Sentences with phrase «more women serving»
And when you have more women serving, you have more role models.»
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In business, however, more women are standing side by side with men, serving as CEOs or CFOs.
Chika Oduah — Freelance: Oduah's work has been published in the New York Times, Huffington Post, The Atlantic, CNN, and many more, and she serves as an outspoken advocate for women's rights in Africa.
That's according to the Women in the Workplace 2016 survey of 132 companies, with more than 4.6 million employees, by Lean In, an organization founded by Sandberg to serve as a community and education platform for professional women, and management and consulting firm McKinsey & ComWomen in the Workplace 2016 survey of 132 companies, with more than 4.6 million employees, by Lean In, an organization founded by Sandberg to serve as a community and education platform for professional women, and management and consulting firm McKinsey & Comwomen, and management and consulting firm McKinsey & Company.
«Investors» calls for greater gender diversity appear to be nudging nominating committees to find more women to serve on boards at U.S. firms.»
And the information that they'll need will not only cover the basics but also emphasize «more relationship - oriented and life - stage topics than bottom - line transactions,» says Liz Davidson, founder and CEO of Financial Finesse, a company in San Francisco that's dedicated to serving women's investment needs.
On November 11, Americans will recognize the service and sacrifice of the more than 21 million veterans across the U.S. Throughout the year, Starbucks honors the men and women who have served in the Armed Forces.
«From all research we've done in the past several weeks, The Vancouver Board of Trade is the first and only business organization of our kind in Canada — possibly across North America — to have more women on our board of directors than men,» said Manning, who also serves as Regional Vice-President of Commercial Financial Services at RBC Royal Bank.
As more men and money have flowed into the country thanks to prostitution, more and more women have arrived to serve them with the hopes of making a decent living.
Horgan committed to making things better for survivors of sexual violence and for those fleeing abusive homes by making sure crime prevention dollars go to deliver much - needed services that keep more women safe, improving public policy, directing more funding to provincial and community based programs that directly serve women and children, and increasing funding to violence prevention and intervention programs by $ 8 million a year.
«A man convicted of the offences that this particular offender had been convicted of should be serving a lot more than 10 years in prison... as a means of punishment [and] for the protection of women.»
If we are to move toward a more just placement system for women, there are three groups of persons who can play an important role in bringing about such change: the men who currently serve as senior pastors, the men and women who serve as denominational placement officers, and the clergywomen themselves.
In fact, Swift made several decisions that served to counter her influence: She deleted a tweet supporting the Women's March, her political voice was limited to a single «go vote» post and her usual public philanthropic efforts were more muted than in years past.
Certainly this is an excellent spot for competent women to serve the church; but of late years more men are holding such positions, and more directors, both men and women, are ordained ministers.
A retired Christian female Lieutenant Colonel has said she has «some reservations» about women serving... More
To learn more about the organization Amanda served in Nashville, check out the Christian Women's Job Corps of Middle Tennessee.
More Than Serving Tea: Asian American Women on Expectations, Relationships, Leadership and Faith by Asifa Dean, Christie Heller de Leon, Kathy Khang, Nikki A. Toyama, Tracey Gee, & Jeanette Yep (see my review / interview)
I wish that the Church were more focused on removing pedophile priests than punishing women who often serve the most vulnerable segments of society.
I lean towards the third view... but I admit it is the most difficult of the three views... Christ's priorities appear to be «love in motion» flowing in almost unpredictable directions as dictated by the greatest need: — He heals a slave rather than rebukes slavery; — He heals a man at a pool, then leads the man to belief, then says «cease from sinning»; — He heals many others and says «go and sin no more» to but a few; — He shares money with the poor but establishes no long - term aid; — He touches lepers; He converses with seeking Pharisees; He debates with other Pharisees; He lives with Samaritan outcasts for two days; — He acknowledges the five «marriages» of the Samaritan woman as «marriages»... and then remarks about her current co-habitation... but then moves to higher priorities; — He seems so very focused on internal holiness and not on external holiness; — He violates the Sabbath; He says He is Lord of the Sabbath; He even says that the Sabbath was created to assist man, rather than man created to serve the Sabbath... thus turning the entire concept of the Law into one of assistance rather than being chained to obedience; — He insists on impartiality in the way we bless others, even if we call them «evil» or «good».
The fact that Jesus is on the side of women should be our source of encouragement and empowerment as we continue to serve God and strive for a full and equal ministry.81 Nothing, perhaps, was more shocking for his contemporaries than the freedom with which he associated himself with women, considering the inferior position of women in Jewish society.82 According to R. L. Hnuni, «male dominated cultural and traditional values and injunctions may put boundaries and debar them from full ministry, but this should not discourage women's conviction and commitment to full ministry.
Some evangelical denominations, including Southern Baptists, have recently moved to put more restrictions on women serving as pastors.
I believe that in light of the creativity and compassion that it takes to serve the world as Jesus would, the evangelical community will continue to grow more and more open to the diversity of gifts that women bring to the worldwide communion table, and that women of valor everywhere can truly «laugh at the days to come.»
