Sentences with phrase «impacts women and minorities»

She says the «invisible» phenomenon often impacts women and minorities in unfair ways.

Lack of STEM - related skills will negatively impact women and minorities» chances to compete for employment, wages, and leadership in all professional fields (Oakes, 1990).

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But the former dominatrix says the very premise all of her trainings is based on — the idea that hidden power dynamics often impact minorities and women in unfair ways — seemed totally foreign to so many would - be students five years ago when she started teaching.

At the Democratic National Convention that year in Charlotte, N.C., the congresswoman pulled out all the stops, and warned that a Romney presidency would negatively impact middle - class voters, women, minorities and the American dream itself.

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This new source of funding will help all entrepreneurs, but may have an especially meaningful impact for women and minorities who may otherwise struggle to secure funding through traditional means such as venture capital and angel investment.

The lack of diversity in tech has created a culture and economy that disadvantages women and minorities in raising capital and in building ground - breaking companies with lasting impact.

One major fault in the espoused parallel relationships between Christian Privilege and other systems of systemic inequality that disproportionately impact racial minorities, women and the LGBTQ + community is that religious preference is scarcely, if ever, legal to request as a means of legitimizing documentation for state issued IDs, legal documents, marriage certificates, employment applications, etc..

Moreover, such criticism has been made by those involved, and it has been taken with increasing seriousness as the movement has attained greater maturity and impact: witness the large representation of poor and minority women at the 1977 National Women's Conference in Houwomen at the 1977 National Women's Conference in HouWomen's Conference in Houston.

You should think about who's hearing what you're saying and consider the democratic impact — be aware of how political debate risks undermining certain groups, such as minorities or women, and of the risk of silencing or objectifying other voices.

Turnout among minority voters and younger voters could affect the result in a district here or there, but an increase in suburban turnout or a substantial shift by suburban voters (especially suburban women) from the Republicans to the Democrats could have a much broader impact on the fight for control of the House.

The councilman said he recognized the impact that not having a woman on the Council would have as well as the need to have more minorities in senior of leadership positions in the city, state and federal governments.

The papers included in this interdisciplinary special issue address how poverty can affect human biology and cover issues including war and forced displacement, minorities and migrants, poverty in both developed and developing countries, health inequalities among girls and women in poverty and the impact of the economic downturn.

The data shows that over 60 % of students who want to major in STEM fail to do so.4 The impact is especially severe for women and minorities.

In an open letter to the Lord Chancellor, Ken Clarke, published in last week's NLJ, Storer said: «Th e proposals, which are estimated to have a cumulative impact of # 395m — # 440m on a budget of # 2.1 bn, will have a disproportionate impact on vulnerable women, children, black and minority ethnic clients, and those living with disability and mental health problems.

Ministers did carry out equality impact assessments looking at whether the cuts would have a disproportionate effect on women, Black, Asian and minority ethnic individuals and disabled people.

Women and minorities in legal tech are writing thought - provoking articles that answer real questions about ethics and impact, among other things.

Outside of the relatively conservative firm context, Boomers used the legal workplace to fight for their deeply - held beliefs, advancing the rights of women and minorities in the courts via impact litigation.

Larasi challenged us to assess our own use of language when we talk about «minority» groups — language that often isn't helpful when seeking to address the issues that intersect and impact on women's experience of gender inequality and violence.

[22] Lehavot, K. and Jane M. S. «The impact of minority stress on mental health and substance use among sexual minority women.»

The disproportionate impact of the economic downturn on diverse communities, minority - and women - owned businesses prompted legislators to seek stop gaps for future downturns.