Sentences with phrase «gender barriers in»

Baalla's win broke gender barriers in a boy - dominated sport: she was the only girl to place among the top ten in this competitive division.

Felena Hanson is smashing the gender barrier in the male - dominated world of coworking space startups.

The 91 - year - old entrepreneur smashed the gender barrier in the old boys club of produce and brought some 200 unusual edibles out of obscurity and onto our pl...

The key to smashing the gender barrier in the working world, Corcoran tells Entrepreneur, is to play the gender card, not to keep it tucked in your pocket.

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If we're going to make progress in gender equity in science, technology, math, and engineering, we need to dive in — frankly and honestly — to the cultural barriers that stand in the way.

He takes things we see in everyday life — the president, gender barriers, the internet, suicide — and breaks these concepts down to their core.

In August, when Askew stepped into her role as First Captain of the U.S. Military Academy's Corps of Cadets, her leadership position broke both racial and gender barriers.

WISE offers a platform for women working in startups to address the gender - specific barriers to entrepreneurship through mentoring, fundraising, and advocacy.

Negative attitudes toward the idea of women as senior pastors are well documented in Edward C. Lehman, Jr.'s, sociological study Women Clergy: Breaking Through Gender Barriers (Transaction, 1985) The author analyzed detailed responses from 1,720 Presbyterian lay - people and 1,143 Presbyterian clergy concerning a wide range of attitudes toward women in ministry.

Rarely does anyone at MTS cross the race and gender barrier to offer comfort and support in the war between the sexes and the races.

Gender blindness is not yet sweeping across America, but if one little boy in Pennsylvania can leap the cultural barrier, perhaps in some rosy, not too distant future, the rest of the country will follow his example.

THE MASCULINITY of the matador is sacred in Spain, but in the PBS documentary Ella Es El Matador (She Is the Matador) we meet two women trying to break that gender barrier and open the sport to all.

Gender Convergence in Domestic Work: discerning the effects of interactional and institutional barriers in large - scale data.

No matter who ends up being elected, it is great to see so many barriers in regards to race and gender, finally being broken down during this election.

Some practical problems arising from the issues mentioned above in Iraq are: 1) the lack of security during and after displacement (between areas controlled by ISIS and the government controlled locations); and 2) the barriers to access basic services such as WASH, shelter, food, education, child protection and Gender Based Violence, among others.

Describing additional progress in the areas of health, gender equality, trade, investment and market access, he emphasized «we are ready to do business with the world» but stressed that regional and global markets must be free of distortions such as subsidies, tariffs and non-tariff barriers and that international community must live up to the aspirations of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Doha Agenda.

The lieutenant governor says the message is important because women are still dealing with gender barriers, wage gaps and harassment in the workplace.

From Viola Davis» inspiring Emmys speech to Ruth Bader Ginsberg's brave fight (and win) for the legalization of same - sex marriage, and from Misty Copeland breaking down race barriers in the dance world to Amy Schumer slamming gender stereotypes in her show, women have made giant leaps this year, setting exceptional examples for little girls everywhere.

On the cyberspace playing field, social class and gender barriers are often overcome by the fact that every player is in the same place, to play the same game.

Working in a male dominated industry, women must navigate gendered financial barriers and exclusionary hiring practices as they pursue movie making.

A Little Chaos should be about a lowly but talented young woman's penetration of the gender and social barriers of the 17th century but in essence it is a formulaic love story.

There are few ways to poke that proverbial bear with greater effectiveness than to argue that increasing the diversity of casting in superhero movies is a good thing; not to mention, necessary, to reflect the growing fanbase of superhero and comic book movies, which continues to break down the barriers of race and gender (case in point: just ask Tumblr how many women love Tony Stark and Loki).

This resource uses a clip from Americas Best Dance Crew, this dance troop are diverse in culture, gender and age - as the youngest is only 15, knowing small details like this can help students confidence and can go a little way to helping to break down barriers of gender and culture.

Gender based and cultural barriers to participation to sport will make up part of the new qualification, as well as ethical issues such as the increased commercialisation of sports, violence in sports and the use of performance enhancing drugs.

This attitude has evolved out of a career in which Collins has smashed through racial and gender barriers to create her own professional opportunities, and one in which she has also worked diligently for those who have come after her in pursuing their professional goals.

This 6 - session scheme of work explores barriers that women face both in and out of the workplace and asks questions which encourage all genders to consider how they and society are affected by this issue.

They discussed Darfur issues freely with gender prospective which result in socio - political barriers clearance.

The project was a model where gender prospective approach enabled in understanding substantial women role in the public life of Darfur encouraging creating social relation where women and men joined together discussed the factors barriers women to play its role in public life especially cultural and socio - political barriers.

In fact, the Head of ICT Curriculum and Innovation at Good Shepherd Lutheran College on Queensland's Sunshine Coast regularly introduces his students to inspirational female role models currently working in IT, with the aim of breaking down gender barrierIn fact, the Head of ICT Curriculum and Innovation at Good Shepherd Lutheran College on Queensland's Sunshine Coast regularly introduces his students to inspirational female role models currently working in IT, with the aim of breaking down gender barrierin IT, with the aim of breaking down gender barriers.

