Sentences with phrase «seeing women role models»

Over 2,400 attendees to the national speaker series roadshow (evaluations from participants indicate that they highly value these events and are motivated by seeing women role models, resulting in a greater preparedness to commence exporting);

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«There's a perception among young women that there are few role models for them — they don't see women successfully managing their careers and their lives [whom] they feel they can relate to,» says Jane Allen, Deloitte Canada's chief diversity officer.

Beth Seidenberg, a partner at KPCB, suggests, «Women need to see role models in the profession to know what is possible... The first thing we need to do is fix the top of the funnel.

I have a three - and - half year old son whom I am providing with a male role model - something sorely lacking in this country - and he gets to see me cooking, cleaning, and taking care of other roles traditionally relegated to women.

My daughter is a strong young woman herself, and I like her to have great role models to see and emulate.

Because Beyoncé looked great despite being pregnant with twins, and was energetic while carrying that load - and appeared to have held it together, others saw her as a role model for pregnant women.

Westchester County Commissioner of Parks Recreation and Conservation Kathy O'Connor called this «a wonderful opportunity for the young women of Westchester to see the Liberty team as strong female role models.»

«For her to become president of NAS at this time, when there is a lot of talk about getting more women and minorities into STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) fields, here is an exemplary role model to those who might see themselves in those realms,» McEntee said.

One quarter of the girls saw feminine STEM role models: women wearing pastel - colored clothes and make - up, described as successful in math or science and fond of fashion magazines.

I'm 51 and I love seeing women my age such as yourself who are such great role models.

There are not a lot of great tall role models in the general public and so it is a treat to see a tall woman who has dressed appropriately for her height.

Comparing a woman to a celebrity or role model is sure to catch her eye when she sees your message in her inbox.

As a female filmmaker myself, I can certainly see the need for more women role models in the film industry.

As a female filmmaker myself, I can certainly see the need for more women role models in the...

But screenwriter Julian Fellowes, best known for Robert Altman's Gosford Park (2001), clearly sees Victoria as a worthwhile role model for young women.

-- Sociology & Anthropology: Study the transformation of women's roles in Kichwa Culture as they would have compared to the models of Hilary Rose and Napoleon Chagnon, or, alternatively, as they would have been seen by Margaret Mead.

SMB: We should take a page from the successful, ongoing efforts that address the lingering lag in girls» and women's participation in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fields and leadership positions: 1) mentoring and role - modeling programs that involve more men in schools, particularly men who hold other than traditionally male jobs so that students see men in a variety of careers; 2) a national fathers» reading campaign to engage more fathers in reading to their children; and 3) increased funding for innovative programs that engage students in literacy activities in and out of school.

Women and girls need to see female role models in the workplace that look like them.

And she was someone who wasn't interested in being seen — a lot of these older artists were not interested in being a role model for women artists, they found it insulting to be considered as a woman artist and just wanted to be regarded as an artist.

Select group exhibitions featuring her work include Selections from the Permanent Collection: Catherine Opie and Sterling Ruby, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (2017); Breaking News, Getty Museum, Los Angeles (2016 - 2017); A Slow Succession with Many Interruptions, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA (2016 - 2017); Human Interest: Portraits from the Whitney's Collection, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2016); Who Shot Sports: A Photographic History, Brooklyn Museum, NY (2016); Perfect Likeness: Photography and Composition, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2015); Residue: The Persistence of the Real, Vancouver Art Gallery, Canada (2015); America Is Hard to See, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2015); Storylines: Contemporary Art at the Guggenheim, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (2015); Unbound: Contemporary Art After Frida Kahlo, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (2014); and Role Models: Feminine Identity in Contemporary American Photography, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC (2008).

Recent research by psychologist Penelope Lockwood discovered that women need to see female role models more than men need to see male ones.

It is a valid concern, yet perhaps by celebrating their rightful place both as a woman and a designer — stepping forward as role models — then we might be able to create a discernible difference and see the statistics change in women's favour.