's NoVo Foundation focuses on establishing equality for women.

WDN marshals resources for a number of issues — like reproductive justice, racial equity, and economic opportunity — but the cause closest to Hall's heart is civic equality for women.

«It is unacceptable in this day and age to have any all - male boards,» Nicky Morgan, education secretary and minister for women and equalities, said at the launch of the review.

Past failings of the union movement, for example, its sometimes slow acceptance of women's equality rights, are acknowledged.

USOW amplifies the work of organizations and individuals at the forefront of the fight for women's equality, and provides tools, access and connections that help women see and step into their power to break down the barriers that hold women back.

Thousands of people took to the streets in London on Sunday to call for gender equality in an event organized by the charity Care International to mark International Women's Day on March 8th.

Among those who joined us in London: Jane Griffiths, Company Group Chairman, Janssen EMEA; Neelie Kroes, Special Envoy, Startup Delta, The Netherlands; Former European Commissioner for Digital Agenda; Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi, Minister of Tolerance, United Arab Emirates; Emma Marcegaglia, President, BusinessEurope; Chairman, Eni SpA; Vice Chairman and CEO, Marcegaglia Group; Nicola Mendelsohn, Vice President EMEA, Facebook; Nicky Morgan, MP, Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities, Department for Education, U.K.; Lubna Olayan, Chief Executive Officer, Olayan Financing Company; Mary Portas, Founder, Portas; Author, Shop Girl; and Helle Thorning - Schmidt, Former Prime Minister, Denmark and Chief Executive Officer, Save the Children International.

Nicky Morgan, MP, Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities, Department for Education, U.K.

Since eliminating the ministry of women's equality, at least three different ministries have picked up and dropped responsibility for these goals.

Also, in 2013, she created the first index that monitors gender equality and women's empowerment in the environmental arena, the Environment and Gender Index (EGI) for the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

In every part of the world, women are fighting for social and economic equality.

Just a day after the Prime Minister was in Moncton, The Minister for the Status of Women Maryam Monsef came to Saint John announcing $ 2 million dollars for gender equality projects in Atlantic Canada.

Premier John Horgan set the tone for gender equality in B.C. by appointing 11 women to his 22 - member cabinet, and on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018, appointed Esquimalt - Metchosin MLA Mitzi Dean as Parliamentary Secretary for Gender Equity.

Now, with this essential funding commitment from the Province, We for She 2018 will continue to bring together women and B.C. students for a fifth annual one - day forum, with the ultimate goal of making gender equality in leadership a priority,» said Iain Black, CEO of the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade.

Now in its fifth year, We for She annually attracts close to 1,000 young women from throughout B.C. to learn about career opportunities, gender equality and mentorship.

These discussions about compatibility have their place, but if we spend all our time justifying which side of the gender equality debate we're on, the conversation will never truly progress and the Church will never become the advocate for women it could be.

Sport should not be a forum for women equality agendas... PERIOD!!!!