Sentences with phrase «more women in these offices»

Third - generation Bay Ridge resident, Noreen Corducci, added, «We need more women in office,» but shrugged off whether Nixon, who trails Cuomo badly in early polls, is that woman.

«I think the answer to that is making sure that we have more women in office.»

The reasons why there aren't more women in these offices are complex.

In October, I met Wiley at her office at the New School to discuss what inspired her to get into public service in the first place, whether progress is actually possible in such a divisive time in history, and why it's so essential we see more women in office.

Maybe if we have more women in office, you'd have more communication, less fighting, and perhaps more legislating and less gridlock.»

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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 %).

For instance, they observed that women were more likely to report having conflict with their colleagues while working in a combi - office.

The New York City - based «Academy» Urbaniak runs is aimed at teaching women how to communicate in influential and powerful ways, and get more of what they want in all kinds of relationships, from the office boardroom to the bedroom.

«Jack Johnson's reputation was ruined by a racially motivated conviction more than a century ago after he was charged with transporting a white woman across state lines,» McCain said in 2017 as he unsuccessfully urged President Barack Obama to issue a pardon on his way out of office.

In 2014, the Academy created a diversity office to help widen its student demographics and recruit more women and African - Americans for department heads and leaders.

In the U.S., women are already responding to the 2016 presidential election by pursuing their own runs for office: since November, more than 4,500 of them have signed up for She Should Run, a new organization that trains women for public life.

More women in boardrooms and executive offices are proven to complement operations, yet corporate Canada just can't seem to bring itself to promote talented women anywhere near the rate at which Mr. Trudeau has done.

More success stories come from The Hub in Singapore, part of the global Impact Hub network, which raised an impressive $ 1.1 million (S$ 1.5 million) in a «series A» funding round; Landmark Plc's record client satisfaction levels; and Metro Offices, which has been named among the Top 25 Women - Owned Businesses in the Washington, D.C. area for the third year in a row.

Alberta's first woman premier started her time in office with great promise and many Albertans believed she signalled the beginning of a new, more progressive, era in our province.

- goes a long way to explaining why the Pope's «opinion» is just one more voice added to the cacophony of Oprah, Al Gore, Howard Stern, and the woman in the next cubicle at the office.

Nearly two - thirds of Democratic women — more than men or Republicans — say they are paying closer attention to politics with Trump in office, Pew Research Center recently reported.

Some WIC offices spend more time in breastfeeding education, usually in the form of a 20 - minute video that women are required to watch at some point during their pregnancy.

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Even just a cursory Internet search shows that breastfeeding promotion materials framed in terms of «the risks of formula feeding» are currently being used by some state breastfeeding coalitions, two hospitals, two private corporations, the Departments of Public Health in California and New York, the City of New York, as well as The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) programs in at least five states... The United States Department of Health and Human Services» Office on Women's Health publishes a 50 - page guide to breastfeeding that points out that «among formula - fed babies, ear infections and diarrhea are more common».

So, in the decades since feminist ideals have been instilled in the populous, it seems that more women should have been elected into high public office.

While the lack of LGBTQ women in Congress is inextricably linked to the dearth of women on Capitol Hill, the story of lesbian candidates includes some close calls, quixotic races, and a movement still evolving to position more qualified LGBTQ women to run for higher office.

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In this chapter, Brown also charts the rise of women into positions of political leadership writing that «by 2013, more than eighty women had held the highest elected governmental office in a variety of countries, spanning every continent in the world» (p. 38In this chapter, Brown also charts the rise of women into positions of political leadership writing that «by 2013, more than eighty women had held the highest elected governmental office in a variety of countries, spanning every continent in the world» (p. 38in a variety of countries, spanning every continent in the world» (p. 38in the world» (p. 38).

Figures like Priti Patel, the first woman MP of Gujarati origin, are hard to resist as super-bright, highly capable and, frankly, more talented than many of their male colleagues in office.

It might make sense that, say, technology bloggers would be disproportionately male, since many more men than women work in high - tech (and obsess about it), but politics is a different animal — women may still be underrepresented in top elected offices, but at least as many women as men work as political activists and political staff or as volunteers.

«And in the long scope, I think it is important for the state to move into the 21st century to have a woman, and perhaps a woman of color, so that statewide offices are more reflective of the state.»

Gillibrand's push for the WFP is eyebrow - raising in part because of Cuomo's efforts to establish the Women's Equality Party as a permanent party through the next election cycle and Gillibrand's own backing of electing more women to public ofWomen's Equality Party as a permanent party through the next election cycle and Gillibrand's own backing of electing more women to public ofwomen to public office.

