Sentences with phrase «on women in state»

In 2014, the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) released findings on women in state legislatures across the United States.

Not exact matches

In fact, across the Arab world, women now earn more science degrees on a percentage basis than women in the United StateIn fact, across the Arab world, women now earn more science degrees on a percentage basis than women in the United Statein the United States.

Like Rent the Runway in the United States, the business hinged on the simple proposition of allowing women to rent, rather than buy, expensive attire.

Recently, Equilar, a research firm that focuses on board recruitment, put together a Gender Diversity Index and predicts that the board of directors on the Russell 3000 list — the 3000 largest companies based in the United States — will achieve parity, with a membership made up of 50 percent women and 50 percent men, by the fourth quarter of 2055.

At the White House's first United States of Women Summit in 2016, Buffett confessed that he only thought to put a woman on the Berkshire Hathaway board in 2003 — nearly 40 years after taking over the company — by the suggestion of his wife Susie.

This is true for women of color, on average, and it's also true for women who live in certain U.S. states.

Australia's women retained their Olympic title by winning the 4x100m freestyle relay in world record time, with sisters Bronte and Cate Campbell swimming the last two stages to overhaul the United States, despite the efforts of Katie Ledecky on the anchor leg.

In the United States, women, on average, are paid 20 percent less than men, while those aged 18 - to - 24, some data show, have less than $ 1,000 in their savings accounts to cover costs including a medical emergencIn the United States, women, on average, are paid 20 percent less than men, while those aged 18 - to - 24, some data show, have less than $ 1,000 in their savings accounts to cover costs including a medical emergencin their savings accounts to cover costs including a medical emergency.

The Telstra Business Woman of the Year in each state and territory becomes eligible to win the 2005 Telstra Australian Business Woman of the Year Award at the national Awards ceremony in Melbourne on 22 October 2005.

For instance, it wasn't until 1968 that women were allowed to serve on juries in all 50 states.

Perhaps the most politically volatile coming Supreme Court case is Whole Woman's Health v. Lakey, which will decide whether dozens of abortion clinics throughout Texas can remain open — a decision that probably will affect other conservative states that have in recent years imposed harsh restrictions on abortion clinics.

A young woman strides through floodwaters on her way to church on a Sunday morning in Igbogeni in Bayelsa State, one of the 14 states affected between July and November 2012 when Nigeria experienced its worst flooding in half a century.

NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 26: A Muslim woman, Sarah A. Aly, Mentorship Coordinator at Network for Arab American Professionals, poses for a photo during an exclusive interview for «Anadolu Agency (AA)» on raising hate speech and islamophobia ahead of the US presidential elections in New York City, NY, USA on October 26, 2016.

The decision by Justice Jennifer Schecter of the New York state court in Manhattan in favor of California restaurateur Summer Zervos, a former contestant on NBC's «The Apprentice,» raises the prospect that Trump might have to answer embarrassing questions in court about his behavior toward women.

Warren Buffet participates in a discussion during the White House Summit on the United State Of Women June 14, 2016 in Washington, DC.

This includes the Twitter page, «Babes for Trump,» whose tweets include photos of young women in various states of undress, pledging their support for the candidate, sometimes with pro-Trump slogans written on their bodies.

On Wednesday, people across United States will partake in «A Day Without A Woman «-- a national strike that encourages women to take off from paid or unpaid labor, abstain from shopping, and wear red in solidarity.

Progress on wage equality for women in the United States has been demonstrably slow in recent years — but a number of companies have taken matters into their own hands.

The law, which was first introduced by Congresswoman Bella Abzug, technically states that the president is «authorized and requested to issue a proclamation in commemoration of that day in 1920 on which the women in American were first guaranteed the right to vote.»

«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.

According to data from the US Census Bureau, the average gender pay gap in the United States is around 19.5 %, meaning that, on average, a woman earns 80.5 % less than her male counterpart.

Statistics on women are more readily available, but they paint a bleak picture of the state of gender diversity in the VC world.

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 12: Katie Ledecky of United States celebrates winning the women's 800m Freestyle on Day 7 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium on August 12, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Several women accusing former USA Gymnastics team and Michigan State University doctor Larry Nassar of abuse spoke in court on Tuesday before his sentencing.

For the first time since 1977, distillers are sitting on nearly 5 million barrels, significantly more than one barrel for every man, woman, and child in the state of Kentucky.

In a blog post, co-founder Evan Sharp noted that most big tech companies — including Pinterest — have made little progress on hiring more women and minorities, a failure that he attributes largely to the fact «that companies haven't stated specific goals.»

The representation of women on screen actually declined in 2017, according to San Diego State University's (SDSU) It's A Man's (Celluloid) World report.

