Sentences with phrase «number of leading women»

A number of leading women developers have let loose on sexism in the game industry, resulting in a standing ovation for the panel at GDC 2013.

The additions bring the number of leading women journalists on the organization's roster to 70.

She spoke to Andrew Neil about future devolved powers to the Scottish government, the Barnett Formula, and the rising number of leading women in Scottish politics.

Not exact matches

Whether it's leading a national conversation about gun control or fighting for girls» education and gender equality around the world, an increasing number of young women are stepping forward as change agents.

This month, UC Hastings professor Joan C. Williams penned an in - depth article for the Harvard Business Review called «Hacking Tech's Diversity Problem,» where she identifies a number of the subtle systematic elements that lead to women opting - out of tech roles.

Another notable aspect at this juncture is the fact that a large number of women mentors, in addition to investing, are actively taking the lead with respect to helping ventures via angel, equity, and debt capital investments.

«Parenting daughters reduces the bias that one has towards women, which leads to more female hires,» the researchers wrote, noting that firms with a greater number of daughters over the age of 12 also lead to even greater gender diversity in firms.

Assuming I got along with both CEOs and enjoyed working with either of them equally, but the number of women - led ventures receiving venture investment was still disproportionately less than their male counterparts, I would probably invest in the venture led by a female CEO.

But without specific numbers as to what percentage of his investment went to women and / or minority - led startups (as opposed to funds), we have no way of knowing how effective these efforts are.

We need those numbers, and if you really are proud of the assistance you've offered women - and minority - led firms, you should be happy to share them.

And I have to give a shout out to Austin, Texas, which is fighting well above its weight, being ranked # 35 in terms of population and # 6 in terms of the number of women - led businesses seeking equity crowdfunding.

By Ellen Chang Nov 15, 2017 3:56 PM EST The number of venture capital firms led with female partners or by women is rising, a positive -LSB-...]

Women are moving into the middle market at impressive rates: Between 2008 and 2014, while the number of middle market firms increased by 4.1 % overall, the number of women - owned or - led firms in the middle market has increased by 32.4 %, and the number of majority women - owned firms in the middle market has increased by 23Women are moving into the middle market at impressive rates: Between 2008 and 2014, while the number of middle market firms increased by 4.1 % overall, the number of women - owned or - led firms in the middle market has increased by 32.4 %, and the number of majority women - owned firms in the middle market has increased by 23women - owned or - led firms in the middle market has increased by 32.4 %, and the number of majority women - owned firms in the middle market has increased by 23women - owned firms in the middle market has increased by 23.6 %.

And in the last year, discussions about the number of women speaking at Christian conferences and events have led to some UK event organisers announcing their commitment to gender parity and others taking steps to achieve more balanced line - ups.

In the U.S., the number of abused women falls to one in four, but domestic violence is still the leading cause of injury for women between the ages 15 and 44 — more than car accidents, muggings, and rape combined.

Propagate the natural reading of the account from a version true to the Hebrew (such as nkjv): godly men marrying women for their beauty producing a generation of ungodly «men of renown;» and lead people to scholarly sites where they can see what the Hebrew says and compare the Biblical basis for the various interpretations, such as Who Were The Nephilim, Genesis.6 & Numbers 13 A Fresh Look, by Bodie Hodge at Answers in Genesis.

RotoMetrics has confirmed a number of headline speakers from the printing and packaging industry, including: Kevin Vyse, senior packaging technologist and circular economy lead at retailer M&S; Sanjay Patel, founding partner of Packaging Collective; and Joanna Stephenson, co-founder of Women In Packaging UK.

In Ireland, only a small number of women will have access to midwife - led care, at home or in hosital.

Finally, persistently sore and red nipples led to early termination.15 Of important concern are time constraints, 16 early return to work of increasing numbers of women, and the ready availability of mass - produced formulOf important concern are time constraints, 16 early return to work of increasing numbers of women, and the ready availability of mass - produced formulof increasing numbers of women, and the ready availability of mass - produced formulof women, and the ready availability of mass - produced formulof mass - produced formula.

If more pregnant women delivered their babies at midwife - led birth centers, the nation's C - section rate would go down and cost savings would go up, reversing the current twin trend of rising health care expenditures and numbers of cesarean deliveries.

That year, women delivering at birth centers had C - sections 4 % of the time; that number grew to just 6 % in the current study, which relied on figures from 2007 to 2010 from 79 midwife - led birth centers in 33 states.

Increased awareness of the nutritional and medical benefits of breastfeeding, including reduced incidence of infection and allergic reaction, 1 — 9 has led to its endorsement by medical and professional groups10 — 12 and to substantial increases in the number of women choosing to breastfeed.13, 14 A study of 300 British children showed that children who consumed breast milk in the early weeks of life also had significantly higher IQ scores at 7.5 to 8 years on an abbreviated version of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) than those who were not breastfed.15 The sample was made up of preterm infants fed breast milk or formula by tube.

Through the work of four playwrights, Matt Charman, Moira Buffini, Penelope Skinner and Jack Thorne, the play follows several intertwining stories: a couple in a therapy session discuss the impact that the strong environmental beliefs of one, and the indifference of the other, is having on their relationship, a young woman, against her parents» advice, drops out of university to become a climate change activist, two birdwatchers who, for 40 years, have noted the recession of the ice through tracking the numbers of guillemots, and Ed Miliband's special adviser (SpAd) in the lead up to the Copenhagen Climate Conference.

