Sentences with phrase «of women in the general»

The oppression of women in general is very much a peace and justice issue.

, The Inquisition, The massacre of the Albigensians, the persecution of women in general.

Some go farther, to suggest that Muhammad, in his treatment of his many wives and of women in general, was a feminist.

Babies like the high - pitched voices of women in general — a fact that most adults seem to understand intuitively and respond to accordingly, without even realizing it.

I, for one, would be very happy to see that happen — not only for breastfeeding rates but also for the self - worth of women in general.

Amenorrhea occurs in 3.4 to 66 percent of female athletes, compared with only 2 to 5 percent of women in the general population.

Suicide rates for female physicians are about four times that of women in the general population.

Juliana is interested in the religious lives of women in general, and in the strategies that they have used to explore and express their spirituality in particular.

By comparison, 12 percent of women in the general population will develop breast cancer.

Not exact matches

Aidis looked at data in five key categories: general business environment, accessibility of resources, women's rights and the prevalence of women in leadership roles, potential for high - growth female - owned businesses, and the entrepreneurship pipeline — the category Canada scored lowest in.

So a strict list of criteria, which are almost impossible to achieve anyways, is going to dissuade women but not, in general, men.

The San Francisco Chronicle reported on Wednesday that Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital has released two victims of the shooting: a 32 - year - old woman admitted in serious condition, and a 27 - year - old woman admitted in fair condition.

Less heralded by history was a group of six women who worked in wartime secrecy at the University of Pennsylvania, where John Mauchly and Presper Eckert led a team that was building ENIAC, the world's first programmable, all - electronic, general - purpose computer.

Shortly before she died in 2011, Jean Jennings Bartik reflected proudly on the fact that all the programmers who created the first general - purpose computer were women: «Despite our coming of age in an era when women's career opportunities were generally quite confined, we helped initiate the era of the computer.»

In May, Dollar General noted that Millennials, especially women, were increasingly shopping at their stores, representing 12 percent of all its customers and 24 percent of its sales.

In a relatively short amount of time, Saujani has gotten the likes of Twitter, General Electric, Square and Google to sign on to her initiative: two - month long programs that teach young women to code and offers mentorships.

According to Sona Wang, quoted in a Crain's Chicago Business article and general partner of Inroads Capital Partners, an Evanston venture capital firm that specializes in backing women and minorities, the venture capital business «clearly relies heavily on the old - boy network.»

They hope to be able to amass enough data about women's menstrual cycles, sexual behavior, mood, and diet that they can help any woman know exactly when to conceive, warn her about early problems like potential endometriosis, and over time, promote better health care for women in general by collecting large amounts of information that hasn't been collected before.

«Considering that «histrionic personality disorder» is still in the DSM - 5, and that women in general are more likely to be diagnosed with anxiety, depression, and some other mental illnesses by clinicians, I'd say he's stoking the flames of a much larger problem about how our society seems to view women — as having excessive emotional needs that need to nearly constantly be managed or controlled rather than taken seriously.

Investing in women is smart business, says Kathryn Swintek, general partner and member of the Investment Committee of Golden Seeds Fund 2, part of New York - based angel network Golden Seeds, which comprises more than 275 investors, 80 percent of whom are women.

Pari Karem, general manager of immigrant services at the YMCA in Kitchener, Ont., works directly with newcomer youth and women.

There is no limit to the number of sessions in which women can participate; after the first rotation, the groups focus more on growing professional networks and having access to mentors and general community resources.

In 1988, along with Bob Steel and some other future Goldman leaders — former co-presidents John Thornton and John Thain, billionaire investor J. Christopher Flowers, hedge - fund manager Frank Brosens, and Gary Gensler, now head of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission — Blankfein was one of thirty - six men (not a single woman) named general partners.

A former top military aide to Secretary Ash Carter used a government credit card to pay large bar tabs at strip clubs in Rome and in South Korea frequented by prostitutes and engaged in «inappropriate» behavior with women, a long - awaited report by the Department of Defense Inspector General released Thursday found.

«We know our solution works for the general U.S. population, but we want to make sure it is more culturally respectful, and can help the health outcomes of these population groups,» says Goodwin, whom I first met at IEEE's Women in Engineering International Leadership Conference last spring.

