Sentences with phrase «gender equity has»

Despite such findings, these researchers conclude that gender equity has not been achieved and advise parents and policy - makers to work for further change.

Men overwhelmingly hold leadership positions, but gender equity has gained ground — women represent 60 percent of museum personnel, with the majority serving in curatorial, conservation, and education roles which are generally a pipeline toward leadership positions.

The struggle for gender equity has caused some change, but some things in our Midwest still exist... bias, prejudice, religious disconnections — sometimes hooded, but still in place.

For several decades, research has suggested that attitudes and laws favoring gender equity have changed more quickly than people's actual behavior in intimate relationships.

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«There's a full section that talks about pay equity, and what is the larger impact that the gender pay gap has on our society, our economy, our families,» says Deepti Gudipati, vice president of member leadership programs for the AAUW, who is working with the city to roll out the program.

This map, created by labor and employment - focused law firm Fisher Phillips, highlights legislative differences between states by showing which ones have gender - specific pay protections, gender - specific protections as well as protections for other categories (such as race, religion or national origin), or no state - specific pay equity laws at all.

Last year, Intel released a diversity and inclusion report that showed that the company has reached 100 percent gender and racial pay equity in the U.S.

Indeed Psychology Today has a blog that tracks micro equities and micro aggressions with regard to gender, race and sexual orientation.

While reaching pay equity is a huge accomplishment, the tech giant admitted that it still has a long way to go to create a workforce that's more balanced in terms of gender and race.

In fact, she said, she'd had a similar experience at Google, despite its very public efforts toward racial diversity and gender equity.

One tangible result of this leadership shift in philanthropy has been more attention and more money for gender equity and women's empowerment issues in recent years.

An earlier version of the column included a paragraph on some of the company's acts of good corporate behavior, including Starbucks» recent announcement that it had achieved 100 percent pay equity across gender and race for all of its U.S. employees and its goal of opening more stores in under - served neighborhoods.

The disconnect between Trump voters and «coastal elite» technology companies has highlighted that for all their election - season bluster, the industry has plenty of work to do on diversity, gender equity, and poverty within its own ranks.

Increasing ethnic and gender diversity in private equity and venture capital, as well as in the entrepreneurial workforce in which managers invest, has been one of the hottest topics...

«Given that Canada's foreign policy has put gender equity issues prominently at the top of its agenda, obviously this is something we wanted to highlight here: That you have a Canadian company actively undermining those rights abroad by facilitating censorship in countries where those rights aren't respected or recognized,» Ron Deibert, director of Citizen Lab, told me over the phone.

«Whereas 80 % of beer companies» consumers are male, cider is gender - neutral, opening up a market in which beer players have struggled,» a 2011 Nomura Equity Research report explained — while also pointing out that a typical case of cider ($ 35) costs more than craft beer ($ 33) or imported beer ($ 29).

Veris Wealth Partners produced the Women, Wealth & Impact report to demonstrate that «better companies are created by shifting the flow of wealth and power to women, whether we aim to lift women and girls out of poverty or bolster women's leadership and entrepreneurial pursuits» and Trillium's Investing for Positive Impact on Women report which presents concrete gender - lens investment examples have spurred increasing investor interest in gender lens investing across fixed income and public equities.

report which presents concrete gender - lens investment examples have spurred increasing investor interest in gender lens investing across fixed income and public equities.

While general impact investing is becoming more mainstream for high net worth individuals and institutions, gender lens investing has not benefitted from the same level of traction in the private equity and venture capital space.

Increasing ethnic and gender diversity in private equity and venture capital, as well as in the entrepreneurial workforce in which managers invest, has been one of the hottest topics in our industry.

Following the announcement of a parliamentary committee to study electoral reform with a special emphasis on gender equity and inclusiveness, a growing number of supporters have come on board the campaign for proportional representation.

The UN bureaucrats, Scandinavian politicos, Clinton Administration «global affairs» mavens, radical environmentalists, feminists, and population controllers who planned the conference intended it to be nothing less than the Great Cairo Turkey Shoot: a political slaughter in which the enemies of «individual autonomy,» «sustainable growth,» «global carrying capacity,» «reproductive rights,» «gender equity,» abortion - on - demand, and the sexual revolution would be utterly, decisively routed.

If he grows up with a natural sense of gender equity, I will have fulfilled one of my duties as a parent.