«We need to have more women in elected offices at all levels,» said Stefanik, whose district includes the North Country and Warren, Washington and parts of Saratoga counties.

To make a point about reigning in special interests, the League of Women Voters» legislative director Barbara Bartoletti likes to point out that legislators are more likely to die or be indicted than to be voted out of office.

More than two dozen Democratic assemblywomen convened Monday afternoon in the offices of Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D - Manhattan) to discuss strategy about a stalled women's rights bill Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo introduced last year.

Glick, a Democrat, also sees more diversity in the types of women who have been running for office lately.

For a moment it looked as though there would be more women attending cabinet than there had ever been previously during Cameron's term in office, but for some reason they seem to have demoted the status of the leader of the Lords, now Baroness Stowell, to «attending» cabinet rather than being a full member.

There are currently no women serving in statewide office in Pennsylvania, or in Senate or House seats, but Edwards would be breaking barriers too: He is Afro - Latino and running in a district that has only ever, in the more than 200 years it has existed, been represented by white men.

In upstate New York and beyond, women have been taking more active roles in politics: running in races for elective office and winning theIn upstate New York and beyond, women have been taking more active roles in politics: running in races for elective office and winning thein politics: running in races for elective office and winning thein races for elective office and winning them.

James» announcement comes just more than a week after former AG Eric Schneiderman resigned from office when four women accused him of physical and emotional abuse in a New Yorker article.

What is more if one man gives notice to marry several different women in different register offices, the register service IT system will not flag this up as a duplicate.

Working for change and women's progress «doesn't have to be dramatic — you don't have to run for office,» Clinton said during a speech in Silicon Valley, pausing for a coy smile and thunderous applause, «although if you do more power to you.»

While out in Inwood this past week collecting petitions to secure a spot on the ballot, both women said that they hoped to inspire more women — and more Latinas — to run for office.

«Whether it's closing the pay gap, whether it's higher education, whether it's early childhood education, whether it's maternity care, paid family leave, those sorts of issues that might not get sufficient attention or level of importance from male representatives might get more attention if we have women in office,» said Victoria Plotsky, one of the 62, who was elected to the Albany County Legislature.

The report proposes funding for nonprofits that support women in public life, workshops on running for office for female college students, more mentorship opportunities and a dedicated staffer for the Women's Cawomen in public life, workshops on running for office for female college students, more mentorship opportunities and a dedicated staffer for the Women's CaWomen's Caucus.

The governor's office told the Observer that the MTA's utilization of so - called «minority and women - owned business enterprises» has increased by more than 60 percent during his time in office, resulting in more than $ 1 billion in contracts awarded to MWBEs over the past seven years — with more than $ 300 million in fiscal year 2015 - 2016 alone.

«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.

Women, more than ever, need to show up to jobs in public office.

Topics covered included Clinton's public service resume and how to get more women involved in elected office and the political process, along with a look forward at the 2018 election cycle.

Gillibrand was a hardworking lawyer (partner in David Boies» law firm); elected TWICE in a heavily Republican district; serves on the Armed Services Committee; ranks among the top ten fundraisers in the House; was hired by President Clinton to work at HUD; fought for the rights of abused women; is a genuine working Mom who gave birth to her second child just last March, making her only the sixth woman in the House to do so while serving in office; she has voted in every single election (unlike Kennedy who has missed even GENERAL elections); magna cum laude graduate of Dartmouth... Need I say more?

An increase in the number of women in Albany has helped reshape the culture from an old boys» club, in which women were largely relegated to secretarial positions, to a more egalitarian environment, where women are not only elected to office, but have risen to acquire key chair positions in both houses and led the passage of women - friendly legislation.

Cuomo was asked more than once if he was committed to having Hochul — the sole woman and sole upstate resident in a statewide office — on his re-election ticket.

Calling on the people to vote for the NDC parliamentary candidate for Nsawam Adoagyiri, Ms Benedicta Asante, the President said he wanted to see more women in his government in his next term of office.

WHEREAS, research shows that women are substantially less likely to self - select or be recruited for elective office, this gender gap in political ambition persists across generations and over time and that qualified female candidates who are equally or more qualified than men are often seen as less qualified or less viable than male candidates; and WHEREAS, research confirms that the presence of more women in a governing body leads to greater transparency and a focus on progressive policies such as closing the funding and achievement gaps in education, closing gaps or loopholes in contraception coverage and affordable health care, closing the wage gap, and removing obstacles that contribute to poverty of women & children; and

Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul, citing a Saturday appearance in Seneca Falls - the birthplace of the women's right to vote - told the crowd the country is changing and more women need to run for office and be elected to see some of the issues marchers were pushing put into place.