Perhaps more pertinent to our politics is the name Barack (sometimes spelled Barak), which presumably refers to the warrior who served under the direction of a strong - willed woman executive named Deborah (see Judges 4).
One Harvard study demonstrated the flavonoid anthocyanin in strawberries, blueberries and blackberries improves blood flow, therein reducing the amount of plaque build up and actually lowered the risk of a heart attack in women who had eaten three or more servings of berries per week.
Often seen bucking the ocean with a basic propane grill (safer and more userfriendly than wood or charcoal in cramped spaces) lashed to their boats, these hard - working men and women are quick to serve up stories of salmon barbecue, with hefty sides of philosophy on the choicest species of fish, the best cut, the perfect marinade or sauce, and trademark techniques.
This same serving size is an excellent source of dietary fiber, providing 9.9 grams — more than 25 % of the Daily Value for men, and nearly 40 % for women.
According to new research published from Harvard Medical School, women who eat more than three servings per week of blueberries and strawberries, have a 32 % lower risk of having cardio vascular disease.
The Women's Lunch Place has been serving Boston's poor and homeless women for more than Women's Lunch Place has been serving Boston's poor and homeless women for more than women for more than 25...
The act covers the government's reimbursements to school districts for school meals; food served at many day care facilities for children and adults; and the Women, Infants and Children program, which provided food to more than 8 million people in 2007.
Cathy Warwick epitomizes that self - serving blatherer that characterizes contemporary British midwifery: the biological essentialist who believes that «natural» birth is more important than safe birth, the anti-rationalist who invokes «quantum theory» to explain why scientific evidence should be ignored in favor of midwives» opinions, the self - absorbed, self - referential, selfish woman who pretends that the needs of midwives are the same as the needs of women.
The Environmental Working Group tested infant formula and found, «For 1 in 10 cans of all food tested, and 1 in 3 cans of infant formula, a single serving contained enough BPA to expose a woman or infant to BPA levels more than 200 times the government's traditional safe level of exposure for industrial chemicals.»
Last year, Operation Dear Abby sent more than 6 million pieces of mail to our servicemen and women stationed in Japan, Korea, Iceland and Europe, as well as to those serving in the Mediterranean and Indian Oceans.
Having another credential available to teach skills for supporting breastfeeding only serves to help us reach more women, and their babies with evidence - based, quality support.
In analyses stratified by fish intake, the beneficial effects of breastfeeding on visual motor ability at age 3 years seemed greater for women who consumed 2 or more servings compared with less than 2 servings per week, although the interaction was not statistically significant.
Beneficial effects of breastfeeding on the Wide Range Assessment of Visual Motor Abilities at age 3 years seemed greater for women who consumed 2 or more servings of fish per week (0.24; 0.00 - 0.47 points per month breastfed) compared with less than 2 servings of fish per week (− 0.01; − 0.22 to 0.20 points per month breastfed)(P =.16 for interaction).
Please contact me to arrange a free consultation to learn more about how I can serve you and care for you during pregnancy, birth, and postpartum, or for annual well - woman care.
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Whats more, by mocking people in trauma you compound the trauma as any health care professional should know, and only serve to increase the woman who will seek respect, compassion, and validation elsewhere.
One kind of tuna — albacore, or white — has enough mercury that young children, women of childbearing age, pregnant women and nursing mothers are advised to eat no more than one serving per week.
There is a real irony in Diaz hosting Abrazo Boricuaparticularly with his expressed desire to «protect» his community.I guess that desire doesn't extend to the women of his community (excuse the pun) because the Grand Poobah of the parade this year is a wife beater — who SERVED TIME IN PRISON for the crime.His enablers at the Puerto Rican Day Riot committee attribute his violence to a youthful error — ignoring the fact that he was in his FORTIES at the time.Check out which politicians march and which do not and ask yourself if they'd ignore a violent anti — semite or racist or homophobe being so honored.Once more women in that parade are relegated to the position of tarted up and half naked — even the pre teens — but not worthy of respect.So much for Diaz» «protection».
From Lady Astor to our newest batch of female MPs from all parties, regardless of political views and differences of opinions, I am glad that so many more women are pushing through, fighting hard and serving on those green benches.
«These graduates join the more than 100,000 brave men and women serving in the fire departments across this great state who, with dedication and courage, respond to emergencies day and night to protect us all,» Governor Cuomo said.
Supervisor Michael Cashman stated during the meeting how it's the first time, in a long time, there has been more than one woman serving on the board at the same time.
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.
Founded in 1986, HELP USA has served more than 375,000 men, women, and children and provides over 3,500 units of permanent and transitional housing.
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?
In her role as the chief executive of WIN, a charity serving homeless women and children, Ms. Quinn was recently at a Brooklyn homeless shelter brokering requests — more fashion programming, a frog to dissect, basketball equipment — from her youngest constituents.
He looks foreword to many more men and women who have served our nation getting involved.
Which is more important, inconveniencing incumbent officeholders or valiant American servicemen and women and expatriate Americans serving abroad?
«I thank the bill sponsors, the NYPD and my colleagues for their feedback and patience as we discuss how to best bring more transparency to the Police Department while continuing to support the honorable men and women of the NYPD who serve our City each and every day,» she continued.