Sentences with phrase «many women in»

Much like the Civil Rights era in the US succeeded in part because individuals who didn't have something clear to gain stepped up publicly as allies, Leader - Chivée sees a similar parallel with women in the workplace, noting that «it takes a lot of men stepping up» to help effect long - lasting change.

This sweet, rich oil was shown to do some pretty nifty things for abdominally obese women in a 2009 study out of Brazil, including decreasing their waist circumference, increasing beneficial HDL (high - density lipoprotein) cholesterol and improving the ratio of «bad» LDL (low - density lipoprotein) to «good» HDL cholesterol.

British bank Barclays recently started issuing exchange - traded notes on the NYSE Arca exchange (similar to ETFs, only they are derivatives guaranteed by the bank rather than invested in the underlying securities) that track a Women in Leadership index of U.S. companies whose CEOs are women or whose boards are at least one - quarter female.

«Red dresses are important to the Native community because it helps bring awareness to the missing and murdered indigenous women in Indian Country,» Cornell said.

We always ask why we don't see women in top leadership positions, but we never ask why we see so many men in these jobs.

Heart disease is the leading cause of death for men and women in the U.S. Every year over 700,000 Americans have a heart attack and half of those are fatal.

In fact, across the Arab world, women now earn more science degrees on a percentage basis than women in the United States.

«Nothing — nothing — is more daunting, more frustrating, more complex, than trying to lead men and women in tough times,» McRaven said.

Under Kalanick, Uber had run roughshod over regulators, faced accusations of rampant sexual harassment, and allegedly obtained medical records of a woman in who said an Uber driver in India had raped her (Uber recently settled a U.S. lawsuit that the woman had filed against the company).

Organized as a follow - up to January's Women's March on Washington, the one - day walk - out — called the International Women's Strike, or A Day Without A Woman in the U.S. — will see participants opting out of paid or unpaid labour, curtail spending (unless it's at women - or minority - owned businesses) and wear red.

The following year, she contributed to the YWCA to build the Elm Centre, an affordable housing complex for women in downtown Toronto.

During an interview with Fox News, Mercedes Schlapp seemed eager to frame Wolf's jokes as disrespectful to women in general, and Fox underlined that theme with a chiron reading «So - Called Feminist Attacks Conservative Women.»

As much as recent efforts to encourage women in STEM education and STEM jobs have helped move the needle a bit, the culture of science has often made life for women scientists harder than it already is — excluding them from clubby publishing and peer review networks and sometimes outright snubbing their achievements.

Julie Sweet, CEO of Accenture North America and Reshma Saujani, Founder and CEO of Girls Who Code speak at Fortune Most Powerful Women NextGen WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2016: Laguna Niguel, CA 11:00 AM BREAKOUT CONVERSATIONS THE FUTURE OF TALENT Hosted by Toyota How to retain and best and brightest — and how to triple the pipeline of women in tech.

You're looking at one, tiny piece of jeans giant Levi Strauss's (Change the World 2017 list, No. 11) ambitious experiment to improve the lives of the 25 million men and women in the world's apparel supply chain — and better its business results in the process.

Well, I'd love to see a heck of a lot more women in partner roles.

Rotman launched an initiative for women in business in 2008; four years later, it joined the Forte Foundation, a non-profit that promotes women's careers through education and access to opportunities.

This is founder Loni Edward's third startup and she won the Woman In Business award at this year's TechDay NY event.

Not only are we offering new technical services, including PC and glass - only repairs, but we are truly embracing the women in tech movement.

In introducing the new bottle, the company touted the near equal gender make - up of its expert blenders and the women in its leadership ranks.

The wave of sexual misconduct stories we saw in 2017 were outrageous, but ultimately, they shed light on problems that women in Silicon Valley have known about for a long time.

While there are some organizations that are championing women in the right way and some sectors are taking the current «moment» more seriously than others, Leader - Chivée isn't comfortable with society resting on its laurels.

Women in combi - offices were also slightly more likely than men to say that the setups were noisy and distracting (56.3 % versus 50.5 %).

«One big theory is that women are asking for just as much as they need — same thing that women in the workplace do,» she says.

«A box of food had been left on the porch of a woman in rural Wyoming,» says co-CEO Nick Green.

Women in particular need to be careful about «conducting» because research has shown that female voices stimulate parts of the male brain used to decipher music.

The data tells us that's harmful to society and bad for business, which is why I've spoken about the urgent need to invest in women in tech.

However, Sandberg explained, isolating women in the workplace is hardly a solution.

Félix starred in more than 47 movies and defied stereotypical roles for women in film.

There are psychometric studies, says Helgesen, that show that women in organizations tend to be more rewarded for being precise and correct, while men are more rewarded for taking risks.

As he puts it: «I'd like to CHALLENGE every woman in tech who's a) got a nice care, b) owns a nice house, or c) is making over $ 125K a year to start thinking of themselves as the next Ron Conway or Esther Dyson in the making and commit to investing in startups...» I'll forgive him for the poor grammar, ditto for the wisecrack a couple of paragraphs later about how some of us might have spent $ 5,000 to $ 10,000 on our MBAs... or our wardrobes.

According to data provided by Pitchbook, many of the top firms that invest in female - founded companies tend to have women in senior - level roles themselves.

Sara Matthews, a consultant gynecologist at the Portland hospital, said that within three months of having her ovarian tissue re-implanted, Al Matrooshi went from being menopausal to having the ovary function of a normal woman in her 20s.

Why you should care: This startup was founded with the connected woman in mind.

Women in the tech world are abuzz today about a TechCrunch post by VC (and self - proclaimed loudmouth) David McClure.

In 2015, a survey of 200 senior - level women in Silicon Valley found that 66 percent of participants reported they were excluded from important meetings because of their gender, and 60 percent reported unwanted sexual advantages in the workplace.

A serial entrepreneur — she owns four restaurants and has founded two companies in addition to Thinx — Agrawal says that the danger of male investors asking the women in their lives for advice is that, more often than not, those women are not their target customers.

Meyers» friend Amy Poehler even got in on the mix, taking over a bit in which he would say the setup of a joke and a woman in the audience would do the punch line.

In July, a 33 - year - old woman in Edinburgh became the first in Britain to give birth after having frozen ovarian tissue returned to her body.

Women in general have less access than men to capital (including venture and private equity investment and government loans), markets, and networks.

Instead, we're very focused on the sacrifices,» Jennifer Allyn, managing director in the office of diversity for PricewaterhouseCoopers has said, chiding high - achieving women in particular to stop beating themselves up and start counting their blessings.

But among women in the top 2 %, the average salary is $ 145,000, compared to $ 371,000 for men, according to an analysis of the 2015 American Community Survey by labor economics research firm Job Search Intelligence (JSI).

This is partially because we require at least one woman in the interview pool for every leadership role at the company.

It facilitates a range of events to champion women in leadership, create networks and connect prospective students to others.

Those posts got around: One, about women in tech, received thousands of likes and hundreds of comments, Srinivasan said.

«A lot of these systematic things are linked to us not seeing enough women in leadership roles,» she tells CNBC Make It.

But the former dominatrix says the very premise all of her trainings is based on — the idea that hidden power dynamics often impact minorities and women in unfair ways — seemed totally foreign to so many would - be students five years ago when she started teaching.

Alison Kitchen will become the first woman in Australia to chair a big four professional services firm when she takes on the role at KPMG Australia later this year.

Just because the number of women in technology - related fields has always been dramatically lower than that of men doesn't mean that things will stay that way.

But two weeks later, she learned that a woman in Cambridge, Ont., who had heard about the open house was interested in hosting a party.