"Gender parity" means equality or a balance between males and females. It refers to a situation where both genders have equal representation, opportunities, and rights in various aspects of life, such as education, employment, and leadership roles.
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In our office we push
for gender parity and we still have to make sure that it's really clear.
The number of countries that have achieved the goal
of gender parity in both primary and secondary education has risen from 36 to 62 since 2000.
And they worry the results may leave the incorrect impression that universities have
achieved gender parity in STEM fields.
If
gender parity on the bench is a goal, shouldn't we see a higher rate of appointment of those women who are recommended by the judicial advisory committees?
In fact, my little girl has gotten so concerned
with gender parity, she's begun to call out the «token female» in many of her favorite television shows.
While we've experienced tremendous growth in many ways, we're still far from
reaching gender parity in the world of commerce.
Some observers, however, worry that the study does not reproduce real - world hiring and that it may leave an incorrect impression
about gender parity in STEM fields.
Various studies have suggested that
improving gender parity may result in significant economic dividends, which vary depending on the situation of different economies and the specific challenges they are facing.
As a company openly committed to
increasing gender parity in the workplace it was clear attracting female tech talent would be key to addressing the problem.
The best efforts of companies to hire and promote women may simply not be enough to achieve
true gender parity.
This database allowed the researchers to estimate each field's present - day author gender ratio, its rate of change over time and
when gender parity is estimated to occur.
Going into 2017, 21 on the list had
total gender parity, and 42 company boards had between 40 percent and 50 percent women.
Although no country has achieved
full gender parity, those in the top five are at least 80 percent on the road to seeing this realised.
This is evidenced by the limited commitment of national governments to fund education and
gender parity programs.
Around the world, organizations understand the importance of — and are focused on — increasing
gender parity throughout their ranks.
«A quota remedy would
require gender parity — proportional representation of women in positions of power,» she says.
Yep, that means no women on the directorial or writing teams — a thing we'll keep complaining about until the industry moves toward anything
resembling gender parity.
And yet, at our country's current rate, it will take more than 75 years for us to
reach gender parity in the superintendent position.
Even in groups
with gender parity, the women tested did not actually verbally participate more than if they were in the minority.
Exact figures are hard to come by, but the anecdotal evidence strongly suggests that while there might be a semblance of
gender parity at the casual level, it fades away as one approaches the inner sanctum of obsessive birders like Sweet and Filardi.
Also at noon, LG Kathy Hochul discusses women in politics at the City & State
Gender Parity Summit, Manny Cantor Center, 197 E. Broadway, Manhattan.
The proposed fix is a «
gender parity stamp» that scores and approves content as balanced, a mentoring program for entry - to - mid-level females in the industry and an ambassador program to continue dialogues within studios and networks.
Schools stress that concern for
gender parity within MBA programs isn't about pandering, tokenism, or just «doing the right thing.»
Now in its 19th year, Women's Image Network (WIN) produces The Women's Image Awards to advance
gender parity by honoring women and men who create dimensional female media images.
Time's Up also aims to
establish gender parity at talent agencies and studios and has urged women walking the red carpet at the Golden Globes on Sunday to raise awareness by wearing black and discussing gender inequality.
The new group aims to amplify and coordinate efforts to
accelerate gender parity on boards and in executive positions, and contribute to...
It's an important point and one that exposes a limitation of the Boardlist's approach: No matter how many female directors they help place, Silicon Valley boards won't get anywhere
near gender parity until more women create and invest in startups.
The amount that would be added to global GDP if there were economic
gender parity among all countries in each region of the world (the «best in region» scenario, totaling $ 12T) or among all countries worldwide (the «full potential» scenario, totaling $ 28T).
Our ongoing efforts to
address gender parity include establishing a mentorship program aimed at supporting young lawyers as well as creating both a Woman's Vice-President position and a Women's Committee aimed at tackling gender issues encountered in our justice system.
International Women's Day on Thursday is intended to celebrate women's cultural and economic achievements and call for
more gender parity.
At a time when issues such
as gender parity in senior roles and the prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse of women and girls is at the top of the United Nation's agenda, including the «He for She» campaign, this appointment is more than surprising.
Notable recent estimates suggest that
economic gender parity could add an additional $ 250 billion to the GDP of the United Kingdom, $ 1,750 billion to that of the United States, $ 550 billion to Japan's, $ 320 billion to France's and $ 310 billion to the GDP of Germany.
At the Sundance Film Festival, Jon Hamm, Carey Mulligan, Hilary Swank and Chloe Sevigny suggest ways of
ensuring gender parity in Hollywood.
We put the spotlight on women artists every March through Support Women Artists Now Day, and we share news about trailblazing women artists and
gender parity activists all year long through the WomenArts Blog.