Sentences with phrase «more women in the field»

She also said there should be more women in the field of computer science, an area that has traditionally been dominated by men.

«One of the things we're working really hard on is to get more women to run for office,» said De La Rosa, who added that more women in all fields made for a fairer society.

With more women in the field, it will become more evident to young girls what they can offer the world.

Not exact matches

That's a harder mission for brands, but Keeley says Getty Images seemed to pull it off during International Women's Day 2017, when it announced that it was launching a female - focused sports photography internship with the goal of adding more diversity to the field and contributing «to a more positive portrayal of sportswomen in the media.»

In a traditionally male - dominated industry, Hydro One has worked hard to foster a more diverse workplace and encourage women to enter the field, says Marcello.

Broadly, there tend to be more men in high - paying fields like technology, and more women in lower - paid ones such as education, creating much of the imbalance, said management consultant Steve Tobak, managing partner for Invisor Consulting in California.

By making a stronger connection between STEM jobs and careers in construction, the industry has an opportunity to reach more women, as well as others in STEM fields who can help take the industry to the next level.

Women have less time for on - the - job labor because they spend more time doing housework than their male counterparts — so they miss out when they're working in fields that reward long hours, based on a new National Bureau for Economic Research study.

What's more, she's also using the day to teach her students about the lack of women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields.

«We felt like the funding from this pack could have the greatest impact by making it possible for more women to get an education in those fields, and by giving them a platform to share their work and their passion for science.»

Research published in September 2011 by the Level Playing Field Institute (LPFI) revealed that hidden biases within the I.T. workplace caused women and blacks to have negative workplace experiences far more often than their male and white counterparts.

The letter urges five overall guiding principles and 10 best practices in order to get more women into the field generally and leadership positions, including: getting executives and boards to make gender diversity a priority; establishing mentorship programs that connect women with life sciences executives; and doing a better job tracking where female talent goes within biopharma firms, among other suggestions.

The NFL is now in the midst of trying to recruit more women follow in Conti and Thomas» footsteps with a program designed to put more female officials on the football field.

The more stories we can tell about the success of women in tech, the more diversity we can attract to the field.

Perfect for teaching, training, speaking or consulting in any field: • Corporate Clients • Women's Groups • Service Based Entrepreneurs • Health Coaching • Teachers & School Administrators • Grief Counseling • Career Coaching • Non-Profit • Organizations • Teens & Young Adults • Sales & Leadership Teams and more!

A recent report from S&P Global argued that promoting the entry and retention of more women in the workforce in the U.S., particularly in STEM fields, could create a «substantial growth opportunity,» with the potential to add 5 % to 10 % to nominal GDP in a just few decades.

From a lack of visible mentors and role models to underrepresentation in startup communities and pontification about including more women in tech, without much action, the challenges that women face in the tech field are well - known.

Her work with women and girls» empowerment in the field of entertainment led to her receiving The Avon Hello Tomorrow Fund Award and The Harlequin More Than Words Award.

These areas include San Jose, Calif.; Pittsburgh, Pa.; and Cincinnati, Ohio, which will all commit to increasing opportunities and promoting diversity in the sector so that more women, minorities and veterans can enter the field.

Are there not more important crimes to deal with than how women gossip at each other in a field?

He advised youths not to take monastic vows, for he was convinced that the works of members of religious orders are not more praiseworthy in the sight of God than are those of the farmer in his field and of the woman in her household duties.

And Kathleen Davies of Sydney - based spirits distributor Nip of Courage, has recently founded a group called Women of Australian Distilling (an even more male - dominated field than wine), to highlight the work of people like Genise Hollingworth of Black Gate Distillery in central NSW, Holly Klintworth of Bass & Flinders Distillery on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula and Sarah Lark of Kangaroo Island Spirits in South Australia.

«More and more Australian women each day take on the challenge of either furthering their education in this field or jumping straightMore and more Australian women each day take on the challenge of either furthering their education in this field or jumping straightmore Australian women each day take on the challenge of either furthering their education in this field or jumping straight in.