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.).

Most of the discussion has been about the problem of campus sexual assault, but the overall concerns that the DOE will not enforce gender equity under Title IX bleeds over into sports, too.

Any cost to employers or government would likely be offset by reduced costs through better retention of working mothers and the greater likelihood of their working to their education / skills levels: Goldman Sachs have estimated an economic boost of 13 % in Europe were gender equity achieved within the workplace.

Large employers — already required to publish information on gender «pay equity» — should likewise have to report on «care equity», detailing who is taking family - based benefits.

I would like to see a new front opened up in the gender debate — a strong coalition of men and women who understand that expanding opportunities for men in the home and for women in the workplace are inextricably linked, and who advocate both with equal urgency, on behalf of both men and women — and who therefore argue robustly for the «next steps» in the path towards gender equality: equity in the leave entitlements for men and women.

With so many gender - equity disputes winding up in court, wary athletic directors now imagine a judge looking over their shoulder when budget cuts have to be made.

And other companies that have never offered paid paternity leave are now considering adding this as a benefit to meet the expectations of today's new fathers and to demonstrate a commitment to gender equity.

Mr. Speaker, we envision a Ghana beyond aid where within a generation, Ghana, through rapid and inclusive growth that respects gender equity, safeguards the environment and mitigates climate risk exposure, has attained upper middle - income status.

The Initiative is modeled after President Barack Obama's My Brother's Keeper initiative for young men and the city's Young Men's Initiative — and will be funded with $ 20 million in City Council and private philanthropic funds to pursue recommendations like hiring more guidance counselors in school, expanding the Nurse - Family Partnership program, and requiring city agencies to have «gender equity liaisons.»

While 2018 has marked a watershed moment with regard to women running for elected office, we know that there is still much work to be done to ensure greater gender equity, including more opportunities for women to have many seats at the political and business leadership table.

Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton joined Public Advocate Letitia James for an event promoting legislation that would ban employers from asking job applicants about their salary history — a measure they argued would advance gender equity and close the male - female wage gap.

The town board also approved raises to an undisclosed number of employees, some of whom may have been part of a «gender equity» initiative.

She said the Government under President John Dramani Mahama has also instituted an institutional framework with the restructuring of the Gender Ministry with an expanded mandate to coordinate and ensure gender equality and eGender Ministry with an expanded mandate to coordinate and ensure gender equality and egender equality and equity.

Federal funding agencies have traditionally addressed sexual harassment in academia under the gender equity provisions — known as Title IX — of a 1972 education law.

Among its recommendations, the task force on women faculty called for the appointment of a senior provost who would work closely with Harvard deans to promote gender and ethnic equity.

Many U.S. universities have no women at all among their physics faculty, and when people talk about gender equity in physics, this fact is often cited as evidence of a hiring bias.

«We believe the issue of gender equity in physics is complex and nuanced,» said Ivie, «It is unwise to try to simplify it by examining whether or not a department has a woman among its faculty.»

She said, however, that like in many other places, the struggle for gender equity continues, and Jordan has begun implementing initiatives, for instance, to keep more talented women in the workforce after they graduate.

The focus would be on education, health, environment, and gender equity, with the goal of building trust through collaborative research.

Gender aspects have been considered throughout the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation to ensure inclusiveness, equity, effectiveness and sustainability project cycles.

These include CNBC.com, the... Silicon Valley men push back on gender equity efforts — CNBC — Many in the tech industry had previously

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Alongside Chastain, the magazine also has quotes from Molly Bloom herself, Aaron Sorkin, Idris Elba and Melissa Silverstein, founder of Women and Hollywood, an initiative that advocates for gender equity in the

LOS ANGELES >> The director of «Bridesmaids,» `' Spy» and the upcoming «Ghostbusters» remake says he would add an equity clause to his future film contracts that requires gender - balanced casting of minor roles.

Together with the unique Finnish language, this underpins their national character and has driven the social democratic welfare state that has since developed, which foregrounds equity and equality of opportunity for all Finns regardless of gender, socioeconomic, or regional status.

Over the years, gender equity in high school STEM classes has made great strides.

Moreover, sexual violence is inseparable from gender inequality: «The less equity that exists between genders in a culture (men having more power than women and trans people), the more likely rape, sexual assault, and harassment are likely to occur.»