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And after thousands of years of women not being allowed to work, it shouldn't shock us that expectations like Brook's — for men to act as providers — haven't just disappeared into the night.

He added that the show «repudiated hundreds of years of women's struggles to be viewed as being equal to men and is typical of old - fashioned sexism that might also advise a young woman that her best chance for a happy life is to ace her home economics class and learn how to make a queso dip from Velveeta to catch a good man.»

Not exact matches

«DEAFENING SILENCE:» TIME recently named the men and women who spoke out against sexual assault and harassment as TIME's Person of the Year.

Earlier this year, for example, Judy Zaichkowsky of Simon Fraser University's Beedie School of Business published a study indicating that the presence of just one woman on a company's board resulted in significantly higher standards of corporate governance (which has an established correlation to better financial performance).

But over the past year, the company has endured a series of embarrassments: soft sales, see - through pants and insensitive comments about plus - sized woman by founder Chip Wilson.

Accenture has also worked on ways to get more women into senior leadership positions (they've changed the interview process so that candidates of both genders get to know more members in the executive ranks) and to retain them (implementing a one - year no - travel policy for employees who are new mothers and fathers).

Heart disease is the leading cause of death for men and women in the U.S. Every year over 700,000 Americans have a heart attack and half of those are fatal.

The move is especially pertinent to Cannes as mega-producer Harvey Weinstein, the catalyst of the #MeToo movement, was accused of assaulting women at the festival in previous years.

A couple years ago, Karen Okonkwo had a difficult time finding photos of women of color for her blog, Sorority Secrets.

«I'm working to create a space where it feels easy to include and imagine black girls and make black girls like me the main characters of our lives,» Dias said at Forbes» Women Summit in New York City last year.

To keep the momentum going, this year's theme for International Women's Day is centered around #PressforProgress and urges women of all generations to to use their voices to make a differWomen's Day is centered around #PressforProgress and urges women of all generations to to use their voices to make a differwomen of all generations to to use their voices to make a difference.

Tech companies, in recent years, have been under fire for the underrepresentation of women and certain minority groups in their workforces.

Only two years later, in 2013, companies with a woman on the executive team were attracting 18 percent of venture investments.

«This is deeply ingrained bias and years of culture that have long taught men to speak up and loud and with authority and the rest of us [women] to listen when they do so.»

Frazier's resignation comes in the wake of a violent rally by neo-Nazis and white supremacists in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Saturday, where a 32 - year - old woman was killed by a home - grown terrorist who drove his car into a crowd of counter-protestors — an act of hate - filled savagery that President Trump declined to squarely condemn.

Earlier this year, astronomer and physics professor Nicole Gugliucci used a term that neatly captured the scenario of men stealing a woman's idea.

Three women engineers have sued Uber for discrimination based of their gender and race, the latest blow to the ride - services company that is straining to overcome a year of controversies over its workplace culture.

The fact that the number of women entrepreneurs has increased over the years has been made possible, in part, by their passion, talent and dedication and their ability to obtain essential business support including access to capital.

«Cite the prices of corn last year to grow it, against what we were actually receiving per tonne for it,» the middle - aged woman tells her partner inside their small kitchen.

In an interview with CNBC earlier this year, CEO Jamie Dimon said he's proud to report that a sizable portion of his direct reports are women.

For a number of years, I had been on the board of Project Hope, which operates a shelter and provides services for homeless women and children in Boston.

As he puts it: «I'd like to CHALLENGE every woman in tech who's a) got a nice care, b) owns a nice house, or c) is making over $ 125K a year to start thinking of themselves as the next Ron Conway or Esther Dyson in the making and commit to investing in startups...» I'll forgive him for the poor grammar, ditto for the wisecrack a couple of paragraphs later about how some of us might have spent $ 5,000 to $ 10,000 on our MBAs... or our wardrobes.

There was some positive news last year: Women - led companies made up 4.94 % of all VC deals in 2016 — the highest percentage in the past decade.

