Sentences with phrase «reaching gender parity»

This is a time for optimism and celebration of the remarkable gains to which the MDGs have contributed worldwide, including: decreasing the global share of people living on less than $ 1.25 per day by more than two - thirds since 1990; more than halving the rate of child mortality; and reaching gender parity in primary - school enrollment.

Some fields such as physics, mathematics and chemistry have the fewest number of women authors and would take the longest to reach gender parity.

Along with a request that women walking the red carpet at the Golden Globes speak out and raise awareness by wearing black, the initiative includes a legal defense fund, backed by $ 13 million in donations, to help less privileged women — like janitors, nurses, farm and factory workers, waitresses, hotel housekeepers — protect themselves from sexual misconduct and the fallout from reporting it; legislation to penalize companies that tolerate persistent harassment, and to discourage the use of nondisclosure agreements to silence victims; and a drive to at long last reach gender parity at studios and talent agencies that reportedly has already begun making headway.

Another group, 50 / 50by2020, is pushing entertainment organizations and companies to agree to reach gender parity in their leadership tiers within two years.

And yet, at our country's current rate, it will take more than 75 years for us to reach gender parity in the superintendent position.

«While much as been written about law firms» struggles to reach gender parity and equity among their ranks, there has been scant recognition of the general disparity in legaltech,» writes Sonday, who was herself recognized among the 2017 Women of Legal Tech by the ABA's Legal Technology Resource Center.

Not exact matches

While Slack's work force — around 600 employees — is tiny next to the likes of Google and Facebook, the company is growing so rapidly that its hiring over the next year or two could make it one of the first major tech companies to reach, or approach, gender and ethnic parity.

The study found only marginal improvements toward parity in senior and executive leadership positions since 2012; at the current pace of change, it will take 100 years to reach gender equality in the C - suite.

I am still working to achieve gender parity, or, at least, reach the percentage promised in the NPP Manifesto.