Sentences with phrase «keep women in the workforce»

«You've got to keep women in the workforce, whether it's through having children, caring for elder parents, all the things,» she says.

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That the arrival took so long reflects the difficulty of making changes in a profoundly conservative country where tradition had long kept women out of the workforce almost entirely.

Many employers are keeping talented young women in the workforce by offering flexible jobs for millennial moms.

In her book, Unfinished Business: Women Men Work Family, Anne - Marie Slaughter advises: «Don't drop out, defer... if you keep your hand in the workforce while you are devoting more of your time to care, it will be easier to ramp up than to get back in.&raquIn her book, Unfinished Business: Women Men Work Family, Anne - Marie Slaughter advises: «Don't drop out, defer... if you keep your hand in the workforce while you are devoting more of your time to care, it will be easier to ramp up than to get back in.&raquin the workforce while you are devoting more of your time to care, it will be easier to ramp up than to get back in.&raquin.»

Just as they hinder women's equal participation in the workforce, rigid gender roles keep men stuck in harmful cultural stasis.

The number of jobs in STEM fields is expected to keep growing rapidly, but women are currently very underrepresented, accounting for less than a quarter of employees in the STEM workforce, according to a report by the Economics and Statistics Administration at the U.S. Department of Commerce.

She said, however, that like in many other places, the struggle for gender equity continues, and Jordan has begun implementing initiatives, for instance, to keep more talented women in the workforce after they graduate.

«Keeping in touch while you're away makes it a lot easier to get back up to speed,» points out Deborah Gillis of Catalyst, a non profit group that helps women in the workforce.