Sentences with phrase «for women participation»

She noted that she was part of groups such as the «Women for Women Coalition» working for women participation in governance which resulted in the insertion of the 35 per cent affirmative action in the constitution.

Not exact matches

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.

Other countries, such as the U.K., have gender diversity champions who have made excellent use of the bully pulpit, notably Lord Mervyn Davies, who is calling for 33 percent board participation by women by 2020.

A change that would make Buffett hopeful for women in the workforce took place soon after: Following World War II, women's participation in the U.S. labor force rose from 32.7 percent in 1948 to 56.8 percent in 2016, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.

On her thoughts towards the opportunities in the UAE, Al Kaabi talks about the rise of support for women entrepreneurs, particularly in the investment space, as well as initiatives such as WOMENA, and the increase participation for female entrepreneurship.

For example, he said the budget introduces lots of smaller steps towards raising workforce participation among women.

Indeed, one of the predominant themes of the budget is increasing the workforce participation of women, which many say will bring big economic benefits for Canada.

Away from the camera, she is a fashion designer and also works as a women's rights activist for the UN's Women's Political Participation and Leadership progrwomen's rights activist for the UN's Women's Political Participation and Leadership progrWomen's Political Participation and Leadership programme.

The percentage of women coached by women has declined to an all - time low, even while Title IX, which prohibits sex - based discrimination in any education program or activity that receives federal dollars, has dramatically increased participation numbers for female athletes.

Labor force participation has been declining for men under age 62 since the 1970s, even as more women joined the workforce.

The workforce participation rate for women between the ages of 15 and 64 rose to a record 69.4 percent in 2017, the Nikkei said, citing government data.

«For every one percentage point in the (women's) participation rate, you are boosting Japanese GDP by about half a percentage points,» Jesper Koll, head of WisdomTree Japan, an ETF - provider, told CNBC.

The workforce participation rate for women between the ages of 15 and 64 rose to a record 69.4 percent in 2017, according to reports.

In the Council's pre-budget submission to this committee we urged the government to boost Canadian productivity by increasing female labour force participation, supporting women in STEM, enabling seniors to work for longer and helping Canadians navigate the changing job market.

We who proclaim Christ ought to have enough faith that our Lord is what we claim him to be, to permit such men and women to have, if not full then some limited, participation in Christian life in the community of faith; for we are confident, or we should be confident if we really believe what we say about Jesus, that such fellowship with him in the company of his people will lead them more and more deeply into the true significance of his person.

But beyond saying that women can shine in every profession, Stein calls women to exercise their professions as women: «The participation of women in the most diverse professional disciplines could be a blessing for the entire society, private or public, precisely if the specifically feminine ethos would be preserved» (Woman, p. 49).

Women's organizations and fellowships, such as the Mothers» Unions, represent critical structures for lay participation within the churches and allow women's voices to be heard in the wider socWomen's organizations and fellowships, such as the Mothers» Unions, represent critical structures for lay participation within the churches and allow women's voices to be heard in the wider socwomen's voices to be heard in the wider society.

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Biblically literate women looked to scripture to justify their changing situation, especially in the churches.25 Gabriele Dietrich emphasizes three points which are important in our context from the Jesus Movement26: firstly, the Jesus Movement was critical of the existing patriarchal family structure and created new forms of community; secondly, it was egalitarian in terms of class with a bias in favor of the poor; and, thirdly, it provided for a participation of women which was far reaching and unusual under the conditions of the time.27

It would also be unkind to say that the ordination of women is demanded to show women their full participation in Church and humanity alike, for churches that do not ordain women still embrace them as sisters in the faith, and Christian women have managed for many centuries without admission to the altar

For years her denomination published a periodical, Women's Chains, which fought for the right to vote, advocated total participation of women in society (including Congress and the White House), and suggested imprisonment for the inventors of the high - heeled shFor years her denomination published a periodical, Women's Chains, which fought for the right to vote, advocated total participation of women in society (including Congress and the White House), and suggested imprisonment for the inventors of the high - heeled Women's Chains, which fought for the right to vote, advocated total participation of women in society (including Congress and the White House), and suggested imprisonment for the inventors of the high - heeled shfor the right to vote, advocated total participation of women in society (including Congress and the White House), and suggested imprisonment for the inventors of the high - heeled women in society (including Congress and the White House), and suggested imprisonment for the inventors of the high - heeled shfor the inventors of the high - heeled shoe.

Many women are discovering with surprise and relief that, although the Bible has often been used as the basis for limiting the participation of women in church life, Jesus believed in women as equals.

Under Title IX, to achieve gender parity between men's and women's sports, universities and colleges have to meet one of three different requirements: 1) equity in participation opportunities for both men and women; 2) scholarships offered proportionally based on the number of male and female athletes; and 3) comparable overall treatment of women's and men's sports (including but not limited to quality and maintenance of locker rooms and facilities, equipment and supplies, access to practice fields, publicity of teams and events, the quality of coaching, academic tutoring, traveling budgets, etc.).

Quinnipiac also argued, like most schools do, that it was meeting participation opportunities for women under the third «fully and effectively» option ---- satisfying all the women's demands for more participation opportunities.

The success of England Netball has been recognised with the 2nd highest funding award granted by Sport England for 2017 - 2021 allowing them to continue to be a trailblazer for growth of female participation and raise the profile of women's sport.

These changes are brought about principally by the increased participation of women in employment, but this has led to a cultural shift in the way men view caring for children — as women's aspirations have changed, so have men's: the desire to participate more in the lives of their children is growing in all social groups, particularly among younger parents.

