Sentences with phrase «last year of a woman»

PULLMAN, Wash. — The death last year of a woman in Reno, Nev., from an infection resistant to every type of antibiotic available in the U.S. highlights how serious the threat of antimicrobial resistance has become.

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«I'm working to create a space where it feels easy to include and imagine black girls and make black girls like me the main characters of our lives,» Dias said at Forbes» Women Summit in New York City last year.

«Cite the prices of corn last year to grow it, against what we were actually receiving per tonne for it,» the middle - aged woman tells her partner inside their small kitchen.

There was some positive news last year: Women - led companies made up 4.94 % of all VC deals in 2016 — the highest percentage in the past decade.

Last year a woman who had an ovary frozen at the age of 13 gave birth after doctors used the tissue to restore her fertility.

While the percentage of the deals that went to women increased last year, women actually lost ground when it comes to the share of VC dollars.

As of last year, about 950,000 women were self - employed, good for one - third of the national total.

Canadian companies even have a new resource to turn to in their quest for female candidates: a recruiting firm launched last year by Pamela Jeffery, founder of the Women's Executive Network.

One of the most important social trends since World War II is the percentage of working age women in the workforce, which has doubled in the last 50 years.

Joe Segel, founder of QVC, last year co-founded dual customized hair care brands: HairRx, aimed at middle - aged women, and Millennial - oriented Cloud 10.

«Last year when I was raising money, being black, being a woman, being pregnant — it was just strike after strike of what investors are not interested in,» says Aniyia Williams, Tinsel's CEO.

Last year, Diversity Lab held a Women In Law Hackathon in collaboration with Stanford Law School and Bloomberg Law, in search of new, scalable inclusion ideas.

Co-founders Devin Haman and Jeff Bozz (last we saw them, they were firing a pair of hard - partying friends named Holly and Molly) will be back for a new season on E! later this year... AmieStreet.com, a music - downloading start - up that raises the price of a song as it gains popularity, hit the jackpot when users found recordings on the site by Ashley Alexandra Dupré, the woman linked with former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer.

What's more, one of the women in the Equilar 100, Oracle's (orcl) Safra Catz, tied with her co-CEO, Mark Hurd, for the title of highest paid chief executive, raking in $ 53.2 last year, significantly boosting the women's average.

Despite growing public awareness, data shows that of the total companies that received funding last year, only 4 % were owned by women.

Last year, women made up more than half of newly appointed HR executives, a role that's typically responsible for ensuring a company can acquire and develop the staff it needs to execute the larger business plan.

• The share of women appointed to Fortune 500 boards declined last year.

«To honor Barbara Bush as a commencement speaker is to honor a woman who has gained recognition through the achievements of her husband, which contravenes what we have been taught over the last four years at Wellesley.»

She is also a formidable voice for women's empowerment in Turkey, a nation with one of the worst gender gaps in the workplace; the university founded and chaired by Sabancı made headlines last year when it published a report on the impact of domestic violence against white - collar working women in Turkey.

In fact she's afraid not to: «Never love something so much that you can't let go of it,» she said at Fortune «s Most Powerful Woman Summit last year.

After observing dozens of board meetings over the last fifteen years and interviewing hundreds of directors, the dialogue and behavior changes with women in boardrooms.

According to research published last year in Psychology of Women Quarterly, people making hiring decisions — even those who profess to believe in gender equality — overwhelmingly associate qualified female candidates with diminished competence.

As founder and CEO of the Malala Fund, this poised 24 - year - old is determined to build a lasting organization that helps women around the world get access to education.

Driving the program are the findings of the No Ceilings report, which showed that over the last 20 years, women have become healthier and more educated, but have not made much progress economically.

Nasty Gal, which started out auctioning vintage items on eBay, now sells unselfconsciously sexy clothing to 18 to 24 - year - old women and reportedly racked up sales of over $ 100 million last year (the number has been widely reported, but Amoruso would not confirm it).

Last year, Twitter experienced some much deserved backlash after failing to take any action on a number of cases where women were sexually harassed and threatened.

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear Young's case and ultimately rule on what accommodations employers must make under the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, a decision that could touchthe lives of the 68 million working women in the U.S. and the 62 % of new moms in the last year who were part of the workforce.

Late last year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration rejected Sprout Pharmaceuticals» treatment for hyposexual desire disorder (HSDD) in women — in simple terms, a lack of sexual desire — because it wasn't convinced of the benefits.

Last year, with sales of $ 821 million, Wonder Woman became the highest grossing superhero origin film of all time.

The La Pietra Coalition, a group of leaders advocating for women's advancement that last year launched The Third Billion campaign to support the scores of women entering the workforce, identifies four challenges that stand between women and equal opportunity.

