Sentences with phrase «made gender issues»

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has made gender issues a central focus of the Liberal platform, as well as a major theme of its G7 presidency.
Don't make your gender an issue, or it will be an issue.

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By moving in the direction of having publicly traded companies have a policy that includes consideration of gender representation on boards and in senior management, we hope that they will really take that issue seriously, that they'll consider how they're finding people to be on their boards, how they're moving women through senior management roles and making them eligible for boards appointments.
High profile edge cases, like the sexual harassment allegations at Uber, have the unfortunate effect of making ongoing diversity and gender equality issues seem insignificant in comparison.
Though they have made their mark in the private sector, these men and women are taking public stands on hot button social and environmental issues ranging from gay marriage to climate change to gender equality.
It may be easier to make progress on gender issues with countries that more closely share Canadian values.
Most Christianity today is, in my opinion, not a religion that Jesus preached, but a religion made up about Jesus by various authorities, and as the cartoon points out, some still have a lot of issues with gender, sexism, sexuality, power and control.
The Beijing Declaration, issued by the largest world gathering of women, made radical recommendations which, if enforced, will transform the status of the neglected gender.
The clearest association I make, of course, is with the gender equality discussion within evangelicalism — not only because it's an issue near to my heart, but also because we are dealing with many of the same biblical texts.
In the case of Psalms, there is a delicate issue of practical judgment involved because it is at least conceivable that by now millions of Catholic women — I have no way of knowing — have become so sensitive to textual phenomena such as pronoun usage that the only way to make these poems accessible to them as vehicles for prayer is to observe strict gender neutrality in the language.
The preference for a male may be unspoken or obliquely voiced by search committees, especially in liberal Protestant denominations where «it is totally unacceptable to refuse» pastor candidates because of gender, race or ethnicity and it is «frowned upon» to make age or marital status an issue, said the study, published last year as part of the Pulpit & Pew project at Duke Divinity School.
As women open up with each other about issues like dual callings, sexuality, gender, body image, and more, they have more freedom to make a statement and challenge assumptions than if they were tied to an organization.
It makes sense that you might attach the issue at hand with the gender, and worry that your next child of the same gender will automatically face the same struggles.
Relationship Issues Intimacy & Commitment Communication & Problem Solving Sex Money Parenthood Stress on Marriage Work & Parenthood Discipline Dealing with a Move Parenting Children Pregnancy & Childbirth Newborn - 2 years 2 - 3 years 4 - 7 years 8 - 10 years Pre-Puberty & Adolescence Individual Issues & Family Relationships Divorce & Separation Step Families In - Laws Relationship Problems Gender Issues Depression Grief & Loss Special Concerns Grandparents Making Healthy Families
But access is not a purely financial issue: there are many other barriers from poor primary and secondary education to gender discrimination that can make university effectively unattainable.
Schools have a critical role in the issue of gender equality and making sure that all children and young people have the best life chances, a fringe meeting organised by the NASUWT, the largest teachers» union in the UK has heard.
In 2015, the state Education Department issued further guidelines under the act to specifically prevent discrimination of transgender and gender - nonconforming students, along with suggestions on how to make them feel more comfortable at school, including the right to use the restroom and locker room in accordance with their gender identity, participate in gender - segregated activities in accordance with their gender identity, and adhere to dress codes in accordance with their gender identity and expression.
Collaborating with groups like the National Postdoctoral Association, which works on establishing living wages and paid maternity and paternity leave for postdocs, among other issues, could help make child rearing both financially possible and more gender equitable.
As reported in the October 2009 issue of Psychological Science, the well - known gender difference vanished when men and women assumed more egalitarian roles — when women made the rounds and men sat, both sexes were equally choosy.
Conference panellists Baroness Diana Warwick, chief executive of CVCP, and Sir Brian Fender, chief executive of HEFCE, made it clear that the Equality Challenge Unit will not focus solely on the gender issue, and that bolstering the number of women in SET will be lumped into a broader pool of discrimination issues including racial equality and power struggles between administration, research, and technical teams.
The queen then sought out the larger cells and, on average, laid nearly three times as many drone eggs as usual, apparently making up for the skewed hive gender ratio that resulted from her incarceration, the researchers report in the November / December issue of Behavioural Ecology.
The way he seamlessly turns this sexual / mental illness into an issue of gender and of degree stands as testament that Michael Haneke, regardless of how hard it is to watch at times, can make some of the strongest remarks through films.
«Mr. Mom» wouldn't work as well now in my opinion, although many gender - issue comedies have been made since.
