Sentences with phrase «rising number of women»

The rising number of women graduating from law school and entering the legal profession is not enough to shift the balance.

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Due to the ever - rising number of women's boots available at the leading online shops, it is often hard to identify quality and fashionable boots.

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The rise of the numbers for women - owned businesses over the past five years is cause for cheer among those who would like to see more equality of business ownership, particularly given the stagnant numbers or declines over the previous half decade.

The number of women owning cars in the U.K. jumped 66 percent in the decade through 2016, official figures show, almost triple the rise in for men.

While women continue to be the primary caregivers of families — caring for children, the elderly and, in the case of illness, for in - laws and spouses — the number of men in caregiving roles is also on the rise.

Many survived because women entered the workforce, occasioning a sharp rise in the number of double - income households.

But the C. D. Howe report speculates that the rising number of sick days women are taking off — an average 2.9 more days a year than men — has less to do with illness than the fact that women are often saddled with taking care of both children and elderly parents.

The number of woman and minority - owned private equity firms rose to 240 at year - end, up from...

The number of woman and minority - owned private equity firms had risen to 220 at mid-year, up from approximately 185 at the end of 2016.

In his new book, Startup Rising, he makes a strong case for the Middle East, where a surprising number of young men and women are starting tech companies and where global corporations, such as Google, Yahoo and Cisco, are investing.»

We've seen a jump in applicants to our college by 17 % each year for the last two, and within those increases, there's been a rise in the number of women who are interested in studying STEM every year,» she says, adding: «I've heard anecdotally that's also happening at many of our peer women's colleges.»

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-...]

This year, 259 newcomers were added to the list and the number of women rose to 256, up from 227 in 2017.

In the face of these issues, there has been a rapid rise in the number of woman - owned venture capital firms.

FKG also created a diversity index, ranking companies in the Fortune 500 based on the number of women in senior management, board roles, and «pipeline» positions where rising talent can be groomed for the next level.

By the time these young women reach sixteen the figure rises to one in three, and by the time they are seventeen the number is one of every two.

To what extent this reflects a «greater rate of emergence of formerly hidden alcoholism among women» 13 and to what extent a rise in the number of women alcoholics (associated with the increase of women drinkers since World War II) is not really known.

Between the rise in the number of women working outside of the home and the food industry begging to let them do the cooking for us, I guess it's not that big of a surprise.

Women's sport has grown, increasing the overall number of teams and athletes; disability sport has risen in profile and become widely accessible; and many new international sports have been recognised and adopted.

As part of GB's aim of further strengthening its performance pathway across the home nations, a number of rising stars have spent a day at the Senior Women's camp.

However, the number of women who say they tried everything and still couldn't make enough milk seems to be on the rise.

The high rise in the number of multiple births was also caused by the use of ART (Assisted Reproductive Technology) and fertility drugs, which help women conceive.

While the authors note that the recession is a huge issue, there are other, more disturbing social trends facing men, including the rise of men having children outside of marriage, the increase in men having children with numerous women and the growing numbers of divorced fathers.

So, in light of the rising numbers and the fact that prospective birthmothers have traditionally favored two - parent families over single parents for their baby, what can a woman do to increase her chances of finding a match?

According to the most current study, the number of women who choose to breastfeed in the United States continues to rise, with 77 percent of new moms reporting they at least breastfed their babies for the first few months of their life, if not for a year — or years.

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.

While many women conceive with no issues at all, there is a rise in the number of women needing fertility treatments such as IVF.

Most stuck to the well - known and trusted recipe, found in Dr. L. Emmett Holt's perennially popular childcare manual, Care and Feeding of Infants, of cow's milk diluted with water and supplemented with sugar.41 Still, the increasing availability and promotion of such products, along with the rise in safer, cleaner cow's milk thanks to certification programs and pasteurization, contributed to a growth in the number of women who bottle fed their infants.

The number of low - income women breastfeeding their babies in the hospital rose to more than 41 percent from 30 percent in 1990, according to the survey, a primary source of breastfeeding statistics in the United States.

In the last 5 or 6 years I have seen a huge rise in the number of women with past surgeries.

Although currently less than 2 %, the number of women choosing to have their babies at a birth center or at home is expected to continue to rise.

Since the 1990s, the number of women who start families in their 30s has steadily risen according to data from the CDC.

And research also shows the number of women becoming stay - at - home moms is on the rise partly due to rising costs in childcare.

the number of women becoming stay - at - home moms is on the rise partly due to rising costs in childcare.

The 2017 election delivered the most diverse House of Commons in history, with the number of LGBT, women and ethnic minority MPs rising.

The numbers of our fellow countrymen and women in work are rising.

Her admission came after figures from charity Gamcare show the number of people applying to it for counseling rose 41.3 per cent last year, many of them women.

New figures pointing to a rise in the number of self - employed women obscures the fact that a lot of women's enterprise in the UK is unglamorous, scarcely profitable and curbed by childcare responsibilities.

Rabin said the numbers of women being tested is on the rise weekly in Nassau County, as well as in New York City and Westchester County.

«Youth unemployment has risen yet again, back towards the million mark, the number of women out of work has gone up and long - term unemployment is still far too high», he said.

Yet while Britain's First Past the Post acts against the representation of women, the fact that the number of women candidates is going up and that the ERS are able to project a rise in women does show that parties can move forwards in this area.

The rise of female political donors parallels a similar surge in the number of women running for elective office and has prompted a change in campaign finance rules allowing candidates to use their political money for child care in some cases.

However, the CBI pointed to increasing numbers of young women rising to senior roles in business with 28 per cent of directors aged 18 - 29 being female.

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.

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.

On Tuesday, the NEC is also likely to agree a sharp rise in the number of all - women shortlists ahead of snap candidate selections for the next general elections.

Recently, the number of homeless men, women, and children living in NYC rose to over 59,000.

For instance, among the six largest countries, although the actual numbers of female deaths from lung cancer will still be the highest in the UK in 2016 than in the other large countries (at 16,400), the rate per 100,000 women has started to fall (from 20.15 per 100,000 in 2013 to 19.37 predicted in 2016), while death rates are still rising in the other countries.

Both the number and the proportion of women earning master's and doctoral degrees have risen steadily over the past 30 years; nevertheless, the discrepancy between women and men remains much larger than at the baccalaureate level.