Sentences with phrase «lowest percentage of women»

Edmonton and Calgary have the lowest percentage of women in any Canadian city.

The party has the lowest percentage of women in parliament and the lowest number of MPs.

After a report showed a low percentage of women as lead lawyers, Judge Jack Weinstein has urged for more substantive roles for junior female lawyers in his courtroom.

The researchers say that changing computer science stereotypes to make more students feel welcome in high school classrooms would help recruit more girls to the field, which has one of the lowest percentages of women among STEM fields.

To be honest, I wouldn't suggest any dating site specifically intended for marital affairs because an extremely low percentage of women would ever sign up to such service.

The NYLS survey asks whether the low percentage of female Editors - in - Chief foreshadows the low percentages of women on the bench, in law firm partnerships, and in the general counsel's office of Fortune 500 companies; after all, if women are not attaining leadership positions in law school, how will they fare in the leadership ranks in the profession?

As Justice Ginsburg explained in her partial dissent, «[w] omen fill 70 percent of the hourly jobs in the retailer's stores but make up only ’33 percent of management employees,»» and «the higher one looks in the organization the lower the percentage of women.»

Inclusion is key and always has been but, by having a higher proportion of those from STEM subjects, we currently have a lower percentage of women than most graduate jobs.

Lower percentage of women experienced domestic violence from their partner in the past 6 months (7 % versus 14 %).

Not exact matches

Women entrepreneurs get a startlingly low percentage of VC funding.

The percentage of women coached by women has declined to an all - time low, even while Title IX, which prohibits sex - based discrimination in any education program or activity that receives federal dollars, has dramatically increased participation numbers for female athletes.

Women were also found to be consistently using a lower percentage of external debt compared to men.

• Increased women in workforce from 25.8 % to 27.3 % in 2017, and is working toward better representation in an industry that has a notably low percentage of female employees.

Software companies had one of the highest percentages of women directors and the lowest of top - paid executives, said study author Amanda Kimball.

Management at the largest tech firms, including Google, have publicly committed to diversifying their workforces, although the percentage of women in engineering and management roles remains low at many companies.

The fund also sponsors complimentary photography workshops to low - income women and girls and a percentage of every client's fee is given to the causes the Lola Fund supports.

It turns our that one reason for the low percentage of dollars going to companies with women CEO's and executives is that there are so few women VCs.

Because women more strongly want to keep their children with them, in states where there is a presumption of shared custody with the husband the percentage of women who initiate divorces is much lower.

No wonder the percentage of women who continue to nurse at 6 months is so low.

I don't buy that the percentages of women who CAN NOT nurse to 6 months is as low as this article says.

It's only a small percentage of women that will have a true low milk supply.

The reviewers build a compelling case: First, only very small percentage of pregnant women experience low blood pressure when lying on their back.

Only a small percentage of women who want to breastfeed can't due to lactation failure or a true low breast milk supply.

WBFO's senior reporter Eileen Buckley says Lt. Governor Hochul addressed the issue of a high percentage of women in education, but a low percentage seeking leadership roles.

WBFO's senior reporter Eileen Buckley says Hochul addressed the issue of a high percentage of women in education, but a low percentage seeking leadership roles.

But there will undoubtedly be some progress; the Electoral Reform Society predict that the proportion of women elected will rise to 29.5 % — still low, but a seven percentage point increase on current levels.

The Santa Clara County Democratic Party gender balance of officers are almost offset with five out of 12 women officers (41.7 %), but the democratic central committee voting members are at a low percentage of 26.4 being women.

Furthermore, the percentage of full professors who are women remains a low 21 percent.

I.V.: The percentage of applications from women scientists is low overall.

Among women diagnosed with early - stage breast cancer in California, the percentage undergoing a double mastectomy increased substantially between 1998 and 2011, although this procedure was not associated with a lower risk of death than breast - conserving surgery plus radiation, according to a study in the September 3 issue of JAMA.

Areas such as anthropology, on the other hand, had a lower emphasis on innate talent and a higher percentage of female Ph.D. s. Men and women showed no difference in how they ranked their fields.