This one has all the right elements and moments to make you fall back in love with the tragic events of R & J, but it doesn't hold strong to the true political, social and gender issues that the play invokes.
The film doesn't make an issue of gender beyond the odd line of dialogue (referencing the multiple all - male squads that failed), but given the prevailing mood in Hollywood, its timing is impeccable.
Because no issue on the internet is really an issue until someone makes an infographic about it, here is an exceptionally thorough data visualization from the New York Film Academy examining gender inequality in American cinema.
Stephen Woolley, the British producer of such films as The Crying Game and Made in Dagenham, is part of the team behind Colette (as well as Carol), and says that «period films can often be more persuasive on contemporary issues — political, gender, sociological».
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising retreads a lot of the same ground from the original in that it's still the story of a Greek house making life a living hell for Mac (Seth Rogen) and his wife Kelly (Rose Byrne), but Neighbors 2 goes deeper by delving into gender issues and sexism.
Filmmaker Gurinder Chadha further tweaks expectations by making this a teen female sports film that looks to issues of gender, class and race.
Although the film does tackle some gender issues (Kildare's profession has not progressed as he is «not the marrying kind», while Elizabeth is determined to prove women can make it without the help of a man) The Limehouse Golem is more a riveting Victorian thriller than feminist social commentary.
Gender based and cultural barriers to participation to sport will make up part of the new qualification, as well as ethical issues such as the increased commercialisation of sports, violence in sports and the use of performance enhancing drugs.
Trish Glazebrook, U.S. Representative for Gender CC: Women for Climate Justice, made clear: «Gender is not an «add - on issue».
Increase target women knowledge about gender issues and human rights with improvement in their skills to advocate their rights and to participate in decision making, it will also has impact the children through the work with teachers and within schools - as well as the whole community through public event community mobilization and so on.
When we speak of empathy, what tools do we have that make our interactions more powerful, especially when issues of race, class, and gender come up?
In addressing these issues, there are existing organizations that are working towards gender quality by: 1) Educating communities on the potential of young girls; 2) Providing girls with a voice to break generational - cycles, and 3) Making contraception and family planning accessible.
She always came back to the issue that made her apply to the Ed School in the first place: the need for more education about sexual assault, violence and prevention, and gender inequality.
And above all, seek to make gender equity our collective challenge, one we'll tackle together — not just «her» issue to tackle alone.
In addition, a number of issues have made their way into the classroom as current events, including: immigration; lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights; and issues related to race, religion, and gender.
Comprehensive sex education is «the only way to combat heterosexism and gender conformity,» Schneider proclaimed, «and we must make these issues a part of every middle and high - school student's agenda.»
Bradley talks about the role of the nation's 10 equity assistance centers, including the IDRA - directed South Central Collaborative for Equity, in addressing these civil rights issues (gender discrimination, sexual abuse, racial hostility, etc.) and working to make schools work for all learners.
When I served as student body president at AU and began working on the issues I had always cared about — gender equity, racial justice, opportunity regardless of economic background, and, yes, LGBTQ equality — it became clear that making a difference in the world wouldn't diminish or dilute my own pain and incompleteness.
I wonder if I was oblivious to gender issues because I had parents that said you can do and be anything you want to be and I just ignored that fact that being a woman wasn't going to make a difference.
As a class, make a chart of these various issues (racial discrimination, gender discrimination, poverty, etc.), and note where each poem fits.
Our International Women's Day Report 2018 is a culmination of Credit Sesame data and surveys we have conducted over the last year that specifically targets issues around gender and finances, including who handles money better and what kind of sacrifices men and women would make to obliterate their debt.
If there are more women making games, more games will be considerate of sex and gender related issues.
Ms. Weems, 63, has long confronted thorny issues of race, class and gender through imagery and text, making her one of the most influential artists in America.
The exhibition features work that deals with issues of race, sex, gender, redefine constructionism, new minimalism, early photography, nostalgic meditations, and the interplay between nature and the man - made
The exhibition features works that deal with issues of race, sex, gender, redefinitions of constructionism, new minimalism, early photography, nostalgic meditations, and the interplay between nature and the man - made
These materials bear testament to the themes and discussions that the New Museum has consistently pursued, from issues of gender and sexuality to the relationship between art and technology, as well as the mandates that have characterized its institutional practice: responsiveness to cultural crises, championing new forms of art making, and the belief in art as a social force.
She uses bananas, kebabs, vegetables and more to explore issues of gender politics, making a connection between the treatment and consumption of food and the presentation and sexualisation of women in contemporary society.
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