In general, people in jobs requiring «cognitive non-routine» skills have done much better than those in jobs needing «manual routine» skills — and women are more frequently found among the first category of jobIn general, people in jobs requiring «cognitive non-routine» skills have done much better than those in jobs needing «manual routine» skills — and women are more frequently found among the first category of jobin jobs requiring «cognitive non-routine» skills have done much better than those in jobs needing «manual routine» skills — and women are more frequently found among the first category of jobin jobs needing «manual routine» skills — and women are more frequently found among the first category of jobs.

In his Wednesday general audience remarks, Francis asked Catholics to consider «the Christian seed of radical equality between men and women» when discussing the reasons behind declining marriage rates around the world, according to Vatican Radio.

She didn't fare much better when Kimmel inquired about the $ 66 jade egg — literally an egg - shaped piece of stone that Goop says women should put in their vaginas to «increases chi, orgasms, vaginal muscle tone, hormonal balance, and feminine energy in general.»

Perhaps it is little wonder, then, that when the Harvey Weinstein scandal broke in October 2017, the general Russian attitude, on the part of both men and women, was overwhelmingly one of bemusement and victim shaming.

U.S. women's coach Jill Ellis and U.S. Soccer general secretary Dan Flynn met with Solo, 35, in Seattle on Wednesday afternoon and gave her the news, which comes with three months of severance pay.

According to a Disney fact sheet, the neck rings Danai Gurira wore to play Dora Milaje general Okoye were modeled after the rings worn by women of the Ndebele tribe in South Africa.

All the industry giants have been criticized for continuing to have such low numbers of women on the board, in management positions or even in the workforce in general.

According the U.S. 2014 State of Women - Owned Businesses Report, growth is a major stumbling block for small businesses in general and women - led firms in particWomen - Owned Businesses Report, growth is a major stumbling block for small businesses in general and women - led firms in particwomen - led firms in particular.

She has been named one of the Most Creative People in Business By Fast Company (2017), one of the Top 100 People in the Valley by Business Insider (2016, 2012); a «Woman to Watch» by Forbes (2014), Fortune (2008) and Ad Age (2010); Techcrunch's first General Management Fellow (2009); and one of the Top 100 Women of Influence in Silicon Valley (2016,2014,2010).

Kathleen has received numerous awards including: Puget Sound Business Journal's 2017 CFO of the Year for a large public company, Puget Sound Business Journal's 2012 Outstanding Corporate Counsel of the Year, Seattle Business Magazine's 2013 General Counsel of the Year, San Francisco Business Times» 2013 Corporate Counsel of the Year finalist, and honoree in San Francisco Business Times» Most Influential Women in Bay Area Business 2014.

Among the women who joined us in 2016: Jewel (performing and sharing her extraordinary story with us), Apple Head of Global Consumer Marketing Bozoma Saint John, Making a Murderer filmmakers Moira Demos and Laura Ricciardi, Uber Regional General Manager Rachel Holt, Priceline EVP of Global Operations Maelle Gavet, Facebook Head of People Lori Goler, SoulCycle CEO Melanie Whelan, Accompany CEO Amy Chang, designer Rachel Roy, Girls Who Code founder Reshma Saujani, Joyus CEO Sukhinder Singh Cassidy, Hearsay Social CEO Clara Shih, WWE Chief Brand Officer Stephanie McMahon, and Lean In lead researcher Marianne Cooper, as well as top executives from leading global companies such as Airbnb, Amazon, Coca - Cola, Google, IBM, NBCUniversal, Nike, Pandora, Target, Twitter, and Walmarin 2016: Jewel (performing and sharing her extraordinary story with us), Apple Head of Global Consumer Marketing Bozoma Saint John, Making a Murderer filmmakers Moira Demos and Laura Ricciardi, Uber Regional General Manager Rachel Holt, Priceline EVP of Global Operations Maelle Gavet, Facebook Head of People Lori Goler, SoulCycle CEO Melanie Whelan, Accompany CEO Amy Chang, designer Rachel Roy, Girls Who Code founder Reshma Saujani, Joyus CEO Sukhinder Singh Cassidy, Hearsay Social CEO Clara Shih, WWE Chief Brand Officer Stephanie McMahon, and Lean In lead researcher Marianne Cooper, as well as top executives from leading global companies such as Airbnb, Amazon, Coca - Cola, Google, IBM, NBCUniversal, Nike, Pandora, Target, Twitter, and WalmarIn lead researcher Marianne Cooper, as well as top executives from leading global companies such as Airbnb, Amazon, Coca - Cola, Google, IBM, NBCUniversal, Nike, Pandora, Target, Twitter, and Walmart.