Democrats said the changes in Smith's bill would likely lead to a large number of women losing access to comprehensive health insurance coverage because small business owners would have an incentive to offer plans that don't cover abortion.

We were thrilled to receive the support of Baroness Verma who said of the event: «What is a recognised fact is that the number of women led businesses is growing and that there is a strong business case for banks and other business support organisations to ensure they meet and respond to this increasing market's needs.

Biraderi's patriarchal and hierarchical nature has led to a number of Bradford's British Pakistanis, especially young people and women, to feel increasingly disenfranchised from a local politics dominated by what has been termed locally as the «biraderi brigade».

«The law was passed because lead can cause serious health problems, especially for young children and pregnant women, and testing at a select number of schools last year uncovered potential problems,» said Christine Schuyler, director of health and human services for Chautauqua County.

Thursday's poll showed equal numbers of men and women supporting Spitzer and Spitzer, while Stringer was ahead among white voters and Spitzer led among blacks.

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.

The candidates fielded questions about police reform, public housing, the New York City Housing Authority lead paint scandal, and increasing the number of contracts given to minority - and women - owned businesses and enterprises.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the new Director will also report quarterly on the current status of women both in Santa Clara County public jurisdictions and within the Santa Clara County Democratic Party and lead the compilation and publication of an annual report of the current number and percentage of women in elected office in Santa Clara County and post the report on the Party website and in an electronic communication to all members; and that the new Director will lead this effort by recruiting, training and supporting democratic women seeking public leadership positions in collaboration with the Director of Endorsements and Candidate Recruitment, the Director of Issues, the Director of Political Engagement and DAWN as well as any other interested Party Directors and clubs.

While clomiphene is a first - line treatment used to induce ovulation in women with PCOS, it has downsides — namely that in a significant number of women it does not lead to improved ovulation or live births, and if it does induce ovulation, it frequently results in pregnancies with multiples who face much higher negative outcomes including death.

As women age, their eggs are more likely to have the wrong number of chromosomes, which can lead to miscarriages.

«With the change in screening, we wanted to see if there were other implications, and indeed a decrease in chlamydia screening occurred even though the number of visits by young women was about the same,» says U-M Medical School Department of Family Medicine lecturer Allison Ursu, M.D., the lead author of the new paper in Annals of Family Medicine.

The aim is to «increase the number of women in leading positions» in academe, government, industry, nonprofit organizations, and elsewhere by «rais [ing] the visibility» of outstanding women, said Ingrid Wünning Tschol, senior vice president for health and science at the Robert Bosch Stiftung, in a speech to the first European Conference for Science Journalists at the Euroscience Open Forum on 22 July.

Rice led an initiative at the University of Tromsø that contributed to boosting the number of women in professorship positions from 9 % to 30 % in a decade.

In addition to IURTC, IU leads a number of efforts to encourage faculty innovation and women's success in STEM, including the recently established IU Center for Excellence for Women in Technowomen's success in STEM, including the recently established IU Center for Excellence for Women in TechnoWomen in Technology.

Inc., a company that was ranked number 18 in the top 50 companies for diversity by the editors of Diversity Inc., has five employee - led affinity groups: the Black Employee Network, the Merck Hispanic Organization, the Asian Pacific Network, the Gay Lesbian Employee Association Network, and the Merck Women's Network.

«The higher incidence of prolonged problems among women has been associated with a number of gender differences including physiological differences in the laryngeal system, differences in the endocrine system, and differences in pulmonary usage,» said Eric Hunter, the lead investigator and Associate Chair of Department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders at the Michigan State University.

Interventions involving low sugar diets, exercise only, or diet and exercise combined, all led to similar reductions in the number of women gaining excessive weight.

And although there was only a small uptick in the maternal mortality at the hospital during that time (roughly 4 percent instead of 1 percent) the drop in the number of pregnant patients led caregivers to wonder if women were attempting home births and perhaps dying doing so, she says.

While lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death and the second most commonly diagnosed cancer in both men and women, a low survival rate makes it the number eight cancer site represented among survivors.

«The number of rape victims among women with severe mental illness is staggering,» says lead author Dr Hind Khalifeh of UCL's Division of Psychiatry.

Bienenstock led a campaign with Stanford's faculty senate and university trustees to eliminate a legal limit on the number of women students at the university, as part of efforts to promote diversity in the STEM workforce and other areas of public and professional life.

Ami Radunskaya — a professor of mathematics at Pomona College, president - elect of the Association for Women in Mathematics, and director of the national Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education (EDGE) Program — was chosen as the winner of the 2016 AAAS Mentor Award for launching «dramatic education and research changes leading to an increase in the number of female doctorates in the field of mathematics.»

It is the leading cause of death across the board for people of most racial and ethnic groups in the United States and about the same number of men and women die from heart disease each year (3).

(11) The estrobolome of women with endometriosis may have larger numbers of beta - glucuronidase - producing bacteria, leading to increased levels of circulating estrogen, which drives endometriosis.

An increasing number of women suffer from insufficient thyroid levels which impairs metabolism, creates an array of symptoms, and leads to other significant health problems.

«The task force found that screening women without signs or symptoms for ovarian cancer does not decrease the number of deaths from the disease, and may lead to unnecessary surgeries,» Dr. Maureen Phipps said in a news release from the USPSTF.

Changes in temperature may only lead to a small increase in the risk of gestational diabetes, but the number of women affected may be substantial, said Booth.