Sentences with phrase «make gender equality»

Washington, DC About Blog Women Thrive Alliance is a global feminist advocacy network with one goal: make gender equality a reality.

An opportunity to build a more justice and equitable in terms of protecting the rights of women and make gender equality is the standard adopted in the institutional and social framework.

Justin Trudeau has followed up on his initial engagements with the Trump administration, and made gender equality the priority item of his G7 presidency.

Now, with this essential funding commitment from the Province, We for She 2018 will continue to bring together women and B.C. students for a fifth annual one - day forum, with the ultimate goal of making gender equality in leadership a priority,» said Iain Black, CEO of the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade.

«Given that Cuomo's administration has made gender equality a major part of its platform, responding to a viable woman challenger with snark and dismissiveness is a particularly bad look.»

But Barbara Bartoletti, legislative director of the League of Women Voters of New York State, expressed some concern that the imbalance was so stark in the administration of a governor who has made gender equality a priority.

Cuomo, who considers himself a feminist, has made gender equality a key component of his political strategy in recent years.

The large number of gender summits» attendees includes STEM stakeholders, who are interested in making gender equality a norm in science and embedding gender as a primary dimension of research and innovation quality.

Not exact matches

Some of the state's biggest employers have made significant progress lately in terms of workplace gender equality.

With the tech world playing an increasingly influential role in mainstream politics (and not just in lobbying efforts) it seems like advocating for greater gender equality in tech through Girls Who Code and being separately involved in politics would make Saujani appealing.

While Japan has made progress on economic participation and opportunity for women — one of the report's four gender equality measures — it's seen a reversal in women's political empowerment.

I speak of a conscious leader with the unquenchable desire to make things right through fairness, equality, and the fight against gender bias.

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.

Businesses need to go beyond paying lip service to gender equality if we are to make meaningful change.

The most recent allegations of sexual harassment by management and subsequent apathy by HR at hot tech startup Uber have once again brought to the fore the lack of progress we've made in gender equality.

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.

Diversity is widely acknowledged as a driver for improved business performance, yet as entrepreneurs face many challenges to growing their businesses, gender or age equality may not always make it to the top of the priority list.

In Budget 2017, you set out a vision to make Canada a more inclusive and innovative economy, with targeted investments in areas such as infrastructure, skills, housing, gender equality and support for vulnerable and disadvantaged communities.

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.

Pagels grants that many Christians were themselves slave owners, yet says others went among the Roman Empire's wretched outcasts with the message of radical equality — that class, education and gender «made no difference.»

This process is attuned to the needs of a technological society, in which gender differences increasingly are less important, functional equality for technical roles is more useful, cooperation and tolerance make the workplace more efficient, and sexual behavior and family life are less relevant to work life.

I simply made a decision never to find myself in a situation where I was being stripped of my equality because of my gender.

For example, it always makes me laugh when I'm told that women shouldn't use social media to advocate for gender equality in the church, but should instead do so quietly within their own congregations.

This publication makes particular reference to agroecology, food sovereignty, nutrition and gender equality, it identifies existing policy gaps in the region and recommends strategies to support the transition to agroecology in Africa.

FIFI shows that since 2010, other countries have made much better progress towards gender - equality.

It is a global policy - making body dedicated exclusively to promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women.

The IWD otherwise known as the United Nations (UN) Day for Women's Rights and International Peace has since gained international recognition and celebrated world wide in different forms and even gained the status of a holiday in some countries such as Ukraine The day has also been marked under various themes encompassing peace and security, human rights, gender based violence, conflicts and hunger, education, gender equality, empowerment and affirmative actions, inclusion of woman in decision making, the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs) and many more.

Series of gender dialogues and platforms have tackled bits and pieces of women advancement and discussed affirmative action as a major strategy to achieving gender equality and thereby a desirable involvement of women in governance process and decision making.

It is also why such progress has been made towards racial tolerance, lesbian and gay rights, and gender equality.

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.

She is the leader of the Women's Equality party (WEP), a new political force committed to furthering the cause of gender equality, but which has yet to make inroads electorally.

The letter also took the opportunity to make the case for incumbent Rivera, noting his support for marriage equality, the long - stalled Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act, and Hoylman's bill to bar mental health professionals from subjecting patients who are minors to «sexual orientation change efforts» — so - call reparative therapy.

It is right that we commemorate 100 years since women were first given the vote and the progress made by society towards achieving gender equality, but we must acknowledge the slow pace of progress and how far we still have to go.

Said Smith: «I know one of your top priorities is the recognition of marriage between same - sex couples — something that I strongly support, something that I believe in and something that we will make happen together... Although we do not have the number of votes at this time needed to pass the marriage equality gender bill this legislative session, we are committed to pursuing its passage.

«I know one of your top priorities is the recognition of marriage between same - sex couples — something that I strongly support, something that I believe in and something that we will make happen together... Although we do not have the number of votes at this time needed to pass the marriage equality gender bill this legislative session, we are committed to pursuing its passage.

Corbyn made a promising start in committing to gender equality during his leadership campaign.

All these policies, and many more, are needed to ensure that constant progress is made towards gender - equality in research and scientific careers.»

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.

Although many countries have made substantial progress towards criminalising violence against women and promoting gender equality, the Series authors argue that governments and donors need to commit sufficient financial resources to ensure their verbal commitments translate into real change.

So, despite the fact that we have this first descriptive approach, more research needs to be done by incorporating new variables, by expanding the sample and by adapting the ranges of intensity of the population studied; while guaranteeing equality, that would enable us to complement the comparison with respect to the demands made on both genders when playing a football match.

We definitely need to strengthen services for women experiencing violence, but to make a real difference in the lives of women and girls, we must work towards achieving gender equality and preventing violence before it even starts,» explains Series co-lead Professor Charlotte Watts, founding Director of the Gender Violence and Health Centre at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Londogender equality and preventing violence before it even starts,» explains Series co-lead Professor Charlotte Watts, founding Director of the Gender Violence and Health Centre at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, LondoGender Violence and Health Centre at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.

Gender equality has not yet been achieved in science, medicine, and engineering, but NYSCF, through its Initiative on Women in Science and Engineering, is committed to making sure progress is made.

While the exploration of human sexuality is always an area of great interest, this study in particular speaks volumes about the progress we've made in gender equality and reminds us how much there is still to learn about the nature of female pleasure.

Where yesteryear's gender roles often meant pre-defined boxes for women, society has made important strides in equality.

As I've discussed before, the tuxedo dress is not only extremely chic and on trend, but it is actually also symbolic of the strides made towards gender equality within the 1960's.

A majority of men believe that feminism has changed dating for the better, with only 35 % saying that the rise of gender equality has made dating worse, according to data from Match's Singles in America survey, which was resurfaced for International Women's Day.

It's certainly leaps and bounds beyond everyone else in terms of technology and gender equality, but the movie makes it clear that Wakandans deserve criticism for past mistakes and need to rethink some of the things they do.

The film makes clear that the soft - spoken, diminutive Ginsburg fought early and hard for gender equality in the courts in her own steadfastly clearsighted way.

Additionally, her advocacy for race and gender equality has made her a powerful force in the fight for change.