Sentences with phrase «women in all fields made»

«One of the things we're working really hard on is to get more women to run for office,» said De La Rosa, who added that more women in all fields made for a fairer society.

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By making a stronger connection between STEM jobs and careers in construction, the industry has an opportunity to reach more women, as well as others in STEM fields who can help take the industry to the next level.

Last June, the internet giant debuted its Made with Code campaign in an effort to get young women excited about computer science — a field that less than one percent of high school girls think of as part of their future.

«We felt like the funding from this pack could have the greatest impact by making it possible for more women to get an education in those fields, and by giving them a platform to share their work and their passion for science.»

Not only am I a woman trying to do business, but I'm a woman trying to make a women's health opportunity look attractive to male investors in a field that's dominated by men.

The letter urges five overall guiding principles and 10 best practices in order to get more women into the field generally and leadership positions, including: getting executives and boards to make gender diversity a priority; establishing mentorship programs that connect women with life sciences executives; and doing a better job tracking where female talent goes within biopharma firms, among other suggestions.

While women - owned businesses have made great strides in federal contracting, officials still have a lot of work ahead to create a truly equitable playing field.

«Not only are they CEOs of companies but they're also putting, what many of them describe as, extra hours and almost a second job into trying to highlight the work of women and trying to make it easier for them to enter into the playing field,» said Peck in an interview Thursday with Cheddar.

In fact, women have made progress in some STEM fields — in 1987 only 23 % of mathematicians, statisticians, and actuaries were women; by 2015 this share increased to 67 In fact, women have made progress in some STEM fields — in 1987 only 23 % of mathematicians, statisticians, and actuaries were women; by 2015 this share increased to 67 in some STEM fields — in 1987 only 23 % of mathematicians, statisticians, and actuaries were women; by 2015 this share increased to 67 in 1987 only 23 % of mathematicians, statisticians, and actuaries were women; by 2015 this share increased to 67 %.

But there is no industry I can think of — no sport, no science, no game, no writing, no legal system, no athletic ability, no engineering, no drug discovery, no awards for scientific achievement, no Fortune 50 companies (companies that actually make something in addition to money), no adventurism, no culinary art, no nothing in which a woman sits above all men in her field.

Unfortunately, the theological establishment in our country have not taken seriously enough the contributions women can make to this important field of theology.

What is the only thing capable of making 40 % of the country fvcking stupid enough to think the entire Universe began less than 10,000 years ago with one man, one woman and a talking snake: (i) paleontology (ii) archeology (iii) biology; or (iv) religion It is only acceptable as an adult to believe Bronze Age mythology like talking snakes, the Red Sea splitting, mana falling from the sky, a man living in a whale's belly, a talking donkey, superhuman strength, a man rising from the dead and angels, ghosts, gods and demons in the field of:

The parables disclose with what pleasure and tolerance he surveyed the broad scene of human activity: the merchant seeking pearls; the farmer sowing his fields; the real - estate man trying to buy a piece of land in which he had secret reason to believe a treasure lay buried; the dishonest secretary, who had been given notice, making friends against the evil day among his employer's debtors by reducing their obligations; the five young women sleeping with lamps burning while the bridegroom tarried and unable to attend the marriage because their sisters who had had foresight enough to bring additional oil refused to lend them any; the rich man whose guests for dinner all made excuses; the man comfortably in bed with his children who gets up at midnight to help his importunate neighbor only because he despairs of getting rid of him otherwise; the king who is out to capture a city; the man who built his house upon the sand and lost it in the first storm of wind and rain; the queer employer who pays all of his men the same wage whether they have worked the whole day or a single hour; the great lord who going to a distant land entrusts his property to his three servants and judges them by the success of their investments when he returns; the shepherd whose sheep falls into a ditch; the woman with ten pieces of silver who, losing one, lights the candle and sweeps diligently till she finds it, and makes the finding of it the occasion of a celebration in which all of her neighbors are invited to share — and how long such a list might be!

Marie Stopes International's latest propaganda effort in the field of abortion and contraception promotion comes under the seemingly compassionate label of «Make Women Matter.»

Marriage and motherhood are not the only way to biblical womanhood, as we see in so many of our spiritual mamas, despite our collective evangelical habit of treating single women and men as our personal match - making mission field.

«We are excited to partner with DSR driver, Leah Pritchett, who recently closed out her impressive 2017 season with four NHRA event titles,» stated Chris Hall, Chief Operating Officer of Talking Rain Beverage Co. «At Sparkling Ice, we were immediately inspired by Leah's career, especially as a woman making waves in such a male dominated field.

Explore our interactive database of the full list of this year's 100 women making a difference in fields ranging from business through to culture.

The way he attacked your woman for running on to field was appalling, and what makes it worse is that she was held in high regard and affection by the entire team.

Sarah Attar finished in last place in the Women's 800m Round 1 Heats, but made history — she was the first woman from Saudi Arabia to compete in track and field.

After dedicating his award to the enslaved women for making sure «the fields didn't strip them of their humor and humanity», he mentioned the families who left Mississippi for the South Side of Chicago in search of a better day.

As a former college lacrosse and high school field hockey player, and a member of ASTM International's subcommittee on standards for headgear and helmets, which is working with US Lacrosse on developing a new standard for headgear in women's lacrosse, I have reservations about whether requiring female lacrosse players to wear helmets will make the sports safer, or, as a result of the phenomenon called risk compensation (also called the «gladiator effect»), will actually result in more, rather than fewer, head injuries.