According to Joe Costello, Minister for Trade and Development, «The Review of the White Paper, and the Irish Presidency of the EU in the first half of 2013, present us with an opportunity to draw from [the Busan, Rio +20 and MDG Review] processes, and — critically — to bring the various strands together — breaking down any artificial barriers that exist between sustainable development, hunger, climate change, human rights, gender and other priority issues.»

And, in the aftermath of England's success in the Fifa Women's World Cup, there will be an opportunity to discuss gender - based and cultural barriers to participation in sport.

In higher education, Putnam reports that racial and (especially) gender barriers have waned, as class barriers are on the rise.

Julayne Virgil is the CEO of Girls Inc. of Alameda County where she leads the investment in thousands of girls in grades K - 12 in the East Bay as they navigate gender, economic, social and racial barriers to realize their full potential and to become the strong, smart and bold leaders of tomorrow.

SRI understands that as long as race, class, sexual orientation, immigration status, gender, gender identity, ability, religion, and ethnicity continue to predict the future life chances of children in our nation, we must work with schools and school systems to identify related barriers and obstacles to opportunity and development, disrupt their negative impact, eliminate the persistent disparities, and implement new policies and practices that support significant learning outcomes for each and every student.

Implicit, too, is another barrier, in gender.

In her work, Saar voices her political, racial, religious and gender concerns in an effort to «reach across the barriers of art and life, to bridge cultural diversities and forge new understandings.&raquIn her work, Saar voices her political, racial, religious and gender concerns in an effort to «reach across the barriers of art and life, to bridge cultural diversities and forge new understandings.&raquin an effort to «reach across the barriers of art and life, to bridge cultural diversities and forge new understandings.»

Saar voices her political, racial, religious, and gender concerns in her art so that she may «reach across the barriers of art and life, to bridge cultural diversities, and forge new understandings.»

She became a de facto member of a very small group of African American artists who broke the color barrier, and the gender barrier, and who laid claim to abstraction on their own terms long before the current trend in African American abstraction (For instance, see Amber Jamilla Musser's essay in the October 2017 Brooklyn Rail).

The emancipatory power of these online communities are further evidenced by the fact that users can overcome traditional barriers to political recognition, including race or gender, in the anonymous world of online discourse.

Although it may seem like a minor change, it could in fact break the initial barrier for gender equality and the idea of everyone being equal no matter what sex you describe yourself as.

Transgender people of color living in poverty are impacted by these trends in specific ways; over 50 % of Black transgender women can expect to be arrested at some point in their lives, and because the world is so gendered and hostile to people who fall outside gender norms, they face numerous barriers to returning to a stable life.

For instance, in 2000, the average employment income for full - time female employees working year - round was 70.8 % of the income of male workers.25 In addition, gender interacts with other factors, such as race, ethnic origin and disability to compound that economic disadvantage.26 Another persistent barrier to equality for women is gender - based violence in the form of spousal and sexual assaults, for which the majority of victims still do not seek support from the criminal justice system.27 Accessing justice is a major concern for Aboriginal women, who experience high rates of violence ranging from assault to murder.in 2000, the average employment income for full - time female employees working year - round was 70.8 % of the income of male workers.25 In addition, gender interacts with other factors, such as race, ethnic origin and disability to compound that economic disadvantage.26 Another persistent barrier to equality for women is gender - based violence in the form of spousal and sexual assaults, for which the majority of victims still do not seek support from the criminal justice system.27 Accessing justice is a major concern for Aboriginal women, who experience high rates of violence ranging from assault to murder.In addition, gender interacts with other factors, such as race, ethnic origin and disability to compound that economic disadvantage.26 Another persistent barrier to equality for women is gender - based violence in the form of spousal and sexual assaults, for which the majority of victims still do not seek support from the criminal justice system.27 Accessing justice is a major concern for Aboriginal women, who experience high rates of violence ranging from assault to murder.in the form of spousal and sexual assaults, for which the majority of victims still do not seek support from the criminal justice system.27 Accessing justice is a major concern for Aboriginal women, who experience high rates of violence ranging from assault to murder.28

But many of the reasons for the decrease cited in the article — stronger economic times, more lucrative non-law career paths, bad publicity about punishing workloads in law firms — cross gender barriers altogether.

One of the main barriers we faced in the legal industry in the 20th century was gender diversity, and it's a barrier that is still with us today.

In contrast, only 16 % of men felt their gender had ever been a barrier to advancing their career.

This is evident in the number of alumni who are prominent in the legal profession, many breaking through the barriers of gender, race and ethnicity along the way.

Each vignette catalogs the struggles of a couple or group of people in contemporary Chicago, where gender roles and language barriers are equal obstacles for people seeking happiness.

According to the Hays Ireland Gender Diversity Report, 82 % of women believe gender barriers exist in their industry but thankfully this doesn't appear to be the case in the engineering sGender Diversity Report, 82 % of women believe gender barriers exist in their industry but thankfully this doesn't appear to be the case in the engineering sgender barriers exist in their industry but thankfully this doesn't appear to be the case in the engineering sector.

GELC's mission is to break down barriers created by gender discrimination and gender stereotyping that limit equal opportunities in education, employment, and in other spheres of public and private life.

Social participation and environmental barriers among aging Canadians: Distribution and differences in gender, age and location