Sentences with phrase «for gender inequality»

On International Women's Day last month, a personal injury specialist called for the legal sector to #PressforProgress and address the potential for gender inequality in personal injury claims.

«This research by no means blames women for gender inequality but rather uncovers a novel environmental factor that might contribute to inequality, beyond the well - documented effects of gender biases and discrimination,» said Stephen Garcia, U-M associate professor of organizational studies and psychology.

Japan and South Korea were the «worst» places for gender inequality as women face a «concrete ceiling» according to the CEO of Sungjoo Group.

Not exact matches

The purpose of the policy is to eliminate gender inequality in pay, Pao said, citing research that shows bargaining makes for an uneven playing field.

A political, social, economic policy upheaval that will dramatically alter the playing field for millions of Americans by significantly reducing economic and gender inequality?

Boardroom gender inequality suggest Asia is ripe for its own scandals.

From Heidi: Because Rachel is such a voice for women in the blogosphere, I would love for you to address gender inequality in the church and bring a better reading to the passages that have been used as weapons on women for generations.

Judging by the #Justice4Janet hashtag from October, people are looking for true fairness and reconciliation between the two, in addition to bucking against what appears to be an example of racial and gender inequalities on display as a microcosm.

According to MacKinnon, sexuality is «socially organized to require sex inequality for excitement and satisfaction,» or, «to put it another way, perhaps gender must be maintained as a social hierarchy so that men will be able to get erections; or, part of the male interest in keeping women down lies in the fact that it gets men up.»

Just weeks after Jennifer Lawrence made headlines for speaking out against the gender pay gap in Hollywood, a new study confirms that Hollywood has a big problem when it comes to gender inequality.

The goals were crafted to engage all member countries — which are expected to integrate the SDGs into their policies for the next decade and a half — in addressing the root causes of global poverty, gender inequality and climate change.

Productivity: limited knowledge of farming techniques, limited access to planting materials, pests and disease Environmental: climate change, aging trees, unfertile soil Social: limited access to education, gender inequality, fewer leadership roles for women Financial: poverty, lack of access to finance

Blocking men from taking on less hours has implications for gender pay inequality and organisation agility.

This outrageous piece of «gendered» social engineering makes it impossible for most families to involve fathers substantially in the care of young children, and sets the scene for ongoing inequalities.

Breastfeeding provides a convenient «excuse» for the men, so we do need to deal with the gender inequality inherent in women having to do more of the child care.

For the UK, tackling violence against women and girls are of high priority because it presents a major obstacle of ending gender inequality,» he added.

The levels of injury and psychological harm caused to women as a result of male violence not only have expensive implications for the state, but they entrench gender inequality.

Tackling gender inequalities in Parliament is important, but we must not let it consume us — where would it stop, for ethnic minorities, for religious representation, for set minimums for homosexuals in Parliament?

Ministers are looking at requiring public bodies to recognise and tackle inequalities stemming from social background in the same way as they must already do for race, gender and disability.

One of the measures suggested for remedying this inequality is the use of gender quotas for parliamentary candidates.

From 6 to 8 p.m. at Fordham Law School, The Safety Net Project at the Urban Justice Center and the Women's City Club of New York will host «This Bridge Called My Back: Women of Color and the Fight for Economic Security», on «how gender intersects with economic and racial inequality in New York City.»

Identifying ways to address inequalities like those presented at the briefing, including evidence of a persistent gender - based wage gap and bias in NIH R01 grant proposal evaluation, is crucial for supporting female academics» career aspirations.

«Contrarily to what we initially hypothesized, gender inequalities... were not lower in those welfare state regimes with greater levels of wealth redistribution and more universal policies for social protection nor, more specifically, among the most privileged... occupational social classes,» Campos - Serna writes.

«More importantly though, from a societal point of view, our methods and findings might help us understand how to approach phenomena such as racism, religious hatred, and gender inequality discrimination, since the methods offer the opportunity for people to experience the world from the perspective of someone different from themselves.»

Furthermore, given that benevolent sexism can also produce gender inequality, these findings for women are also concerning.»

As a mother of a boy and a girl, I've been surprised at how differently they are treated by many people and how children's toys and clothes are still labeled for boys and girls — gender differences that quickly turn into damaging inequalities.

Many women took a stand for race and gender inequality.