The Dutch women have also won six medals since women's field hockey became an Olympic sport in 1980, two more than Australia.

As a former college lacrosse and high school field hockey player, and a member of ASTM International's subcommittee on standards for headgear and helmets, which is working with US Lacrosse on developing a new standard for headgear in women's lacrosse, I have reservations about whether requiring female lacrosse players to wear helmets will make the sports safer, or, as a result of the phenomenon called risk compensation (also called the «gladiator effect»), will actually result in more, rather than fewer, head injuries.

As a field becomes more female - dominated, the pay in that field goes down simply because people just value the world of women less than they do men, according to the New York Times.

There is nothing more «natural» than a woman having an unassisted vaginal delivery in an isolated field an hour or more away from any medical facilities in the middle of the African Savannah, right?

And we know that our society is craving more women and girls to get involved in these fields.

These midwives are fully trained, highly skilled experts in their field and are more than qualified to make clinical decisions around the suitability of women for a home birth.

Dr. Kendall - Tackett is author of more than 310 journal articles, book chapters and other publications, and author or editor of 22 books in the fields of trauma, women's health, depression, and breastfeeding, including Treating the Lifetime Health Effects of Childhood Victimization, 2nd Edition (in press, Civic Research Institute), Depression in New Mothers, 2nd Edition (2010, Routledge), The Psychoneuroimmunology of Chronic Disease (2010, American Psychological Association), and Breastfeeding Made Simple, 2nd Edition (co-authored with Nancy Mohrbacher, 2010).

Our combined experience in the midwifery field includes birth, childbirth education, well - woman care, gynecology and more.

And that's not just about more women police leaders and more senior officers from ethnic minorities, but it's also those who have gained broader experience and new perspectives in fields like the wider public sector and business.

The Council's Women Initiative said it is working to do more to support and cultivate potential women leadership in the field of educaWomen Initiative said it is working to do more to support and cultivate potential women leadership in the field of educawomen leadership in the field of education.

Women are more attracted to war heroes than regular soldiers or men who display heroic traits in other fields, such as in sports or natural disaster work, according to new research from the University of Southampton and partners in Europe.

Dent acknowledges that her experience may be a little different because she is in pediatrics, a field in which there are generally more women in research and administrative positions.

10 One of the more famous works in the growing field of gay sci - fi is Judith Katz's Running Fiercely Toward a High Thin Sound, about a woman who bolts from her overbearing Jewish family to the mystical all - lesbian city of New Chelm.

While many more women are now enrolled in higher education and technical programs in Canada than ever before, their enrolment is biased toward specific fields.

This failure to recruit and retain ethnic and racial minorities, and even women, in these fields is all the more remarkable given their profound relevance to civilization.

Women in nontraditional fields are especially prone to experiencing a continuum of harassing behaviors, from behaviors likely to be seen as harmless by male colleagues, like mild flirtation and sexual jokes, to more obvious acts like inappropriate touching and repeated requests for dates or other favors.

Diversity in the science workforce has improved steadily, but women and African Americans — and even more so African - American women — are still underrepresented in her field.

«This is one of the first attempts to really dig down into why women are more underrepresented in some STEM fields than others.»

More recent explanations have emphasized social and personal obstacles, such as discrimination and isolation, that women face when they enter or try to advance in male - dominated fields.

... A lot more women [are] coming into the field in the last 20 or so years.»

Women leaders in science — from a university president and policy makers to an academic researcher and industrial scientists — see improvements in this field's gender balance, but they also know that more must be done.

Those data, which Van der Lee and Ellemers provided in a supplement to their paper, show that women simply apply more often in fields where the chance of success is low.

The results are small step toward identifying more interventions that help women stay in science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, fields.

Only a few students (1.8 percent) reported that they had received messages that made them aware of the opportunities for women and minorities in STEM fields, or of the general need for more professionals in these fields.

Double - blind peer review could level the playing field a bit more for women and minorities in science

Results of a new survey show that the more academics in a field believe their area of study requires an ability that «just can't be taught,» the fewer women there are in those fields.

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.