Not exact matches
The
increasing availability of education, coupled with shifting
roles in the home for
women, is not only changing
women's lives but also reworking attitudes toward gender differences and equality.
And this concerted, targeted effort led by CEO Klaus Kleinfeld resulted in a 3.2 percentage point bump in executives and a 2.7 percentage point
increase in
women in professional and plant manager
roles.
U.S. companies have been under pressure to
increase the
role of
women and minorities on their boards and top management.
Women in certain jobs, Burn argues, particularly those in which physical appearance plays a
role, «sometimes face
increased levels of sexual harassment because their jobs implicitly condone their sexual objectification.
As you'd expect, men outnumber
women on the list, but the 17 - to - 13 margin points to an
increase in the number and quality of
women pursuing leadership
roles in business.
But there's
increasing evidence that at least some of the pay differential between men and
women in the workplace — and especially that between moms and dads — is the result of preconceptions about the traditional
roles of the sexes.
According to PayScale's results at least, «Men tend to go into engineering, computer science, management
roles and director
roles more so than
women, and those jobs see fairly consistent pay
increases year in and year out,» Bardaro says.
Examine the reasons why so few
women choose to enter or stay in venture capital
roles and call on the venture capital industry to do more to recruit and promote
women investors to partner level
roles in order to
increase the number of
women investment professionals
Paul is most concerned with giving instructions on gender
roles in places where
women are being subjugated and seems entirely unconcerned, even sympathetic to their
increasing power when it happens on its own.
The same applies to the husband's awareness of the unique self - esteem problems of
women faced with changing sex
roles, the continuing dual - standard in many areas, the
increasing period of life after the children are raised and the problem of finding significance therein, and the preparation for creative widowhood which faces the vast majority of
women in our culture.
Like the rest of society, the church is feeling the shaking of its foundations as
women challenge their traditional
roles with
increasing vehemence.
Certainly in the past thirty years there has been a dramatic
increase in consideration of the proper status and
role of
women in the various cultures of the world in general ways, and for Christians a dramatic
increase in discussion and debate about the status and
role of
women in the Church.
Odette Kayitesi, underscored the crucial
role of
women in farming and the
increasing demand for rice in her country during a visit to the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) recently.
WLA has a vested interest in improving the health and diversity of the agriculture sector, and our Charter recognises the important and positive
role that
women can contribute as a result of
increased participation, particularly at senior / executive levels within organisations.
And, by
increasing the number of
women in leadership
roles in community groups and cooperatives, WCF is helping
women gain visibility and empowerment in the cocoa industry.
It will be a mutation of the soul and the spirit that will span months and years; it will involve enlarging muscle mass and
increasing brain power; it will include the hormonal process by which a girl becomes a
woman; it will entail the spiritual journey of a gifted amateur into a professional; and, even more burdensome and fascinating, it will require Michelle to publicly assume the
role for which she is being cast — the greatest
women's golfer ever, a potential savior of her sport.
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Women's Sport Trust raises the visibility and
increases the impact of
women's sport through role models, media coverage and fun
women's sport through
role models, media coverage and funding.
Among the reasons given for the falling rates: teens waiting longer to have intercourse,
increased use of contraception and, the report posits, the recession likely played some
role in holding down recent teen birth rates as it did among all other
women under 40.
A DBL Instructor's
role is to
increase the confidence levels in expectant
women and to elevate the sometimes challenges self - esteem in tired new mothers.
But even as an
increasing number of
women work full - time outside the home, our attachment to traditional gender
roles is hard to shake.
Immediately Penny recognized the authors desire to incorporate midwives and homebirths as viable options, so Penny worked to
increase the understanding of the Nurse Midwife's educational background and
role in both
women's health and maternity care.
Although
increasing numbers of
women are seeking employment outside the home, they continue their
role as the primary caregivers and home - makers.
However, the CBI pointed to
increasing numbers of young
women rising to senior
roles in business with 28 per cent of directors aged 18 - 29 being female.
On the specific issue of «window dressing», the
increased role of
women in New Labour seems to me correlated not with some kind of feminist victory within what's left of the historical Labour Party (that, I think, is a myth unfortunately) but rather with the growth of «affective labour» in the workplace.
And if you
increase the level of civility and lower the
role of money, you will get more
women [in politics].»
This is important because the
role of a select committee chair is a high profile, influential one; an
increase in the number of female chairs has a direct impact on the visibility of
women in Parliament, and may encourage more
women to play a
role in the committee system and politics itself.
