Sentences with phrase «gender gap also»

The gender gap also narrowed slightly with 73.1 per cent of girls achieving at least a C grade, compared to 64.7 per cent of boys.

The minority gender gap also exists in the number of S&E graduate degrees earned, albeit to a lesser extent.

A gender gap also keeps this a close matchup.

Not exact matches

She is also a formidable voice for women's empowerment in Turkey, a nation with one of the worst gender gaps in the workplace; the university founded and chaired by Sabancı made headlines last year when it published a report on the impact of domestic violence against white - collar working women in Turkey.

However, Morneau, who also announced the introduction of up to five weeks of parental leave for fathers or non-birth parents to encourage greater sharing of child - rearing responsibilities, did not address a question on the limits of legislation and what the government can do to address societal barriers that could contribute the gender pay gap.

It's also the case that young men are doing noticeably poorer than young women in the job market — largely because of a growing gender gap in post-secondary schooling.

The app also provides a link that explains the gender wage gap, which sits at $ 0.80 on the dollar, according to the latest research from the Institute of Women's Policy Research.

A gender breakdown also provided interesting insights, as the researchers discovered the world's social entrepreneurs are 55 percent male and 45 percent are female — a significantly smaller gap compared with commercial counterparts.

Study highlights Millennials are having a harder time achieving financial independence than previous generations, are more willing to job hop; Report also finds gender wage gap is shrinking

Given associated government revenue shares in GDP, the latter achievement would also unlock an additional $ 1.4 trillion in global tax revenue, most of it ($ 940 billion) in emerging economies, suggesting the potential self - financing effects of additional public investment into closing global gender gaps.

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One of the goals of True Wealth Ventures is, of course, to fill the geographic gap of early - stage gender oriented VC funds in the U.S., so I am also excited to announce our participation in a project with ACG Inc., supported by George Mason University and funded through the Kauffman Foundation.

Uber also raised salaries for all employees to help close the gender pay gap in July of 2017 — an endeavor that likely cost hundreds of millions of dollars, as The Information reported at the time.

Forced abortions, sterilizations and mandatory birth control measures became commonplace, but the one - child policy also led to a massive gender gap.

But it is also held that globalization has brought in its wake, great inequities, mass impoverishment and despair, that it has fractured society along the existing fault lines of class, gender and community, while almost irreversibly widening the gap between rich and poor nations, that it has caused the flow of currencies across international borders, which has been responsible for financial and economic crises in many countries and regions, including the current Asian financial crisis, that it has enriched a small minority of persons and corporations within nations and within the international system, marginalizing and violating the basic human rights of millions of workers, peasants and farmers and indigenous communities.

Economic issues are important to closing the gender gap, but also for expanding the GOP coalition beyond the traditionalist camp.

Observation: The gender gap is real, but there's also a marriage gap.

Wearing my baby in a frontpack when I go out for a walk doesn't make me a «tool,» and it also isn't the reason for the continuing gender gap in workplace salaries.

«The gender pay gap, which continues despite decades of girls outperforming boys at school and university, is also a huge economic failure.

He's also seen his pay slashed from around # 600,000 a year as the BBC attempts to tackle its gender pay gap.

He also called on her to clarify her position on the Paycheck Fairness Act, which seeks to close the gender wage gap.

The bill, designed to increase fairness and diversity in the workplace, would also allow firms to discriminate in favour of female and ethnic minority candidates and require public bodies to disclose the extent of any gender pay gap in their organisation.

Closing the gender pay gap is also a priority.

Also at 11 a.m., Rep. Carolyn Maloney will release a new report examining the gender pay gap and its long - term effects on women, families and the economy, Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute, 47 - 49 E 65th Street (Between Madison and Park), Manhattan.

Jeremy Corbyn has also advocated installing a «real» living wage and announced that companies with more than 21 employees to publish earnings data in a bid to close the gender pay gap.

It would also help to bridge the gender gap that puts so many women at a disadvantage when it comes to financial planning.»

The Governor also released the Department of Labor's report and recommendations to close the gender pay gap in New York State.

«This suggests the presence of children contributes meaningfully to the gender wage gap,» the authors write in the May issue of American Economic Review, though they also note that «[t] hese results should be interpreted with caution» because of various complicating factors.

The gender gap is also narrowing.

It is important to highlight and address pay disparity — and it is also important not to confuse equal pay and the gender pay gap.

Approximately equal numbers of women and men enter and graduate from medical school in the United States and United Kingdom.1 2 In northern and eastern European countries such as Russia, Finland, Hungary, and Serbia, women account for more than 50 % of the active physicians3; in the United Kingdom and United States, they represent 47 % and 33 % respectively.4 5 Even in Japan, the nation in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development with the lowest percentage of female physicians, representation doubled between 1986 and 2012.3 6 However, progress in academic medicine continues to lag, with women accounting for less than 30 % of clinical faculty overall and for less than 20 % of those at the highest grade or in leadership positions.7 - 9 Understanding the extent to which this underrepresentation affects high impact research is critical because of the implicit bias it introduces to the research agenda, influencing future clinical practice.10 11 Given the importance of publication for tenure and promotion, 12 women's publication in high impact journals also provides insights into the degree to which the gender gap can be expected to close.

I'm speaking in a special session about women in science — highlighting the great work by members of our scientific community, but also speaking to promote gender equity in a field where, sadly, there are still wide gender gaps.

Once the show began, the messages in support of women and equality didn't stop: Natalie Portman, while presenting best director with Ron Howard, noted how only men had been nominated (Lady Bird filmmaker Greta Gerwig was a high profile snub); presenters Jessica Chastain and Geena Davis, respectively, also made jokes about male acting winners giving their salary away to make up for the gender pay gap.

There also has been a great deal of research conducted regarding the gender gap.

There's also a gender gap.

These findings emphasise that gender differences in mathematics are not fixed and provide encouraging evidence that gender gaps in participation and engagement could also be reduced with targeted intervention.

The National Literacy Trust also found a significant gender gap, with 51.9 per cent of girls enjoying writing, compared to 36.8 per cent of boys.

The research also showed the gap prevailed even in those countries where gender inequality towards women is prevalent.

Given the existence of sizable gaps in English achievement between boys and girls, the impact of the program by gender is also of policy interest.

The gender pay gap among leadership teachers also varies according to age group.

This strand of the show also featured a panel discussion on «Rewriting the script for women in STEM — closing the gender gap».

As shown in the graph below, we also found significant gender - based pay gaps within races and ethnicities.

Inequality (gender and economic) causes huge gaps in who can get a good education, but it also creates gaps in who are unable to use their education for employment.

Figure 2 also shows the large differences in exclusionary discipline rates between black students and white students, a gap that remains substantial regardless of the race and gender of the teacher.

Speaking on Monday at the Wealth Management Association, Education Secretary Nicky Morgan, who is also Minister for Women and Equalities, linked the low number of girls studying technical subjects and the gender pay gap.

There were also gaps along socioeconomic, disability and language lines, though Wisconsin was one of 30 states with no significant gender gap.

The report also includes data on the Hispanic - White gaps by gender and NSLP eligibility, as well as ELL status at the national level only.

We also learned that the Achievement Gap had less to do with race, gender, economics or geography, and more to do with being present and accounted for.

This data also shows that Maths Pathway is helping female students close the achievement gap present across gender in Australian maths classrooms, as well as addressing achievement gaps between schools from different socio - economic backgrounds.

The report also notes that the gender gap in reading frequency and attitudes towards reading is narrowing; however, the narrowing of the gap is driven more by decreases among girls than it is by increases in boys.