Sentences with phrase «women over a number of years»

The project was photographic, but it also was much more than that — it also involved not only audio recordings but getting to know the women over a number of years.

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The fact that the number of women entrepreneurs has increased over the years has been made possible, in part, by their passion, talent and dedication and their ability to obtain essential business support including access to capital.

The rise of the numbers for women - owned businesses over the past five years is cause for cheer among those who would like to see more equality of business ownership, particularly given the stagnant numbers or declines over the previous half decade.

Nasty Gal, which started out auctioning vintage items on eBay, now sells unselfconsciously sexy clothing to 18 to 24 - year - old women and reportedly racked up sales of over $ 100 million last year (the number has been widely reported, but Amoruso would not confirm it).

About two years ago, the attorney at law firm Cooley took over as chair of the Partnership Nominating Committee, and the numbers weren't inspiring when it came to women's progress.

Women have largely flocked to medical and law schools in greater numbers over the past few years, but they are now turning to business school as well in part because business schools are mindful of the shortage of women students and are recruiting them more aggressively than they have beWomen have largely flocked to medical and law schools in greater numbers over the past few years, but they are now turning to business school as well in part because business schools are mindful of the shortage of women students and are recruiting them more aggressively than they have bewomen students and are recruiting them more aggressively than they have before.

She's been on a very solid track for a number of years, even running good increases over the past year and a half when the women's business as a whole has been really struggling.

In an attempt to crack the glass ceiling in start - ups, a number of mentoring and investing organizations have started or grown significantly over the past few years, such as Women 2.0, SpringBoard Enterprises, Astia, and Golden Seeds.

Over a five - year period (2007 — 2012), the number of women in skilled trades jumped by 66 percent, according to Statistics Canada.

Over half of this is due to girls having had access to higher levels of education and achieving greater equality in the number of years spent in education between men and women.

As a woman, a number of times over the years i have awakened in the midst of a strong and powerful orgasm, and not remembering if I were dreaming.

A recent study by the Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good finds that social and economic supports such as benefits for pregnant women and mothers and economic assistance to low - income families have contributed significantly to reducing the number of abortions in the United States over the past twenty years.

Instead, I point to the huge number of articles in recent years in places like The Atlantic and elsewhere written by women anguishing over the problem of finding men to marry.

For instance: Earlier this month, the Seattle Times investigated the reported numbers of women who row for the University of Washington and «found dozens of women who appear to have not been on the women's rowing team, but whom the UW counted as crew participants in reports to federal officials over the past several years.»

I've had a number of women contact me over the past couple of years to ask about the procedure Helen and I went through to have our child.

The coalition has been awarded three grants over the past five years: Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease and Pulmonary Disease Grant with the goal of increasing the number of policies and practices that promote and support breastfeeding - friendly environments; Business Case for Breastfeeding Grant to educate employers on how to comply with the Workplace Accommodations for Nursing Mothers Act and a Women Infants and Children (WIC) Local Agency Breastfeeding Special Project Grant.

I might add that, despite having a reasonably thriving internet business, and the fact that I wore both of my children (Stephen from birth through about 2 years and 4 months, Sophia from birth to over three years, Susan from birth through the present) all around town, I can still count on one hand the number of local sales I've made, and those were at La Leche League meetings, where the women had already been «exposed» to babywearing.

Over the last 24 years, Mrs. Harrison became involved in a number of volunteer activities, including the Girl Scouts, the First Presbyterian Church of Glen Ellyn's Women's Association, the Glen Ellyn Newcomers Club, Infant Welfare and the Parent - Teacher Associations at Westfield School, Glen Crest Middle School and Glenbard South High School.

Governor Cuomo, who's failed to achieve a number of progressive items over the last two years, including public campaign finance reform and a Women's Equality Act, told the Democratic Rural Conference that he'll try to get them passed in the state legislature in the next eight weeks, before the session ends in June.

Cuomo, to chants of «four more years», promised to deliver in his next term on a mostly progressive agenda, including enacting a number of items that were stalled in the State Senate over the past couple of years, like an abortion rights provision as part of a women's rights agenda and public financing of political campaigns.

Lord Christopher Rennard, the party's former election strategist, was accused of inappropriately touching and propositioning a number of women who worked for the party over a period of years on Channel 4 News.

«Over the past 25 years the number of women in full - time employment has increased by more than a third and there have been many steps towards gender equality in the workplace, with flexible working and the Equal Pay Act, however, there is still a long way to go.

