Sentences with phrase «for women and people of color»

Following the passage of state and local laws aimed at improving pay equity for women and people of color, Amazon joins other tech giants in banning recruiters from asking interviewees for their salary history.

She profoundly affected the legal profession in this country through her tireless efforts to improve opportunities for women and people of color in that profession.

Emma Watson: UN Goodwill Ambassador, tells the UN General Assembly that universities need to be a safe space against campus sexual and racial assault, for women and people of color.

Creating more content for women and people of color is not only about equality; it also makes good business sense.

Left to its own devices, the industry hasn't managed to implement meaningful and sustained change for women and people of color — not to mention other underrepresented groups — both in front of and behind the camera.

Ava DuVernay and Ryan Coogler recently spoke at Vulture Festival LA about their highly - anticipated films as both are directing genre blockbusters that fans also anticipate being huge in advancing representation for women and people of color.

Celebrities are speaking out, demanding better representation for women and people of color.

For her opponents to use her time as a National Urban Fellow, an honor for women and people of color in public service, as a warped rationale to challenge her civic engagement and right to serve in public office is shameful.»

Highlights of these 2025 goals include McCormick's commitments to: — Source 100 percent of branded iconic ingredients sustainably; — Improve the livelihoods of 90 percent of smallholder farmers who grow McCormick's iconic herbs and spices; — Champion equality for women and people of color in leadership, and empower women farmers across the company's supply chain; and — Reduce the company's environmental impact by lowering its carbon footprint, decreasing water use, reducing solid waste and developing sustainable packaging innovations.

• Source our iconic ingredients sustainably; • Improve the livelihoods of small farmers who grow McCormick's iconic herbs and spices; • Champion equality for women and people of color through supplier diversity programs, educational programs and employee focused initiatives; • Reduce the company's environmental impact by lowering our carbon footprint, decreasing water use, reducing solid waste and developing sustainable packaging innovations.

Champion equality for women and people of color in leadership, and empower women farmers across the company's supply chain; and

It is this combination of structural and cultural supports for child - rearing that the authors wish to recover, without losing the gains won in the past 30 years for women and people of color.

PayPal publicly released its government - mandated diversity reports for the first time Friday, showing small gains for women and people of color in its executive ranks in the past year but still an overwhelmingly white and male top management.

Not exact matches

«These three engineers are seeking to ensure that Uber pays women and people of color equally for the hard work they've done — and will continue to do — to help make Uber successful,» said lawyer Jahan Sagafi of Outten & Golden which is representing the plaintiffs.

The «pipeline problem» is the theory there simply aren't enough properly skilled members of underrepresented groups for hire — including women, people of color, veterans and members of the LGBTQ community.

The study argues that specialized incubators — those especially for women or people of color — are not the answer, on the grounds that these targeted incubators and accelerators don't provide the same opportunities for entrepreneurs to network within their industries.

It's been more than two years since Facebook and others in tech committed to hiring more women and underrepresented people of color, and so far, there is very little to show for it.

It celebrates meritocracy and deplores credentialism, but when it comes to hiring a woman or person of color for a technical role, Silicon Valley erects fences to ensure they don't» lower the bar.»

Cooley also is holding its leadership ranks accountable for advancing women and people of color.

In their attempts to deflect criticism by redefining the problem or moving the goalposts, Facebook and Google risk discouraging young women and people of color from having ambitions of working for tech.

We're going to ask [these 22 female GOP representatives] for a verbal commitment that they will stand up for intersectional women's health, that we will make it clear that includes immigrants, refugees, people of color and the LGBTQ community in the United States.

The correct use of photos, particularly of women and people of color, has long been a sensitive issue for traditional publications, and the public has become increasingly critical of efforts they believe fall short.

The study found that four of the eight top executives at Pinterest were people of color, and, according to Recode, women account for just 12.5 percent of all executives at the company.

When Banks looked at the above diversity data for senior executives at 16 Fortune 500 companies, she was careful to point out that it need not be a depressing reminder that women and people of color — and other marginalized groups that aren't counted on the EEO - 1 Report — struggle to make it to the upper echelons of corporate America.

That meant instituting numeric targets for women in leadership, as well as for people of color, and tying executive compensation partly to meeting those metrics.

«When I walk in a room and I'm the only woman, or the only person of color, I don't for a second forget that,» Saintil said.