«Evidence tells us that we need to challenge rigid gender stereotypes and gender inequality to prevent violence against women», wrote Rosie Batty, a survivor of domestic violence and 2015 Australian of the Year from Neveralone.com.au in an email for the Australian Father's Day 6 September 2015.

But if he doesn't, remember that the tradition derives from the depths of gender inequality; his decision not to pay for the first date is likely neither an indication of his frugality nor a reflection of how he feels about you — it probably just means he's a modern day man.

Movie and TV heavyweights including Oprah Winfrey, Meryl Streep, Natalie Portman and Lena Dunham are among those to sign an open letter calling for action against gender inequality.

The incident occurred amid a festival at which many influential industry players, from Salma Hayek to «Carol» producer Christine Vachon, were speaking out against sexism, gender inequality and a lack of opportunity for women.

The constant presence of the Time's Up campaign was a reminder that, just as the issues of gender inequality and sexual misconduct are not reserved for Hollywood, neither are the solutions.

Yet, among some subtle observations about gender inequality, the film makes sure to leave plenty of breathing room for McCarthy, Bullock and the largely game cast of supporting players to riff on all sorts of ridiculousness.

This year, issues such as sustainable food (In Defense of Food), gender inequality in the tech industry (CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap), and homelessness (Dogtown Redemption) engaged audiences and provided hope and opportunities for positive cgender inequality in the tech industry (CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap), and homelessness (Dogtown Redemption) engaged audiences and provided hope and opportunities for positive cGender Gap), and homelessness (Dogtown Redemption) engaged audiences and provided hope and opportunities for positive change.

The cascading fallout of sexual harassment scandals throughout Hollywood put particular focus on the best director category, which for many is a symbol of gender inequality in the film industry.

The night — usually one reserved for more carefree partying — served as Hollywood's fullest response yet to the sexual harassment scandals that have roiled the film industry and laid bare its gender inequalities.

When Franco appeared at Sunday's Golden Globes, where he won a statue for his starring role in The Disaster Artist, many people took issue with the fact that the actor was wearing a Time's Up pin to show support of the initiative to combat sexual harassment and gender inequality in Hollywood.

Gender inequality of the era is front and center for many scenes — sometimes even a bit too showy or distracting.

Within and across each of these circles of analysis, we consider the pervasive inequalities of access, opportunity, and student outcomes; the historical and contemporary influences of race, culture, gender, class, and immigrant status; and the opportunities for addressing — and reducing — these asymmetries.

www.whiteband.org «Challenging the institutions and processes that perpetuate poverty and inequality across the world to defend and promote human rights, gender justice, social justice and security needed for survival and peace» The Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) is a growing alliance that brings together trade unions, INGOs, the women's and youth movements, -LSB-...]

Life has spent about 3.8 billion years on Earth, and its ecosystems are organized through strategies based on constant trial and error, hence we can learn many lessons for the building of a new human evolutionary phase capable of ending poverty, hunger, inequality between countries, gender inequality, irresponsible consumption, unsustainable industrialization, pollution of the seas and oceans, and so on.

«We want HGSE to be an example for Harvard University as a whole that gender inequality and brutality is a reality in the world that must be addressed if we really want to become world leaders.»

The need for a greater emphasis on prevention is something that Finn noticed throughout her nearly 10 years working on issues of gender inequality at organizations like the Tahirih Justice Center and Futures Without Violence.

With gender inequality making headlines worldwide, the four - week course explores ways to support girls in the classroom in order to prepare them for their future lives and careers.

Mariam Durrani, an expert on Islamophobia and Muslim youth and a lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE), says that even if there are no Muslim students in a class, «changing educational and society - wide demographics suggest that as young people come of age, we'll have even greater need for conversations about learning across difference and about addressing systemic inequalities,» whether about religion, race, gender, sexual orientation, or other identifiers.

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She always came back to the issue that made her apply to the Ed School in the first place: the need for more education about sexual assault, violence and prevention, and gender inequality.

She also offers tips for how K to 12 teachers and parents can combat the development of gender inequality in their children and students.

Inequality (gender and economic) causes huge gaps in who can get a good education, but it also creates gaps in who are unable to use their education for employment.

However, there is deep comfort to be drawn in the fact that gender - based earning inequality has largely been eliminated with the survey also «revealing» «that median income for male and female authors was «largely comparable» in 2014, with men earning a median of $ 8,250 and women $ 8,000.