«I think his general attitude toward women was just, subtly, that we were less capable,» said Ms. Amin, a junior designer on one of the Nike apps, who added that she had received positive performance reviews since becoming an employee in 2014.

Simmilar to women, if Canadian employers were suddenly paying the same wages as men by rule of law, they would be firing more women, in general, women would take a fewer hours, and the man - cession term would not exist

In contrast, Munger was critical of General Electric's lauded management rotational program, wherein young men and women are shuttled amongst various departments in order to build a diverse understanding of the business as quickly as they caIn contrast, Munger was critical of General Electric's lauded management rotational program, wherein young men and women are shuttled amongst various departments in order to build a diverse understanding of the business as quickly as they cain order to build a diverse understanding of the business as quickly as they can.

The two first female attorneys - general in BC history were appointed, Our 125,000 + civil service, finance ministry and largest Crown corporation were run by women, and more than a third of our government board appointees were women.

Yet, women are estimated to represent only 1 % of investment decision making general partners (GPs) in venture capital today.

«We need to get more women starting funds and investing,» said Brand, founding general partner of True Wealth Ventures, an Austin venture capital firm that focuses on investing in early - stage, women - led startups in the consumer health and sustainable products sectors.

«It's a blind spot in the economy and an opportunity for investors,» said Sara Brand, founding general partner at True Wealth Ventures, an early - stage venture capital fund investing in women - led businesses in the fields of consumer health and environmentally sustainable products and technologies.

Women represent only 1 % of investment decision making general partners (GPs) in venture capital today.

The Women in Digital Advisory Board includes a roster of women in a diverse range of industries including: Ann Miura - Ko, Co-Founding Partner of Floodgate; Beth Comstock, Vice Chair, General Electric; Carolyn Everson, Vice President of Global Marketing Solutions at Facebook; Arianna Huffington, CEO, Thrive Global; Karin Klein, Founding Partner at Bloomberg Beta; Shelley Zalis, CEO, The Female QuotWomen in Digital Advisory Board includes a roster of women in a diverse range of industries including: Ann Miura - Ko, Co-Founding Partner of Floodgate; Beth Comstock, Vice Chair, General Electric; Carolyn Everson, Vice President of Global Marketing Solutions at Facebook; Arianna Huffington, CEO, Thrive Global; Karin Klein, Founding Partner at Bloomberg Beta; Shelley Zalis, CEO, The Female Quotwomen in a diverse range of industries including: Ann Miura - Ko, Co-Founding Partner of Floodgate; Beth Comstock, Vice Chair, General Electric; Carolyn Everson, Vice President of Global Marketing Solutions at Facebook; Arianna Huffington, CEO, Thrive Global; Karin Klein, Founding Partner at Bloomberg Beta; Shelley Zalis, CEO, The Female Quotient.

We now have examples from seven or eight African countries where the proportion of men and women reporting more than one sexual partner in the past year has declined significantly, and this is followed by a general decline in HIV prevalence at the national level.

The encyclical warned of four resulting trends: a general lowering of moral standards throughout society; a rise in infidelity; a lessening of respect for women by men; and the coercive use of reproductive technologies by governments.

Pope Paul VI and the «out of touch» Church predicted in 1969 that widespread use of contraception would lead to four things: 1) General lowering of moral standards, 2) A rise in infidelity, and illegitimacy 3) The reduction of women to objects used to satisfy men and 4) Government coercion in reproductive matters.

But the more time marches on, the more Humanae Vitae appears prophetic, for Paul VI voiced four concerns regarding artificial contraception that have largely become realities: a general lowering of moral standards; increased marital infidelity; the reduction of women to instruments for the fulfillment of male desire; and public authorities engaging in coercive population planning programs.

On women's issues in general, liberal Protestants fall well to the left, conservatives well to the right, of the national average.