Sentences with phrase «gender parity on»

Since these numbers were first brought to my attention last week, I've been thinking hard about what's needed to bring about change and where action can be taken to support greater gender parity on the bench in the federal courts.

In fact, the report shows women GCs have achieved and exceeded gender parity on board representation, which does not exist among lawyers in general (where women hold 23 per cent of board positions) or board members generally (where women hold 20 per cent of board positions.)

Finally, and sadly, though not particularly surprising (at a conference trafficked by tech types and law firm leaders — worlds in which we're all familiar with the gender - balance hurdles), it didn't always feel like there was a semblance of gender parity on the panels and in the presentations and keynotes.

The new group aims to amplify and coordinate efforts to accelerate gender parity on boards and in executive positions, and contribute to...

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International Women's Day on Thursday is intended to celebrate women's cultural and economic achievements and call for more gender parity.

Ellis and partner Nikolay Djibankov use a strategy called Gender Lens Investment, which targets companies with at least three women on their boards of directors, in the creation of a so - called «parity portfolio» for clients.

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.

Going into 2017, 21 on the list had total gender parity, and 42 company boards had between 40 percent and 50 percent women.

Recently, Equilar, a research firm that focuses on board recruitment, put together a Gender Diversity Index and predicts that the board of directors on the Russell 3000 list — the 3000 largest companies based in the United States — will achieve parity, with a membership made up of 50 percent women and 50 percent men, by the fourth quarter of 2055.

«While women still make up less than 20 percent of U.S. boards on average, movement toward greater gender parity is evident with the proportion of new nominees that are women nearly doubling over the past seven years at larger firms,» Kamonjoh said in a statement.

While Lyft's attempt to raise awareness about the gender wage gap echoes similar corporate moves that capitalize on these national awareness days, the company has recently doubled down on efforts to fix its own pay parity issues.

For more information on Zillow Group's commitment to gender parity and the White House Equal Pay Pledge, please click here: https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/12/07/fact-sheet-white-house-announces-new-commitments-equal-pay-pledge

Laura D'Andrea Tyson, an economics and business professor at the Haas School at the University of Berkeley, told a panel at the 2016 World Economic Forum that the gender parity debate is wrongly focused on fairness.

Founded on the premise that advancing the full talent pool will make Canada's tech industry the strongest and most inclusive in the world, #movethedial believes the opportunity for gender parity exists at a global level.

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.

Is there a place for pro-life women to partner with their pro-choice sisters on areas where they share common convictions: workplace parity, gender - based violence, racial justice, motherhood, and more?

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.).

Information on socioeconomic background, maternal diseases and obstetric history, parity, gender, fetal exposure to alcohol (at least 2 drinks a week during the entire pregnancy) and cigarette smoking (at least 1 cigarette a day during the last trimester), type and duration of breastfeeding, and maternal intelligence (Raven Progressive Matrices) was obtained through questionnaires administered in person after delivery and at 13 months.

Any wonder he conveniently ignored data on universal access to basic education, gender parity, time on task, social intervention programmes, scholarships, gross enrollment, text book to pupil ratio, pupil teacher ratio, TVET reforms, WASSCE awards, university rankings just to mention a few.

The statement added that the lack of free sanitary towels for schoolgirls «can impact negatively on the Free SHS programme,» explaining that: «As poor menstrual hygiene management can result in absenteeism, poor performance, hamper gender parity in education and the overall achievement of the Free Senior High School programme.»

Some of the bills passed this year that he mentioned include a state ban on bump stocks, reform of the state's parole system, gender parity in pay and fairness for victims of sexual assault.

GhanPoliticsonline.com» The other aspect is that, we were supposed to achieved gender parity; it meant that as many girls of school going should be going to school as the boys were and we had also achieved gender parity almost on one to one.»

While much of this discrepancy can be explained with reference to society's established power structures and imbalances, we'd like to see more of an effort made on the Committee side to bring about, where possible, a greater degree of gender and regional parity.

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.

Gender parity in South African politics, with its emphasis on women's rights has not yet filtered through to the majority of domestic situations.

A spokesperson said in a statement: «Gadot broke through this year as a powerful voice advocating for women, not only on screen as the iconic Wonder Woman, but in life as well, using her platform to encourage those in the entertainment industry and beyond to strive for fairness and parity across genders.»

Greta Gerwig's «Lady Bird» becomes best - reviewed film on Rotten Tomatoes, Disney finds its live - action «Mulan,» and «The Post» star Meryl Streep laments the lack of gender parity

How did they fare on gender parity and diversity?

A new study, released by the Women's Media Center in time for the 67th Primetime Emmys (Sept. 20), shows that the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences has a tarnished record when it comes to gender parity in the creative categories of writing (6), directing (8), editing (10), and producing (20)-- categories that cover jobs that have the most influence on what is depicted on the small screen.

Support Women Artists Now Day / SWAN Day is an annual international celebration of women's creativity and gender parity activism held on the last Saturday of March and celebrated throughout March and April.

Measures include: an «unconscious bias» educator to work with companies on developing content that represents everyone, 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.

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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.

Bello said she is part of an effort to develop a «gender parity stamp» to recognize productions that are actively increasing opportunities for women on both sides of the camera.

On Sunday, the National Museum of Women in the Arts, in Washington, D.C., will host a panel titled «Righting the Balance — Can there be gender parity in the art world?»

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.

Please join us for a Movies that Matter Special Screening of Battle of the Sexes, the powerful new film that celebrates female empowerment and gender parity, on Tuesday, November 14 at 7:00 PM in the Otis College Forum.

This is a time for optimism and celebration of the remarkable gains to which the MDGs have contributed worldwide, including: decreasing the global share of people living on less than $ 1.25 per day by more than two - thirds since 1990; more than halving the rate of child mortality; and reaching gender parity in primary - school enrollment.

The latest World Economic Forum report on gender parity indicates that we're actually going backwards across health, education, politics and the workplace for the first time since 2006.

Pinsent Masons has restated its gender pay gap figures to include partner data and called on fellow law firms to work together to develop a common approach to pay disclosures next year, in a bid to address the lack of gender parity in the profession.

Dechert trade partner Miriam Gonzalez on role models, the prospects for gender parity and her three top tips for ambitious female lawyers

Around the world, organizations understand the importance of — and are focused on — increasing gender parity throughout their ranks.

«This is an important milestone on the journey towards greater gender parity at all levels within large UK businesses.

The latest World Economic Fo - rum report on gender parity in - dicates that we're actually go - ing backwards across health, education, politics and the workplace for the first time since 2006.