With support of the CRLA Foundation, she co-founded Líderes Campesinas, in 1992, the first state - based farmworker women's unique grass roots organization that became a movement of campesina leaders advocating on behalf of campesinas.

The 2014 State of Women - Owned Businesses Report estimates that on a net increase basis, 1,288 new women - owned firms launched every day in the past Women - Owned Businesses Report estimates that on a net increase basis, 1,288 new women - owned firms launched every day in the past women - owned firms launched every day in the past year.

The two - day event in New York City, sponsored by Time Warner, highlighted the «State of the Network,» and offered insight on exciting new initiatives planned for 2015/2016, in addition to a focus on our certified women business owners.

At the age of 14, in 1950, his mother fled North Korea on foot, walked through live combat, reached the United States and proceeded to become, reportedly, the first Korean woman ever to earn a Ph.D. in mathematics.

«All chairmen of FTSE 350 companies should set out the percentage of women they aim to have on their boards in 2013 and 2015,» the report states.

She is on the Board of Directors for the Center for an Urban Future, Advisory Board of L'Oreal's Women in Digital Initiative, member of Mayor DeBlasio's Broadband Taskforce, and former Access to Capital Committee member of the US Secretary of State Clinton Women's Leadership Council.

early stage women - led venture capital funds in the United States investing with a gender - lens, all of which are on the East and West Coasts (there are none in the Central U.S.!).

Caldbeck also stated in this apology that he will be taking an indefinite leave of absence from the firm, saying he «will be seeking professional counseling as I take steps to reflect on my behavior with and attitude towards women.

Nassar, a former faculty member and physician at an on - campus clinic at Michigan State University was sentenced in February to up to 125 years in prison after some 200 young women testified about decades of abuse at his hands.

Still, there are currently only 6 early stage women - led venture capital funds in the United States investing with a gender - lens, all of which are on the East and West Coasts (there are none in the Central U.S.!).

It's no surprise that when asked about their confidence in the political state of small business, women responded, on average, a full point lower than men (women averaged a 7 out of 10 confidence level, while men averaged an 8).

The study was conducted using ORC International's CARAVAN Omnibus survey using both landline and mobile telephones on May 2-5/9 -12 / 16 - 19 2013 among 3020 adults, 1,507 men and 1,513 women 18 years of age and older, living in the continental United States.

Nobel Peace Prize winner Leymah Gbowee kicked off the 2018 Women in the World Summit in New York on Thursday evening with an all - encompassing worldview on how to effect social change, bringing the wisdom she gained from helping to topple a dictator and end a civil war in Liberia to the social movements sweeping the United States today.

When asked if their old firms» male culture led them to go off on their own, Fonstad stated that it has been challenging at times and mentioned that she's experienced some of the «penalties women take for being aggressive and tough» that were highlighted in Sheryl Sandberg's book, Lean Iin Sheryl Sandberg's book, Lean InIn.

He does not even touch on what the political scientists Valerie Hudson and Patricia Leidl have called the «Hillary Doctrine,» promulgated through the Office of Global Women's Issues established by Mrs. Clinton at the State Department, and according to which any denial of gender equality anywhere in the world is a threat to American order.

The religious among us keep trying to chip away at the separation of church and state by making people recite the pledge of allegiance with the God clause, installing religious symbols and displays on public property, holding prayer breakfasts for politicians, berating the removal of prayer in public schools, trying to pass laws limiting women's access to birth control, and trying to get an amendment passed outlawing abortion (since in their view God creates a soul the moment a sperm enters an egg).

It raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to bring in participants for an interfaith conference on women and global poverty in April that featured former secretary of state Madeleine Albright, former Canadian prime minister Kim Campbell and former Irish president Mary Robinson.

I live in a state where a woman here is on a crusade to have the Potter books removed from every public school library.

I see religion driving it's political tools in congress and the states to control women's reproduction more than any time since the 1970s, even trying to turn the clock back and put the kybosh on BIRTH CONTROL.

The Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith, the church's doctrinal watchdog, on Wednesday announced the conclusion of a years - long «doctrinal assessment» investigation of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, which represents 80 % of the Catholic nuns in the United States.

Laws based on religious beliefs have had a long history in the United States: segregation, anti-abortionism, not giving women the vote, Sunday laws (look them up) and other blue laws.

Re: «couple this proper translation of Luke 24:21, with Mark's account stating the women purchase the spices AFTER the Sabbath, and Luke's account stating they prepared the spices and ointments and THEN rest on the Sabbath in obedience to the command, the ONLY day possible for the crucifixion was on Wednesday.»

Religion was also behind slavery (based on Genesis 9) and repression of women (most religions do) also early in many states» history was the prohibition of Jews, Catholics, and Quakers to hold office; almost certainly a decision based on religion wouldn't you say?