Sentences with phrase «toward women professionals»

Prejudices toward women professionals among women reflect their low self - esteem as women (even though these persons may be confident and competent in their «feminine» roles).

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Last summer, in an expose published by The Information, Caldbeck, who'd previously been an investor with Lightspeed Venture Partners, was accused of making unwanted sexual advances toward six women who said they were groped and propositioned during their professional relationship with him.

She questions the godliness of any woman who would choose to work outside of the home, arguing that «we need mothers who are not only family - oriented, but also family - obsessed... Too many women rush headlong into a career outside the home, determined to waste no time or effort on housework or baby - sitting but rather seeking to achieve position and means by directing all talents and energies toward non-home professional pursuits.»

Such discrimination on the professional scene is paralleled brutally by the light regard which society has traditionally held toward crimes against women such as wife - battering or rape.

Some barriers include the negative attitudes of women, their partners, and family members, as well as health care professionals, toward breastfeeding.8 — 10 Piper and Parks11reported that mothers who were single, smoked, and did not participate in childbirth education classes were less likely to exclusively breastfeed.

Some barriers include the negative attitudes of women and their partners and family members, as well as health care professionals, toward breastfeeding, whereas the main reasons that women do not start or give up breastfeeding are reported to be poor family and social support, perceived milk insufficiency, breast problems, maternal or infant illness, and return to outside employment.2 Several strategies have been used to promote breastfeeding, such as setting standards for maternity services3, 4 (eg, the joint World Health Organization — United Nations Children's Fund [WHO - UNICEF] Baby Friendly Initiative), public education through media campaigns, and health professionals and peer - led initiatives to support individual mothers.5 — 9 Support from the infant's father through active participation in the breastfeeding decision, together with a positive attitude and knowledge about the benefits of breastfeeding, has been shown to have a strong influence on the initiation and duration of breastfeeding in observational studies, 2,10 but scientific evidence is not available as to whether training fathers to manage the most common lactation difficulties can enhance breastfeeding rates.

She motioned toward the carefree professional women on the cover, tsked and looked me up and down.

The Humane Society of Missouri Women's Leadership Council provides opportunities for professional women to connect with each other and direct their time, expertise and support toward making a lasting difference in the lives of abused, neglected or abandoned animals in St. Louis and MissWomen's Leadership Council provides opportunities for professional women to connect with each other and direct their time, expertise and support toward making a lasting difference in the lives of abused, neglected or abandoned animals in St. Louis and Misswomen to connect with each other and direct their time, expertise and support toward making a lasting difference in the lives of abused, neglected or abandoned animals in St. Louis and Missouri.

A few days after International Women's Day, the Manitoba Bar Association's Equality Section held a continuing professional development program looking at progress made toward gender diversity in the legal profession in Manitoba in the 20 + years since the Touchstones report was issued.

(www.alpma.com.au) The conference explored many of the same management issues facing law firms in the United States: how to retain talented lawyers, especially women; the resistance to — and growing importance of - professional management for law firms; and different generational attitudes toward life and work.

Professional Profile Objective: Utilize my rules knowledge and athletic ability toward advancement in officiating NCAA Women's Collegiate Basketball on the Division I Level.

This networking community is geared toward professional women and provides career advice from top leaders.

In the quarter century since a grassroots battered women's movement put partner violence on the national agenda, members of nearly every helping profession have wrestled with the task of integrating new information about abuse and new responsibilities toward its victims into existing professional paradigms and practices.

A valuable tool that provides medical professionals and pregnancy centers with a strategic and situationally appropriate plan for directing young women and men toward optimal sexual health.