I stay home with my kids right now, and I homeschool, but when they are grown I will probably go back to school, and obstetrics is a field I've considered just so that maybe I can make a bit of a good difference, and give women the best of both worlds (like a water birth, in a hospital with a doula or midwife with an OB on staff or back up in case something went wrong.)

These midwives are fully trained, highly skilled experts in their field and are more than qualified to make clinical decisions around the suitability of women for a home birth.

Dr. Kendall - Tackett is author of more than 310 journal articles, book chapters and other publications, and author or editor of 22 books in the fields of trauma, women's health, depression, and breastfeeding, including Treating the Lifetime Health Effects of Childhood Victimization, 2nd Edition (in press, Civic Research Institute), Depression in New Mothers, 2nd Edition (2010, Routledge), The Psychoneuroimmunology of Chronic Disease (2010, American Psychological Association), and Breastfeeding Made Simple, 2nd Edition (co-authored with Nancy Mohrbacher, 2010).

«But we do not view others» perspective as a difficulty; rather we see it as a call to action to reach out in sisterhood to the many women who are committed to making a difference in the field of lactation support,» she continues.

Women have made great strides in holding elective office, but the playing field is anything but level.

She is (so far) the only woman in the field, and also the only DA, making her what some see as a good head - to - head match for Staten Island DA Dan Donovan, the likely GOP designee.

A peep into the background of the few women selected for the award reveals iconic women who have made their marks in their different fields of endeavour.

WOMEN IN SCIENCE Progress has been made on closing the gender gap in science - related fields, but it may be decades or even centuries before some disciplines have equal numbers of men and women, a new study suggWOMEN IN SCIENCE Progress has been made on closing the gender gap in science - related fields, but it may be decades or even centuries before some disciplines have equal numbers of men and women, a new study suggestIN SCIENCE Progress has been made on closing the gender gap in science - related fields, but it may be decades or even centuries before some disciplines have equal numbers of men and women, a new study suggestin science - related fields, but it may be decades or even centuries before some disciplines have equal numbers of men and women, a new study suggwomen, a new study suggests.

After what seemed like an interminable wait, spent flicking through a couple of specialist journals I brought along (I wanted to make it obvious that I was an expert in my field and not just someone who said they were a scientist), I was called over by a nice young woman.

Women make up one - third of all researchers in the STEM fields.

Only a few students (1.8 percent) reported that they had received messages that made them aware of the opportunities for women and minorities in STEM fields, or of the general need for more professionals in these fields.

The researchers say that changing computer science stereotypes to make more students feel welcome in high school classrooms would help recruit more girls to the field, which has one of the lowest percentages of women among STEM fields.

Perhaps contrary to popular intuition, adding the «girly» factor to otherwise everyday women succeeding in male - dominated fields made those women less motivating, not more.

Evolutionary biologist and entomologist Corrie Moreau has traveled to remote tropical locations to collect ant specimens, made new scientific discoveries, and continues to support and mentor students and young scientists through her work with the Field Museum Women In Science program.

NASA aerospace engineer Aprille Ericsson told more than 600 seventh - to tenth - grade girls at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory's Young Women's Conference that she was depending on them to pursue their dreams and make their ideas a reality in the wide - open field of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).

During the last two decades, women have already made substantial progress in several science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields.

Successful candidates are women in the first one to three years of an independent faculty - level position whose work displays originality and scientific creativity, making seminal discoveries within their fields.

NASA aerospace engineer Aprille Ericsson told more than 600 seventh - to tenth - grade girls at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory's Young Women's Conference that she was depending on them to pursue their dreams and make their ideas a reality in the wide - open field of Science, Technology, Engin

This award honors 10 women in the chemical enterprise who have made outstanding contributions in their fields of study.

This event creates a space for women to chat, build community and make connections with mentors or role models in STEM fields.

She was active in sports ranging from field hockey to soccer, and from swimming to dance, and, as a result, she had a «fit» and athletic build that made other women her age jealous.

What's clear is that we shouldn't sweep research on sex - based brain differences under the carpet in the interest of political correctness, just because some misguided writers use the field to make sweeping generalizations about men's and women's abilities and personalities.

Also love the career spotlights — even if I'm not interested in their career field, I love reading about women making their dreams a reality.

That he is a champion you know he has a champion mentality II and the opposite him I'm a woman who started out very young doing five million things and I can do the ball really well but I've never focused on one thing blocking out all the rest and may be coming a true champion that can win you know arm all these great awards I never did that I do all the other things that make me happy him had one direction and that's what Isere in champions in it all areas is that quality to blanket all - out dote one thing they log and be the best in the world at it the competition is in progress and the judges have cut the field 25 forthe final postal with today you have guys competing daily you know from the first minute when you see them in state today never going to win but that they believe they're going to win addition to have another contest the losers converse or something like that but not in this competition this competition.

First of all, there are a lot of ignorant people who work in this field, who think that this business is a lottery, they spoil trust of potential clients and make an awful image of Ukrainian women!

The players of the field have made it very hard to flirt as a lot of women have become wise the to over zealous player who wants to just get in her pants and as a result shuts down as soon as a genuine flirt is used.

Carol feels like she could make her own mark in the industry, but it's not a field that's very receptive to women, and Sam is constantly discouraging her.

«It makes me feel like we're getting closer, that [the field] will be saturated equally with men and women and it won't be such a big thing, maybe, in 10 years from now,» Morano said.