Sentences with phrase «women directors because»

«I would love to see more women directors because they represent half of the population - and gave birth to the whole world.

Acclaimed Wellington - born New Zealand filmmaker Dame Jane Campion once stated that she «would love to see more women directors because they represent half of the population and gave birth to the whole world...

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To see a woman step up and take the place of a man thats been accused and is resigning because of his own history with sexual harassment,» said Jean Sinzdak, associate director at the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University.

A federal initiative to cultivate the next generation of women directors is floundering because leaders won't step up

Their business stood out because, despite accepting both male and female clientele, the Westropp sisters wanted to have an all - female board of directors and teach women about money during a time when men still controlled much of family and business finance.

CDC Director Tom Frieden says pregnant women all over the South should protect themselves against mosquito bites because of the risk of Zika.

Asked about S — t People Say About Women Directors, McCabe said: «I think it's brilliant that it's anonymous because we all need to work.

They have youth directors that tell the youth they have to drop out of school activities to do more work for the church, kick an 86 year old woman from the choir because she doesn't sing well enough any more... and the list goes on and on.

Claire Peters, the new managing director of Woolworths supermarkets, admits to feeling performance pressure, not because she's the first woman to run an Australian grocery chain but because she wants to make sure Woolworths keeps beating Coles.

A coach today screams that he's not allowed to suit up a fourths - tring free safety because his athletic director has to hire a women's squash coach.

«More hospitals are opening their doors to doulas because they know women want that kind of support,» says Maureen Corry, M.P.H., executive director of the Maternity Center Association in New York City, a nonprofit organization devoted to improving maternity care.

«It is starting to catch on because people are starting to understand the mom - and - baby bond, and it improves circulation and helps the baby relax,» said Connie Hardy, director of women's and children's services at Edward Hospital in Naperville.

I joined its Board of Directors last October because I feel strongly that more mother - to - mother support is needed to help women meet their breastfeeding goals.

Many women don't want to deliver in a hospital because they fear their choices — to avoid drugs, to avoid surgery, to be surrounded by their families, to be with the baby immediately after delivery — will be taken away, said Carolyn L. Gegor, program director of the Nurse Midwifery / Women's Health Nurse Practitioner Program in the School of Nursing and Health Studies at Georgetown University Medical Cewomen don't want to deliver in a hospital because they fear their choices — to avoid drugs, to avoid surgery, to be surrounded by their families, to be with the baby immediately after delivery — will be taken away, said Carolyn L. Gegor, program director of the Nurse Midwifery / Women's Health Nurse Practitioner Program in the School of Nursing and Health Studies at Georgetown University Medical CeWomen's Health Nurse Practitioner Program in the School of Nursing and Health Studies at Georgetown University Medical Center.

«I think because it is in New York City and because we are in the process of the budget hearings, the budget negotiations are overshadowing this trial by a longshot,» said League of Women Voters Legislative Director Jennifer Wilson.

«The law was passed because lead can cause serious health problems, especially for young children and pregnant women, and testing at a select number of schools last year uncovered potential problems,» said Christine Schuyler, director of health and human services for Chautauqua County.

«There is still much to be learned in the CAM arena and women need to understand that just because something appears natural does not necessarily mean it is without risk, especially for certain populations,» says NAMS Medical Director Wulf Utian, M.D., Ph.D., D.Sc.

«A generation of women has missed out on effective treatment because of misinformation,» says JoAnn Pinkerton, executive director of the North American Menopause Society and a gynecologist who specializes in menopause at the University of Virginia Health System in Charlottesville.

Some women in Alabama preemptively choose caesarean section births because they fear they will not make it to the hospital in time, says Dale Quinney, executive director of the Alabama Rural Health Association.

Reed was selected by the NPA executive board because of her experience, especially the experience she gained as executive director at the Maryland Commission for Women and the National Committee on Pay Equity.?

«No woman, child or adolescent should face a greater risk of preventable death just because of where they live,» says Dr Flavia Bustreo, Assistant Director - General of the World Health Organization.

«The HR woman was very nice and we got along fine, but I really didn't pay a lot of attention to her, because I was more concerned about my meeting with the director.

«Just think about how women are more prone to suffer from osteoporosis when they reach menopause because their estrogen levels drop,» said Ferron, director of the IRCM's Integrative and Molecular Physiology Research Unit.

Samuel Broder, director of the National Cancer Institute in the US, said the trial was important because it might demonstrate a «practical method» of preventing breast cancer in women at high risk.

«The results of this study were of particular interest because more than half of the pregnant women with migraine experienced some type of adverse birth outcome, suggesting that these pregnancies should be considered high risk,» said study author Matthew S. Robbins, M.D., director of inpatient services at Montefiore Headache Center, chief of neurology at Jack D. Weiler Hospital of Montefiore, and associate professor of clinical neurology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

«A woman with kids might, for example, be overlooked for an international project because people presume she won't want to travel, but she should have the same opportunity as anyone else,» says Arup director Kate Hall.