In the past, Lyft created positions like Nishi's and implemented hiring practices that paved the way for more women and people of color to be represented in the company.

We know you're very sorry about creating a culture that for decades has demeaned and excluded both women and people of color.

For a couple of decades we've been counting women and people of color without linking it to what the bottom line business rationale is for that, and the bottom line business rationale is about skills,» she saFor a couple of decades we've been counting women and people of color without linking it to what the bottom line business rationale is for that, and the bottom line business rationale is about skills,» she safor that, and the bottom line business rationale is about skills,» she says.

«If D.C. does get chosen, we have some real issues with how Amazon does business, in terms of fair labor, equitable hiring, and equitable practices for people of color and women in particular,» Sneed said.

Use and invest in high quality pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship programs that create new pathways for underrepresented workers such as women and people of color;

Three Latina software engineers are suing Uber for allegedly discriminating against women and people of color.

«Demographic shifts for entrepreneurship and funding are taking place now, however, we're still faced with the daunting statistic that nearly 90 % of venture capital is given to someone who isn't a women or a person of color.»

The ranking accounted for the experiences of all employees including women, people of color, LGBT individuals, older team members and disabled employees.

But now the company has introduced new efforts to enhance its inclusion of women and people of color, including delivering diversity training for many of its employees.

Women and people of color were picked for a majority of open S&P 500 board seats this year for the first time, according to a survey from recruiting firm Spencer Stuart.

In addition to civil rights for people of color, women and LGBT, there has been an expansion of religious liberty for minority sects, enforcement of viewpoint neutrality with respect to access to various public and non-public forums (e.g. religious student groups must be granted equal access to school facilities as their secular counterparts, etc) greater protections against age and disability discrimination, and recognition of habeas corpus rights even for enemy combatants.

We're evolving from our well - intentioned but often - terminally - short - sighted evangelical white male roots into a truly inclusive space for women, people of color, and LGBTQ voices.

But when the snubs consistently and disproportionately affect women and people of color over the old white male guard, one is forced to reckon with the fact that for all its chest thumping, Hollywood remains decades behind the times.

That's why it's important for casts in movies to feature more realistic women (and people of color, as well as LGBT folks!).

Just before the beginning of death - dealing cutbacks in already - small measures of care for people of color, women, children, others marginalized and animals, plants and minerals of many sorts in the U.S..

Working with IJM, and InterVarsity Christian Fellowship before that, Toyama - Szeto has intentionally built support networks among her colleagues, friends, and fellow women of color — people to advise her, pray for her, and hold her accountable.

Sobbing for the thousands of hate crimes committed against immigrants, women, Muslims, and people of color since Trump was elected; for the inevitable incursions into women's rights; for the mass deportation of Latino immigrants; for the likely return of a «law & order» police state that penalizes men simply for having black or brown skin; and, for the fact that young girls may be indoctrinated to think that their worth is determined solely by their looks.

The Writers Guild of America East is urging state lawmakers to expand New York's successful film and television tax credit program to include incentives for hiring women and people of color.

And the Senate Democrats themselves issued a statement last month condemning Felder for sticking with the GOP, saying through a spokesman that «any Democrat who joins with Donald Trump's Republican Party enables his continuing assault on immigrants, women, people of color, people of different faiths and our shared American values.&raqAnd the Senate Democrats themselves issued a statement last month condemning Felder for sticking with the GOP, saying through a spokesman that «any Democrat who joins with Donald Trump's Republican Party enables his continuing assault on immigrants, women, people of color, people of different faiths and our shared American values.&raqand our shared American values.»

With the Board's five freshmen members, the largest number of people of color in the Board's history, and the groundbreaking majority of women, it's truly a new era for the Board and for Westchester.»

But for many women - as well as people of color, immigrants, the working poor, other marginalized communities, and anyone with work & personal responsibilities - it's still nearly impossible to get to the polls.

The New York City public financing system has only been fully funded since about 2010, but the effect has been far more women and people of color running for office, and far more incumbents getting challenged.

James, the first woman of color to hold citywide elected office in New York City, has served as the people's advocate and as a watchdog for city government for the last several years.

«This project is not the best project in the world, but in the immediate near future, it is a project that will give us jobs, that will give us the possibility of jobs going forward, that will open doors for people of color, and women businesses, to do the work that needs to be done, that they've never had the opportunity to do before,» Ervin said.