«I proposed, just over a year ago, a Women's Equality Act that the Legislature's considering... that points out a number of areas of injustices and inequalities vis - à - vis women and possible solutions foWomen's Equality Act that the Legislature's considering... that points out a number of areas of injustices and inequalities vis - à - vis women and possible solutions fowomen and possible solutions for it.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who's failed to achieve a number of progressive items over the last two years, including public campaign finance reform and a Women's Equality Act, told the Democratic Rural Conference that he'll try to get them passed in the state legislature in the next eight weeks, before the session ends in June.

The number of women receiving science Ph.D. s has increased strikingly over the past 20 years, and faster than that of men, the report shows.

Both the number and the proportion of women earning master's and doctoral degrees have risen steadily over the past 30 years; nevertheless, the discrepancy between women and men remains much larger than at the baccalaureate level.

Fear over potential cancer and other risks has fueled a dramatic decrease in the number of women using hormone replacement therapy over the past 15 years.

The number of breast cancer patients undergoing immediate breast reconstruction operations after mastectomy has grown steadily over the past 15 years, most notably among women who were once considered too high - risk for reconstruction procedures according to new research findings published in the October 2014 issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.

The fact that only just over a third of men and women reporting a problem meeting all three criteria had sought professional help in the last year, suggests that a huge number of people experiencing dysfunction are not receiving help — around 1.2 million in the UK and 5.8 million in the U.S. Overall, this study helps demonstrate how the DSM - 5 diagnostic criteria impose a focus on clinically significant symptoms, posing promising applications in both clinical and research contexts.

Overall, 75 percent think discrimination against women has decreased over the past 25 years or so, but at the same time an equal number of Americans say discrimination continues to be an issue today for many women.

«Given the substantial reduction in maternal mortality and the increase in the number of older women over the last 10 years, health systems in low - and middle - income countries must adjust accordingly, otherwise this trend will continue to increase,» said Dr John Beard, director of the World Health Organization's (WHO) Department of Ageing and Life Course and one of the authors of the study.

Over the past 40 years, however, society has gradually begun to accept, if not embrace, the notion of the female biologist, mathematician or engineer, and the number of women in science at all levels has increased dramatically.

In recent years, the age when women have their first child has slowly increased, with the BFS highlighting how female fertility starts to decline from the late 20s as the number of eggs that women naturally have are progressively lost over time.

San Francisco - based ob - gyn Jen Gunter, MD, says that over the last five years, she's noticed an increase in the number of women who are worried about the amount of discharge they see in their underwear.

Here's a neat piece of inside info: I have heard from a number of reliable sources over the years that when a woman uses natural progesterone cream as a vaginal lubricant during intercourse, it can increase the intensity of her (male) partner's orgasm.

It's my step daughter's favorite designer so I have seen a number of pieces over the years worn on a petite, heavy woman in her 40's and the look was not flattering.

Over the years, his time - tested and proven strategies have helped an impressive number of women put an end to their struggles, attract Mr. Right, and build lasting relationships based on trust, communication, and appreciation.

Dating Big Girls Robertson reviewed the details and reveals, «The number of people searching for online sites where you can easily find attractive big women and men has exploded over the past three or so years.

Sugar daddy dating has prevailed quite successfully over the past few years and has helped a number of women find that bridge between their new adult life and success.

The truth is huge numbers of women over 40 do find new love every year.

UPI — Apr 16 — A survey of 1,200 conducted by London - based Parship found that the number of older women seeking younger men rose by 20 % over the course of one year to nearly one in 10.

Age is just a number, but that number goes up every year, and for single women over 50, that numerical increase of age, by one digit gets hard to swallow, and admit as the years pass.

It has over the years successfully matched hundreds of like - minded men and attractive single women that believes «age is just a number» and are interested in having age gap relationships.

With fifty - eight percent of women over 65 being unmarried, and 11.3 million seniors living alone as per the Census, with so many single seniors it's no wonder that a number of senior dating sites have come up in the past few years.

Online dating leaves middle - aged women in 48, says she has given up on online dating because men her [facing] my time again, over 40 years, For people like me — I've been married and out of the dating game for nearly 20 years — the idea that there are vast numbers of single women,

J.J. Abrams has branded Harvey Weinstein a «monster» after he was accused of sexually assaulting a number of women over a 30 year period.The «Star...

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A number of films over the past several years that were directed by women were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, a category which allows for more nominees.

Eighty - two women are set to walk the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday to highlight the limited number of female filmmakers who have been selected for the festival's competition lineup over its 71 years.

Indie published comics and graphic novels have increased in popularity over recent years, and there seem to be an equal number of female and male creators in this area, with plenty of women editors.