Gender imbalance refers to a situation in which there is an unequal or uneven distribution of males and females in a certain context, such as a population, workplace, or educational system. It means that one gender is more dominant or prevalent than the other, leading to an imbalance in terms of numbers or opportunities.
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But how much interventions like these might solve the problem of
gender imbalance in STEM remains to be seen.
: personality and behavioral stereotypes; lack of professional role models; and of course, the
current gender imbalance in leadership positions and pay.
According to the Chinese government's claims, this policy has prevented 400 million births, but it has also created a
large gender imbalance.
Many will agree that this year's changes to the longstanding tech
worker gender imbalance aren't significant enough to be felt in the real world yet.
«The authors have not questioned the possibility of
inherent gender imbalance in their sample affecting the conclusions,» especially regarding the impact of children's ages, she adds.
Of course, this doesn't mean there is no gender discrimination in physics; there's still the
initial gender imbalance to explain.
I don't follow the logic behind the statement that a significant number of fake profiles supports the claim
of gender imbalance.
The initiative aims to provoke an examination of collecting practice and act as a focal point for debate on
gender imbalance in museum collections.
If institutional investors don't change their approach, the
current gender imbalance won't change for decades — and these institutions will continue to miss out on the financial benefits of diversity.
ALBANY — As Gov. Andrew Cuomo assails
gender imbalance on corporate boards, one state legislator is attempting to address a similar problem much closer to home.
It's worth noting, though, that there is an «extreme
gender imbalance among DARPA program managers, who are 95 % men, according to a recent roster.»
Even accounting for Hochul, however, there is a huge
gender imbalance at the top of these councils.
It's frustrating to read of a society that is
so gender imbalanced, where any intelligent woman is labeled a Wicke (witch) and threatened with death.
In our opinion it is caused by
serious gender imbalance — they are several millions single women more than men in Russia.
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Any company with a serious desire to
correct gender imbalances in its ranks must begin by taking a close look at its own operational structures and professional development schemes to make sure unconscious biases aren't blocking bright, capable women from stepping up.
The expansion of the care economy therefore can draw more men into care work,
reduce gender imbalance in the composition of care workers, and help us reorient our thinking about the value of care.
Aside from perpetuating the concentration of business, leadership, and power in the hands of men, it allows men to avoid their responsibility for
eliminating gender imbalance in their organizations.
In 2010, as part of a 3 - year project based
around gender imbalance in India, drawing parallels between the cow — sacred animal and symbol of fertility — and her observance of the undervalued condition of India's women, Nourry created life - like figurative sculptures, the Holy Daughters, that were part sacred cow, part girl, in resin, placing them in the streets of New Delhi before stepping back to film the reactions of local men.
It's a plan that, on the red carpet and on the stage, will ensure the spotlight remains on the film industry's
endemic gender imbalances.
They had gathered to discuss the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research's (NWO's) groundbreaking affirmative action program Aspasia and to brainstorm about
how gender imbalance could continue to be tackled in universities and institutes nationwide.
Last month, my PR team and I pitched a panel idea to a prominent tech conference which has made public claims about its commitment to change these
notorious gender imbalances.
The lawsuit has
spotlighted gender imbalance in Silicon Valley venture capital and technology companies, where women are grossly underrepresented.
Compensating in another way for
divine gender imbalance, they convert «You do not hold back your mercy from me» (40:12) into «your maternal love surrounds me.»
Some individual committees exhibited a
particular gender imbalance: the Energy and Climate Change Committee only took evidence from two women out of 32 (or 6 %).
The Tories have the
worst gender imbalance of all major UK parties at 21 %, with Labour on 45 %, the SNP on 34 % and the Lib Dems 33 %.
R&B (52.0 %) had the lowest discrepancy while rap had the
greatest gender imbalance (93.2 % of performers)(rock: 77.8 %, other: 70.9 %).
► Gender imbalance persists, the authors say, because of choices girls and women make well before they attain professorships — especially the choice that many make during school: not to study math.
In order to reduce its
perpetual gender imbalance — 87 % of its 556 members are men — the academy seeks to recruit 10 new members in 2017 and six more in 2018, all female.
Gender bias in hiring is not blatant, the authors found, but gender - associated differences in productivity, postdoctoral experience, and institutional prestige of degree - granting institutions — which are likely due to bias against women during the training process — largely account for the
observed gender imbalance in computer science faculty hiring networks.
The implications of the research, Miller said, are important in guiding research, resources and strategies to explain and
change gender imbalances in science.
While those of a social persuasion should not rule out the possibility of meeting someone special in the office or on a night out, the reality is that chances are slim - and the
Christchurch gender imbalance can further complicate things!
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