Sentences with phrase «understanding of the gender bias»

The deeper reasons require an understanding of the gender bias inherent both in law firm structures and in the often, unconscious attitudes of senior lawyers.

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Topics are focused on the unique issues and opportunities facing women working in the alcohol beverage industry, including why gender diversity is good for business, mentoring to empower the next generation of leaders, understanding unconscious bias, thriving in the male - dominated alcohol beverage industry, and others.

Only by understanding the cultural context of the men whose studies and ideas first pointed to gender imbalances can we see how deeply biases run, Saini argues.

It also sheds new light on the long observed but little understood «gender bias» of autism, an illness that typically manifests by age 3 and affects about four times more boys than girls.

Approximately equal numbers of women and men enter and graduate from medical school in the United States and United Kingdom.1 2 In northern and eastern European countries such as Russia, Finland, Hungary, and Serbia, women account for more than 50 % of the active physicians3; in the United Kingdom and United States, they represent 47 % and 33 % respectively.4 5 Even in Japan, the nation in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development with the lowest percentage of female physicians, representation doubled between 1986 and 2012.3 6 However, progress in academic medicine continues to lag, with women accounting for less than 30 % of clinical faculty overall and for less than 20 % of those at the highest grade or in leadership positions.7 - 9 Understanding the extent to which this underrepresentation affects high impact research is critical because of the implicit bias it introduces to the research agenda, influencing future clinical practice.10 11 Given the importance of publication for tenure and promotion, 12 women's publication in high impact journals also provides insights into the degree to which the gender gap can be expected to close.

Through engaging, interactive exercises, participants will: - Create a common understanding of diversity and inclusion - Link diversity issues with achieving district goals - Broaden the scope of diversity beyond race and gender issues - Reveal and assess the impact of subtle biases on district success - Discuss the behaviors required to create an inclusive environment where every man, woman and child feels included, valued and respected.

The project is meant to both «expose the antifemale bias of the art world» and «uncover the complex workings of human perception and how unconscious ideas about gender, race and celebrity influence a viewer's understanding of a given work of art.»

The technology will allow users to understand whether their emails reveal evidence of bias across generations, race, gender or socioeconomic background.