Sentences with phrase «working on gender issues»

The report says that MIT must continue to work on gender issues «for the foreseeable future.»

Other examples of remedial efforts taken too far include Justice Zucker's decision last year in R. v. Ururyar, which drew significant attention in its extensive reference of sociological work on gender issues and sexual assault in society.

Not exact matches

«This is a conversation that obviously needs to be had,» Franco said on the program in reference to the issue, as well as to the criticism he received online for wearing a pin advocating for the Time's Up movement of women in Hollywood working against sexual misconduct and gender imbalance in the industry.

He told reporters in Perth: «Qantas has always spoken up on gender issues, on LGBTI issues, on Indigenous issues and we will continue to do so and no attempt at bullying us into suppressing our voice will work.»

She has worked for local and international NGOs on issues such as gender and poverty reduction, and has consulted on M&E, child labor, forced labor, and trafficking issues.

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.

J. (Jake) Kathleen Marcus is a lawyer, writer and conference speaker whose work focuses on gender and sexual orientation, particularly breastfeeding, mothering, sexual abuse and domestic violence, HIV / AIDS, and gay / lesbian / transgender issues.

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When talking to young people about how they feel we could address these they are very clear where more effective approaches to addressing these issue should lie, illustrated by a snippet from some work with some year 10s I spoke to a while ago in a discussion on online issues and gender differences:

Collaborating with groups like the National Postdoctoral Association, which works on establishing living wages and paid maternity and paternity leave for postdocs, among other issues, could help make child rearing both financially possible and more gender equitable.

Other issues for the panelists included isolation (particularly in departments where they were either the only woman or person of color), having their work on race and gender taken seriously, and balance.

This Manifesto represents views of individuals working in the European science system on the actions needed to enhance research and innovation by addressing gender equality issues.

HERC's work has been recognized by the American Council on Education, the American Association of University Professors, the American Psychological Association, Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, Stanford University's Clayman Institute for Gender Research and National Public Media's «Marketplace».

In fact, the real gender issue at work here is a lot more interesting than the one the movie touches on.

Over 180 students will discuss their work on critical issues in education: mind / brain research, religious pluralism and public education; gender inequality; gay, lesbian, and bisexual learners; and new technologies in education.

Increase target women knowledge about gender issues and human rights with improvement in their skills to advocate their rights and to participate in decision making, it will also has impact the children through the work with teachers and within schools - as well as the whole community through public event community mobilization and so on.

The need for a greater emphasis on prevention is something that Finn noticed throughout her nearly 10 years working on issues of gender inequality at organizations like the Tahirih Justice Center and Futures Without Violence.

In addressing these issues, there are existing organizations that are working towards gender quality by: 1) Educating communities on the potential of young girls; 2) Providing girls with a voice to break generational - cycles, and 3) Making contraception and family planning accessible.

NSBA looks forward to working with school boards to lead their communities in modelling and encouraging inclusive thinking and behavior, considering credible and balanced information on the issue of gender identity to ultimately create a positive change.

These schools engaged more than 300 students in action projects focused on student - driven anti-discrimination work focused on stopping bias against race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation and other issues in school.

Looking at the issue of gender with a racial lens, this new area of Schott's work — including the ongoing biennial report series on Black Boys educational achievement nationwide — has led school districts across the country to re-examine how they educate and measure the outcomes of the students who are most vulnerable to failure in the education system.

When I served as student body president at AU and began working on the issues I had always cared about — gender equity, racial justice, opportunity regardless of economic background, and, yes, LGBTQ equality — it became clear that making a difference in the world wouldn't diminish or dilute my own pain and incompleteness.

His paintings and works on paper are both provocative and celebratory, exploring race and gender issues through cultural and historical references.

The work on view focuses on artists in the collection whose practices respond to issues of identity, gender, class, power, and the values that contribute to our social fabric.

British artist Linder is possibly best known for a record sleeve she designed for the Buzzcock's single Orgasm Addict in 1977 - an iconic image, of a naked woman with an iron for a head and grinning mouths instead of nipples, has become a symbol, not only of a defining era of punk culture and feminism, but also a microcosm for her expansive body of work, which operates on a deeply contextual level with issues of gender, feminism, stereotyping and sexualisation, echoing the work of Hannah Hoch, the German Dadaist for whom this edition was created in homage.

Proposals are evaluated on the basis of the following criteria, which are weighed equally: How well a project aligns with the MAP Fund's goal of supporting experimentation and innovation in all traditions and disciplines of live performance, especially work that brings insight to the issue of cultural difference, be that in class, gender, generation, race, religion, sexual orientation or other aspects of diversity The artistic strength of the proposed project The viability of the project, based on the applicant's professional capabilities as demonstrated in the project narrative, bio and artist statement, and work samples.