Of the STEM disciplines, tech is the only one where the participation of women has actually decreased in the last 20 years, explained Judith Spitz, a former Verizon CIO of 10 years, during the 2016 Propeller Innovation Festival in Hoboken, NOf the STEM disciplines, tech is the only one where the participation of women has actually decreased in the last 20 years, explained Judith Spitz, a former Verizon CIO of 10 years, during the 2016 Propeller Innovation Festival in Hoboken, Nof women has actually decreased in the last 20 years, explained Judith Spitz, a former Verizon CIO of 10 years, during the 2016 Propeller Innovation Festival in Hoboken, Nof 10 years, during the 2016 Propeller Innovation Festival in Hoboken, NJ.

Much like the success of last year's Warner Bros. film Wonder Woman helped change the conversation around a female superhero movie helmed by a woman director, a box - office smashing debut for Black Panther could pave the way for a similar paradigm shift in Hollywood with regard to how studios approach big - budget stories about characters of cWoman helped change the conversation around a female superhero movie helmed by a woman director, a box - office smashing debut for Black Panther could pave the way for a similar paradigm shift in Hollywood with regard to how studios approach big - budget stories about characters of cwoman director, a box - office smashing debut for Black Panther could pave the way for a similar paradigm shift in Hollywood with regard to how studios approach big - budget stories about characters of color.

Today's must - read story is by Fortune contributor Heidi Hartmann, an economist, MacArthur Fellow, and president of the Institute for Women's Policy Research, who reports that the gender pay gap hit a record low last year.

Last year, women MBA graduates received half the job offers — one versus two, on average — of their male counterparts, despite sending out 20 % more applications, according to GMAC.

«So the gender pay gap data is from April last year, we've already increased the percentage of women to nearly 37 percent in our senior leadership and our 40 percent minimum is our 2020 targets.»

The owner of women's clothing chains including Dressbarn and Lane Bryant, Ascena Retail (asna) grew sales nearly 46 % last year after it acquired Ann Taylor (and the affiliated Loft) early in fiscal 2016.

The club Lee and her peers belong to is a small one: fewer than 6 % of all decision - markers at U.S. venture capital firms were women last year, according to a Fortune analysis.

Last year, IWD gained traction in the wake of the Women's March, as the organizers of the demonstration channeled feminist energy into «A Day Without A Woman «-- a movement that sought to highlight the role that women play in the domestic and global ecoWomen's March, as the organizers of the demonstration channeled feminist energy into «A Day Without A Woman «-- a movement that sought to highlight the role that women play in the domestic and global ecowomen play in the domestic and global economy.

The last of the year's four tennis Grand Slam tournaments crowns its champions this weekend and women's favorite Serena Williams is looking to make history by becoming the first woman to win all four Grand Slam events in the same calendar year since Steffi Graf in 1988.

• Last year GM CEO Mary Barra oversaw the launch of the Women in Action leadership development program.

Last year, women received 7 % of all venture capital.

Last year, women comprised a meager 7 percent of directors for the top 250 films, a two - point drop from 1998, according to the Center For the Study of Women in Television & women comprised a meager 7 percent of directors for the top 250 films, a two - point drop from 1998, according to the Center For the Study of Women in Television & Women in Television & Film.

Last year, it rolled out a series of exchange - traded funds designed for women to save for retirement.

Before last year, however, International Women's Day just wasn't that big of a deal, and few Americans knew this «holiday» existed.

(A Fortune magazine piece last year covered how GoDaddy worked to change the tone of its racy, sometimes sexist, ads in order to better appeal to women, who represent a large swath of the country's small business owners.)

Sexual assault and harassment in the US military is largely under - reported and came under renewed scrutiny last year after a scandal involving some Marines sharing nude photos of women online came to light.

Last year, Deloitte's fifth edition of its «Women in the boardroom: A global perspective» report showed that 15 percent of all board seats globally were taken up by wWomen in the boardroom: A global perspective» report showed that 15 percent of all board seats globally were taken up by womenwomen.

Last year a number of companies created powerful, pro-female ads and videos designed to inspire, motivate and strike an emotional chord — an appealing approach that seems to be winning with women.

Sandi MacPherson, who founded the online community Quibb, started working last year with tech conference organizers to help recruit women to fill at least half of the speaking slots.

And last year, ECU associate dean for research and higher degrees, Linda Kristjanson, was named Australian Telstra Business Woman of the Year, in recognition of pioneering palliative care reseayear, ECU associate dean for research and higher degrees, Linda Kristjanson, was named Australian Telstra Business Woman of the Year, in recognition of pioneering palliative care reseaYear, in recognition of pioneering palliative care research.