Sentences with phrase «gender bias issues»

In the past two weeks, no less than four gender bias issues have rocked gaming news.

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When the results were brought up at a Q&A with Mark Zuckerberg, he said gender bias was «an issue.»

These seven innovators» actions and ideas aren't just improving the ways we do business; they also speak to broader issues, including national security, gender bias, world poverty and the state of the startup community at large.

Marlene Williamson, CEO of Watermark, a Silicon Valley organization dedicated to women in leadership, said not only will Kalanick's resignation help Uber get back on track — his departure will have ramifications for other Bay Area tech companies struggling with their own issues of gender bias and sexual harassment.

Topics are focused on the unique issues and opportunities facing women working in the alcohol beverage industry, including why gender diversity is good for business, mentoring to empower the next generation of leaders, understanding unconscious bias, thriving in the male - dominated alcohol beverage industry, and others.

«The fact that women are capable of contributing to the nation's scientific and engineering enterprise but are impeded in doing so because of gender and racial / ethnic bias and outmoded «rules» governing academic success is deeply troubling and embarrassing,» wrote the authors of a 2007 report on women in academic science and engineering issued by the National Academies [7].

For example, they had to monitor such issues as racial, gender, socioeconomic, and ethnic biases in the text and photographs, plus lab safety concerns.

In 1996, I started to organise a women's forum to address gender - bias issues faced by women in the company.

The underlying reasons for these gender and race differences are unknown, though researchers suggest that it may relate to access issues, denial of care or provider bias.

AAAS, too, has repeatedly addressed this issue, including at symposia on the exploration of the early underpinnings of gender bias in the scientific, technical, engineering, and mathematical fields for elementary age girls, and on new ways to expand the numbers of underrepresented groups in those fields — both held at its 2016 Annual Meeting in February.

These schools engaged more than 300 students in action projects focused on student - driven anti-discrimination work focused on stopping bias against race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation and other issues in school.

Through engaging, interactive exercises, participants will: - Create a common understanding of diversity and inclusion - Link diversity issues with achieving district goals - Broaden the scope of diversity beyond race and gender issues - Reveal and assess the impact of subtle biases on district success - Discuss the behaviors required to create an inclusive environment where every man, woman and child feels included, valued and respected.

How do issues related to race, gender and implicit bias impact our perceptions of students of color?

Systemic and / or historic issues such as individual and institutionalized racism and classism; language barriers; gender bias; cultural blinders and a variety of prejudices represent profound challenges and obstacles to positive parent - teacher relationships.

There is a lot of evidence for all the arguments, but about half can be interpreted as bias or ignorance on gender issues depending on who is delivering it.

In all the talk, at least one political issue seems to have been passed over: the group's gender bias.

could change this unfair bias by bringing together well - respected names like Michelle Grabner and Hank Willis Thomas to explore America's rabid love for sports, specifically addressing, according to the press release, issues like «identity, power, heroism, nostalgia, popular culture and gender.»

Alarie: issues with quality of current decision making; mitigate heuristics into algorithms; implicit bias of judges; you control the info that you expose the algorithm to, curate the information; still problems, things may be correlated with negative things, e.g. racial implications, that we don't want related; gender, etc. other human rights type things; how to cleanse it appropriately; self driving cars just need to be better than humans; i.e. don't hold them to the standard of perfection; short term gains to be had

In our first year compulsory curriculum, faculty address in a variety of ways issues related to power structures and gender biases and assumptions.

«A lot of women today come out of law school thinking gender bias isn't an issue, but it is,» says Carolyn Lamm, a partner at White & Case LLP in Washington, D.C., and the 2009 — 10 ABA president.

While I applaud firms for addressing a lot of the organizational issues (GLASS CEILING) impacting gender diversity (implicit bias training, flexible work arrangements, on and off ramps, etc.) I don't see firms doing enough to support women with what we refer to as STICKY FLOOR issues: the stuff that holds us back or causes us to Lean Out because we can't see a place for ourselves in the firm.

MedReps suggests that there are three issues that may actually encourage this type of gender bias: company culture, industry stigmas, and unconscious bias.

While assuming gender bias would make for a simple argument, a closer look reveals that the issue is much more complex.

Because parental alienation perpetuates and exacerbates gender bias against women, I believe the syndrome sheds much more darkness than light on this difficult issue.

The presenter will provide opportunities for participants to reflect on their worries, biases, and awareness around sexual and gender identity issues with children.

The cutting - edge conference schedule that follows will cover issues led by some of the most experienced mediators in the country: mindfulness practice in family mediation, creative parenting plan topics, pre-marital agreements, in depth financial approaches, dealing with high conflict clients, gender bias, elder mediation and several effective workshops on practice building and business strategies.

It was her early experiences in the school system that cemented Lisa's deep commitment to breaking down systemic barriers for marginalized and underserved communities and led to her activism around issues of race and gender bias.