The percentage of physicians making campaign contributions in federal elections increased to 9.4 percent in 2012 from 2.6 percent in 1991, and during that time physician contributors shifted away from Republicans toward Democrats, especially in specialties dominated by women or those that are traditionally lower paying such as pediatrics, according to a new study by Adam Bonica, Ph.D., of Stanford University, California, and colleagues.

Women may respond differently to therapy because they have different hormone levels, lower body weight and a higher percentage of body fat.

Approximately equal numbers of women and men enter and graduate from medical school in the United States and United Kingdom.1 2 In northern and eastern European countries such as Russia, Finland, Hungary, and Serbia, women account for more than 50 % of the active physicians3; in the United Kingdom and United States, they represent 47 % and 33 % respectively.4 5 Even in Japan, the nation in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development with the lowest percentage of female physicians, representation doubled between 1986 and 2012.3 6 However, progress in academic medicine continues to lag, with women accounting for less than 30 % of clinical faculty overall and for less than 20 % of those at the highest grade or in leadership positions.7 - 9 Understanding the extent to which this underrepresentation affects high impact research is critical because of the implicit bias it introduces to the research agenda, influencing future clinical practice.10 11 Given the importance of publication for tenure and promotion, 12 women's publication in high impact journals also provides insights into the degree to which the gender gap can be expected to close.

Compared to the benign breast tissue of postmenopausal women, results showed that the breast tissue in postmenopausal women with invasive ductal carcinoma was comprised of a higher percentage of saturated fatty acids and a lower percentage of monounsaturated fatty acids.

However, a small percentage of women with low estrogen and estrogen deficiency symptoms combined with indications of osteoporosis will benefit from using a small amount of supplemental estrogen with progesterone at this time of their life.

None of the exercises that I demonstrate in this blog post will have much benefit to you unless you have a low body fat percentage (8 - 15 % for men and 15 - 25 % for women).

With the lower body, women can do the same number of reps as men at a given percentage of their 1RM [one - rep max], since we have a similar distribution of type I and type II muscle fibers there.

The conservative approach is to start at the lower end, and if you do not get results, to then increase the dose; however, a significant percentage of women will need higher doses.

Do high fat, low carb diets work as effectively for women because my fat percentage was on the lower end of the scale when I started following this way of eating almost a year ago.

After control for potential confounders, women in the highest quintile of PHVO intake had higher plasma concentrations of C - reactive protein (CRP; percentage difference from lowest quintile: 45 %; P for trend: < 0.01), tumor necrosis factor - α (TNF - α; 66 %; P for trend: < 0.01), interleukin - 6 (72 %; P for trend: < 0.05), and soluble intercellular adhesion molecule - 1 (sICAM - 1; 22 %; P for trend: < 0.01) than did women in the lowest quintile.

I know 18.5 % is typically recommended as the lowest for women in that age range but it seems counterintuitive to intentionally overeat and be lazy to gain a higher percentage of body fat.

Moreover, a significantly greater percentage of women with low than with high InsP6 levels showed more than 2 % of bone mass loss in the lumbar spine (55.6 vs. 20.7 %).

This percentage varies for women from different cultural backgrounds, with Asian women having the lowest occurrence of night sweats during menopause.

This plus a low body fat percentage (sub-10 % for men and sub-20 % for women) takes them from «normal» to «fitness model,» but stops short of «bodybuilder.»

«Only 3 % of this year's film releases by the six major Hollywood studios are directed by women — the lowest percentage in five years,» said Laura Florence, vice president of marketing and sales at Gravitas Ventures.

For instance, here in Central Texas, there is an incredible 50 percentage point difference (93 % versus 43 %) in passing rates on the English II End of Course Exam for non-low income young women versus our low - income black and Hispanic boys.

Given that the percentage of low - income suburban fourth - grade young men struggling with literacy is only seven percentage points lower than that for big - city counterparts (and only six points lower for suburban fourth - grade young women peers than for big - city counterparts), suburban districts are doing as poorly as big - city counterparts in providing the poorest kids with high - quality education needed for success in an increasingly knowledge - based economy.

One that it is indeed troubling that tenures are shorter for women and in districts that have high percentages of low - income students and student of color.

To see how relationships fare in each city, we looked for the lowest percentages of divorced men and women.