Angie Paskevicius, the chief executive of non-for-profit drug and alcohol support service Holyoake, has been named the 2015 Telstra Western Australia business woman of the year.

Last year a woman who had an ovary frozen at the age of 13 gave birth after doctors used the tissue to restore her fertility.

While the percentage of the deals that went to women increased last year, women actually lost ground when it comes to the share of VC dollars.

In 2012 I received the «Business Women of the Year» award from the UHCC.

At 23, she became the first woman to become Yachtmaster of the Year, awarded by HRH Princess Royal in recognition of Penn's skills and expertise as a skipper.

«So I want tonight to express gratitude to all the women who have endured years of abuse and assault because they, like my mother, had children to feed and bills to pay and dreams to pursue.

He's on a crusade to rescue 35 - to 55 - year - old women and men from the perils of pinching their long - abused feet into ill - fitting shoes.

In 2016, women got just 2.19 % of venture capital funding — a smaller piece of the pie than in every year this past decade, with the exception of 2008 and 2012.

But the former dominatrix says the very premise all of her trainings is based on — the idea that hidden power dynamics often impact minorities and women in unfair ways — seemed totally foreign to so many would - be students five years ago when she started teaching.

While prosecutions are rare, women who are hospitalized for abortion complications frequently face criminal and civil action, and even run the risk of spending up to three years in jail.

Add those reasons to the long, frequently cited list of why women lose confidence in their careers: They make, on average, $ 8,000 less per year than their male counterparts; they aren't afforded the same opportunities for advancement; they're penalized for having kids.

I had the chance to meet the mother of Amanda Todd [the 15 - year - old B.C. girl who died by suicide in 2012 after being harassed and blackmailed online], an amazing woman.

Women are starting businesses at twice the rate of men, and in 25 years, the U.S. will be a «majority minority» country.

One of those women is porn star Stormy Daniels, who was paid $ 130,000 by Cohen shortly before the 2016 election in exchange for her silence about an alleged dalliance with Trump years earlier.

As of last year, about 950,000 women were self - employed, good for one - third of the national total.

Fourteen females have been inducted into the WA Women's Hall of Fame today as part of International Women's Day, while a new report out reveals a spike in female board appointments to start the year.

Since the Southern California native has been 13 years old, she has been called the future of women's snowboarding.

Years later, when Moffat learned that her wife, Kelly, shared her sartorial angst, the pair teamed up with a tailor to develop a new type of oxford shirt: one that is carefully structured to fit — but not necessarily enhance — the curves of a woman's body.

What is largely being captured in the 25 - 54 year old employment rate data is the increased number of women in the workforce.

Women filed about a third of all trademarks in recent years but fewer than a fifth of patents.

The Centers for Disease Control is monitoring roughly 280 pregnant women infected with Zika in the U.S., while Brazil has reported nearly 3,600 pregnant women with Zika since the start of the year.

• Speaking of Time's Up... Attorney Tina Tchen, who Bloomberg describes as «arguably the most well - connected person working in women's rights today, thanks to her six years as an assistant to President Barack Obama and as first lady Michelle Obama's chief of staff,» talks about why it was so important that Time's Up include a legal defense fund: «The fastest way to make sure that someone isn't getting bullied by a lawyer for someone rich and powerful is to make sure that person has a lawyer, too.»

Canadian companies even have a new resource to turn to in their quest for female candidates: a recruiting firm launched last year by Pamela Jeffery, founder of the Women's Executive Network.

One of the most important social trends since World War II is the percentage of working age women in the workforce, which has doubled in the last 50 years.

Women - led teams received just $ 1.9 billion of the total $ 85 billion invested by venture capitalists in 2017, which is just 2.2 percent of the year's total, according to data from VC database PitchBook, an M&A, private equity, and VC database, reported by Fortune.

And while historically, women in the U.S. have never been prosecuted for receiving abortions, a growing number of American women have been arrested in recent years for performing DIY abortions.

Advantagewa, an award - winning program aimed at bridging the gap between university and the business world, has earned its creator, Tracey Hodgkins, the 2005 Telstra WA Business Woman of the Year award.