The seven women who founded La Leche League were being pretty radical for their time when they wrote that «Alert and active participation by the mother in childbirth is a help in getting breastfeeding off to a good start.»

The strengths of the study include the ability to compare outcomes by the woman's planned place of birth at the start of care in labour, the high participation of midwifery units and trusts in England, the large sample size and statistical power to detect clinically important differences in adverse perinatal outcomes, the minimisation of selection bias through achievement of a high response rate and absence of self selection bias due to non-consent, the ability to compare groups that were similar in terms of identified clinical risk (according to current clinical guidelines) and to further increase the comparability of the groups by conducting an additional analysis restricted to women with no complicating conditions identified at the start of care in labour, and the ability to control for several important potential confounders.

The United Nations notes that sports participation is especially helpful for women with disabilities, too.

The Title IX Education Amendment has done more for girls than simply increase their participation in sports, it has had a positive impact on the lives of women.

With National Girls and Women in Sports Day being today, it's a good time to stop to think about what sport participation means for females.

Mean and standard errors of monthly weight gain after adjusting for maternal age; race / ethnicity; education; household income; marital status; parity; postpartum Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children program participation; prepregnancy body mass index (calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared); infant sex; gestational age; birth weight; age at solid food introduction; and sweet drinks consumption.

Around the world, governments are emphasizing women's participation in the labor force as a solution for economic growth, gender equality, and poverty reduction.

In its 24 years of existence, WIN has undertaken numerous projects and programs for the empowerment of women and for the effective participation of women in decision - making.

It is also possible that women who were able to be located for participation in the breastfeeding study somehow differ from those women who could not be located.

Covariates included mother's age, education, smoking during pregnancy, and participation in the federal nutritional support program for Women, Infants, and Children; and infant's gender, race, birth weight, congenital malformation reported at birth, live birth order, and single or multiple birth.

Some barriers include the negative attitudes of women and their partners and family members, as well as health care professionals, toward breastfeeding, whereas the main reasons that women do not start or give up breastfeeding are reported to be poor family and social support, perceived milk insufficiency, breast problems, maternal or infant illness, and return to outside employment.2 Several strategies have been used to promote breastfeeding, such as setting standards for maternity services3, 4 (eg, the joint World Health Organization — United Nations Children's Fund [WHO - UNICEF] Baby Friendly Initiative), public education through media campaigns, and health professionals and peer - led initiatives to support individual mothers.5 — 9 Support from the infant's father through active participation in the breastfeeding decision, together with a positive attitude and knowledge about the benefits of breastfeeding, has been shown to have a strong influence on the initiation and duration of breastfeeding in observational studies, 2,10 but scientific evidence is not available as to whether training fathers to manage the most common lactation difficulties can enhance breastfeeding rates.

Women who disliked breastfeeding in the first week were more likely to experience postpartum depression at 2 months (odds ratio [OR] 1.42, 95 % confidence interval [CI] 1.04 — 1.93) adjusting for maternal age, parity, education, ethnicity, and postnatal WIC participation.

As Michelle Bachelet, Executive Director of UN Women, argued in a speech in May 2011, «If a democracy neglects women's participation... it is a democracy for only half its citizens.&rWomen, argued in a speech in May 2011, «If a democracy neglects women's participation... it is a democracy for only half its citizens.&rwomen's participation... it is a democracy for only half its citizens.»

The European Union Election Observation Mission (EU - EOM) monitoring team during the 2016 election noted that various factors account for the low participation of women in front line politics and for that matter the governance process, chief amongst which is «hostile political terrain» that results in mudslinging, name - calling and insults or use of vulgar language.

According to the ex-president: «There is no lack of willingness to engage in agriculture by women» but observed factors such as male - dominated land holding systems and lack of access to finance for agricultural production among others, have limited the participation of women in the agric sector.

Whilst these developments demand recognition, the gains are fragile and bear the potential to be reversed if sufficient attention is not paid towards creating an environment that is conducive and secure for women's participation in the political realm.

In current academic and NGO literature, economic participation and access are often viewed as a form of empowerment for women, and greater respect within the household.

The President is committed to empowering women and creating opportunities for their participation in the job and wealth creation agenda.

But their basic assertion was that the county has no legal basis for requiring 30 percent participation by minority - and women - owned businesses.

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Addressing the women's conference he said: «Wide participation in policy making leads to more support for the policies we get, leads us to that movement that will bring about the end of this government but - beyond that - the end of the system of inequality and injustice in our society.»

«Nigeria needs to invest in women's participation in politics by creating an enabling environment for women to thrive and tackle perceived systemic and cultural hinderances to women's inclusion,» she said.

By Chinwe Ogbuka, Assistant Director, Publicity Additional reports by Nathaniel Gana The Independent National Electoral Commission's (INEC) advocacy efforts for increased women's participation in the country's -LSB-...]

The Independent National Electoral Commission's (INEC) advocacy efforts for increased women's participation in the country's political process gathered momentum on 13th April in Abuja, when a delegation of women led by the United Nations Women Representative to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Ms. Comfort Lamptey paid a courtesy visit to the commission's headquarwomen's participation in the country's political process gathered momentum on 13th April in Abuja, when a delegation of women led by the United Nations Women Representative to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Ms. Comfort Lamptey paid a courtesy visit to the commission's headquarwomen led by the United Nations Women Representative to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Ms. Comfort Lamptey paid a courtesy visit to the commission's headquarWomen Representative to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Ms. Comfort Lamptey paid a courtesy visit to the commission's headquarters.