«That is a fascinating result because it highlights the importance of a properly done, rigorous randomized trial that is both blinded and sham controlled,» said Deepak L. Bhatt, M.D., M.P.H., executive director of interventional cardiovascular programs, Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart and Vascular Center, professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, and co-principal investigator.

For the society it marks a turning point: a chance to hire more women and more foreign researchers, and an opportunity to open up entirely new fields of research, because incoming directors can set their own course.

Women may need different tests And because women often experience heart disease differently from men, doctors are becoming more aware that diagnostic tests should be used differently for women and men, says C. Noel Bairey Merz, MD, medical director of the Womens Heart Center at Cedars - Sinai Medical Center in Los AngWomen may need different tests And because women often experience heart disease differently from men, doctors are becoming more aware that diagnostic tests should be used differently for women and men, says C. Noel Bairey Merz, MD, medical director of the Womens Heart Center at Cedars - Sinai Medical Center in Los Angwomen often experience heart disease differently from men, doctors are becoming more aware that diagnostic tests should be used differently for women and men, says C. Noel Bairey Merz, MD, medical director of the Womens Heart Center at Cedars - Sinai Medical Center in Los Angwomen and men, says C. Noel Bairey Merz, MD, medical director of the Womens Heart Center at Cedars - Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

«Hope is helpful, even if it doesn't add a second to your life, because it adds to the quality of your life,» says Robin Hershkowitz, program director for women's cancers at CancerCare, a national nonprofit support - services group based in New York City.

And there's a good chance those stats are off, says Joshua Zeichner, MD, director of cosmetic and clinical research in dermatology at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, because women are often too embarrassed to talk about it.

Plus, women often have stronger stress reactions than men, says David Rakel, MD, director of integrative medicine at the University of Wisconsin, maybe because the area where emotions are processed in our brains is larger.

About two - thirds of sufferers are women, probably because gut hormones can be influenced by reproductive hormones, says Gina Sam, MD, director of the Mount Sinai Gastrointestinal Motility Center in NYC.

and the stream of activism demanding fair treatment for women, topped off by Barbara Streisand giving a mini speech about no women directors, and there is zero chance Gerwig will be left off the list because they're filling out their ballots RIGHT NOW.

«I think it's necessary to say that every 18 months I'll make a movie with a female director,» she said, «because that's the only way statistics will change, when women start to go, «no, I'm actually going to choose only a woman now.»

Despite having grown up with the Washington Post and her extensive social and political network, Kay's board of directors privately lack faith in her ability to manage the company as publisher because she is a woman.

I initially wanted to do this movie because there wasn't a Wonder Woman movie already,» writer / director Angela Robinson said.

That was a consideration as well: trying to make sure we had a woman director, especially because TCM has a three - year series devoted to trailblazing women in the film industry.

Maybe the viewers are not likely to watch male superheroes because the director does not have the courage to make women - centric pictures.

As Creed director Ryan Coogler has said when talking about the talented women he's worked with, there's always room for strong voices, who will end up elevating the overall level of films being made, because they'll have different points of view and experiences, in addition to talent.

The film is a fine debut for Bell as a writer, director and leading woman with a script that is witty, despite having a familiar story arc, mostly because of the unique premise.

Still, this is a telling clarification of the best - actress discrepancy — the best directors simply aren't making many movies starring women, probably because historically, Hollywood has proven itself to be uninterested in telling stories about women, or even, in many cases giving them speaking roles.

Gilles» relationships are approximately as bland as the rest of the movie except for what they appear to have to say about writer / director Olivier Assayas «(Carlos) attitude towards women: they'll always leave you for older men because they want relationships but then those older men will disappoint them and they'll end up paying for it.

Not because she can't do it, because there are brilliant women directors, but if you have a family; it's basically a job where you can't do both.

I honestly didn't anticipate the Best Director award for well - regarded Iranian photographer - turned - filmmaker Shirin Neshat (for her debut feature «Women Without Men»), not least because it was one of the Competition titles I missed and I didn't hear much talk about it on the Lido.

Because the director, Roger Kumble, doesn't know how to set it up and pay it off with surgical precision, he simply has women pawing Applegate while the scene dies.

The director of «Wonder Woman» says James Cameron's criticism of the film is «unsurprising» because he can't understand it.

Greta Gerwig and Jordan Peele's Best Director nominations for Lady Bird and Get Out are also significant, not only because they're both debut films, but because this marks only the fifth time a (white) woman and a black man have been nominated for the award, respectively.

I'm astonished by the perceptiveness of both directors, but I'm middle - aged myself and that obviously inflects my opinion: I'm grateful that Ozon takes the trouble to empathize with a woman who's 20 years older than himself, and I might be partial to Zwigoff's view of adolescence because we're from the same generation.

Dee Rees» Mudbound should make history with the first black woman nominated for Best Director, but that may not happen, partly because the cool kids so far aren't hot for it, and partly because there seems to be stubborn resistance to the Netflix brand.