She noted that over the past three years, more
women have served in senior leadership
roles within the mayor's office and city agencies and that more resources have been allocated to
increase participation of minority - and
women - owned businesses and enterprises.
«Brief exposure to charismatic career
women inspires female students to pursue same field: Easy, inexpensive experiment briefly sent inspiring
role models into intro to econ classes and sharply
increased college female interest in the male - dominated, well - paying field of economics.»
In recent decades, policymakers, research organizations, and funders of science have made efforts to
increase the participation of
women in science teams, leadership
roles, and evaluation panels.
Research has shown an
increase in the frequency of anxiety in
women during midlife, likely as a result of decreased levels of estrogen, which has a neuroprotective
role.
The apparent protective
role of a
woman's weight in the new study proved a real surprise, Lukanova told Science News Online: «We went in expecting to find an
increase in risk with
increasing BMI.»
The reshuffle allows commission President Jean - Claude Juncker to make good on his promise to
increase the number of
women in senior management
roles, 20 months before the end of his term.
«That consistent
increase suggests factors other than differences in socioeconomic status play a strong
role in the excess odds seen in black
women.
Lasek believes that the
increased sensitivity to alcohol in the VTA when estrogen levels peak may play a significant
role in the development of addiction in
women.
«Preclinical studies suggest a possible benefit of estrogen therapy when combined with exercise to
increase strength and performance and to prevent the loss of muscle mass, but the
role of estrogen in muscle mass is not yet clear for postmenopausal
women,» says Dr. JoAnn Pinkerton, executive director of NAMS.
Odette Kayitesi, underscored the crucial
role of
women in farming and the
increasing demand for rice in her country during a visit to IRRI recently.
Other strategies that could stimulate
women to stay in science are a) various forms of flexibility with federal - grant funding designed to accommodate
women with young children keeping these
women in the game; b)
increasing the value of teaching, service, and administrative experience in the tenure / promotion evaluation process; c) providing on - campus childcare centres; d) supporting requests from partners for shared tenure lines that enable couples to better balance work and personal / caretaking
roles; e) stopping the tenure clock for one year per child due to childbearing demands; f) providing fully - paid leave for giving birth for tenure track
women for one semester; g) providing equal opportunity for
women and men to lead committees and research groups.
NASAScience4Girls and Their Families is a multi-faceted effort, reflecting the
role of the SMD Forums in
increasing: the efficiency and effectiveness of the SMD E / PO program, the partnerships between NASA science education programs and libraries, and the educational events held in conjunction with
Women's History Month.
«It is believed that environmental and lifestyle factors, such as diet, play a critical
role in
increasing human breast cancer risk, and so we use animal models to reveal the biological mechanisms responsible for the
increase in risk in
women and their female progeny,» says Hilakivi - Clarke.
A 2014 meta - analysis of 15 studies evaluating the
role of coffee consumption in fracture risk suggested that daily consumption of coffee is associated with an
increased risk of fractures in
women in a dose dependent fashion and a contrasting decreased risk in men8.
Given the well - established
role of steroid hormones in breast cancer etiology for postmenopausal
women, these findings may have important health implications» Tumor growth from these hormone imbalances is also evident «A dramatic
increase in estrogen - dependent malignant diseases, such as ovarian, corpus uteri, breast, testicular and prostate cancers has been recognized.
The scientists reported that the odds of diabetes diminished as antioxidant consumption
increased, and noted that antioxidant capacity may play an important
role in reducing the risk of diabetes in middle - aged
women.
Some of the positive changes we are noticing are more
women being elected in leadership
roles, more
women running for elected office, an
increase in
women starting up their own businesses and more
women in college.
Women that did not take arms toiled in industry, transport, agriculture and performed their other civilian
roles, working double shifts to free up enlisted men to fight and
increase military production.
With Judy Greer being the current centre of the ever -
increasing storm over the poor state of
roles for
women in Hollywood (Jurassic World and Ant - Man... they aren't exactly «Judy Greer movies»), a new trailer showcasing both Judy and Natasha Lyonne in a comedy is hopefully a defiant YES on our patented trailer - judgment scale.
Though an
increasing number of
women are directing movies today, film directing is still a male - dominated
role in the industry particularly when it comes to big - budget studio movies.
Their Finest has a solid starting point, focusing on
women's
increased role during WWII, specifically at London's major film studio.
The
increased role of
women in the military over the past few decades has added gender issues into the mix.
Women's education, employment, and family
roles and the interrelations between them have attracted
increasing attention during the last few years.
She added that flexible working could also
increase the numbers of
women achieving leadership
roles.