Her video installations and photographic works explore the political and social conditions of Iranian and Muslim culture, particularly focusing on gender issues and questions of power.

Artists from Istanbul represented in Double Crescent are Hale Tenger, whose edgy assemblage works, addressing issues of gender and identity, have been exhibited at the biennials in Saõ Paolo, Johannesburg and Istanbul; Ali Kazma, whose powerful videos of people at their occupations have been shown at the Istanbul Biennial; Ayşe Erkmen, whose witty architectural interventions have been featured at Art Basel, the Hamburger Bahnhof and the Sharjah Biennial; Gülsün Karamustafa, a multimedia artist whose research - based installations on subjects such as nomads and refugees have been shown at Documenta, the Salzburger Kunstverein and the Walker Art Center and Nazım Ünal Yılmaz whose large - scale figurative paintings have been exhibited at the Kunsthaus Stade in Germany and Contemporary Istanbul.

Perhaps she would have been frustrated by recent coverage of art world gender imbalance — which often discusses the issue in those terms — as Web of Dreams, a selection of her paintings and works on paper, opened at Alison Jacques Gallery.

At the heart of his work lies a strong interest and commitment to social issues of race, gender, identity and post-colonial politics, whilst maintaining a valuable self - critical perspective on the role of the artist in contemporary culture.»

His work focuses on themes including pop culture, race and gender relations, cultural and community issues.

The exhibition focuses on artists who explore similar themes and subject matter in their work, primarily issues of race, gender, identity, history, and popular culture.

Her work focuses on political oppression and gender, and sociopolitical and ecological issues in Latin America and internationally.

Mississippi University for Women is hosting Intersections of Gender and Place, an art exhibition that focuses on women artists in the South whose work relates to gender issues and southern cuGender and Place, an art exhibition that focuses on women artists in the South whose work relates to gender issues and southern cugender issues and southern culture.

Another artist whose work I also found quite striking is the Calcutta / New York based artist Rina Banerjee whose work, entitled Mother gathered Three or no more dirty black stones, tossed them to sky that could break what had hardened her ground and without frown or flirt of flower father like grease or butter slipped aside to free her from forty and some more grown men who held her as housewife like plant life with three or more daughters, (2017) gives the viewer her take on sociopolitical issues of migration, post colonialism, gender and race.

The writer and translator Anya Berger has passed away — Tom Overton profiled her extraordinary life and work for frieze last year: «In different countries, under different names, she shaped the horizons of the English - speaking left on issues of race, gender and class, and it's time this was recognized.»

Developing its collection of contemporary art that addresses politically charged issues, the museum has also acquired a large work on paper by Kara Walker, who is celebrated for her artistic explorations of racial inequality, and a photograph by Shirin Neshat that explores gender within post-revolutionary Iran.

The program will focus on Muholi's work as a «visual activist» dedicated to issues of race, gender, and sexuality, and will reflect on this year's 20th anniversary of democracy in South Africa — still a work in progress.

Among the galleries exploring feminist issues, Salon 94 (New York) will feature works by three women artists — Huma Bhabha, Francesca DiMattio, and Katy Grannan — offering commentary on issues of race, gender, class and sexuality; and Galleri Magnus Karlsson (Stockholm) will present a thematic stand curated around the question of what it means for works of art to be designated as «female».

For the first time, the list includes Judith Butler at 48 and Chris Kraus at 77, whose work was seminal in art's evolving focus on issues of gender and sexuality.

Loose and disjointed narratives involving the histories and materiality of painting are found in several videos: Ragnheiour Gestsdottir's video «As If We Existed,» portrays the fictitious melodrama of a figurative painter working in Venice; Tameka Norris's «Purple Painting» incorporates makeup and food in a provocative video that, with few words, touches on issues surrounding race, gender and the pressures of an art historical canon; in Alex Hubbard's video «Hit Wave II,» a magician gives instructions for tricks, but the sounds and activities surrounding him allude to action painting with Hubbard in the background wearing a paint suit and creating gestural marks with spray paint.

Razmi's body of work focuses on issues of identity and gender while appropriating national, cultural and artistic references to reposition pop - culture within a contemporary Iranian context, giving her re-embodied, re-contextualized works a tongue - in - cheek quality.

The exhibition will also include other works of the 1990s from the IMMA Collection by artists such as Kiki Smith, whose presence references a central focus of the period on issues of identity, gender and the politics of the body and Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, whose works imply stories which must be imagined by their audience.

Carrie Mae Weems: Three Decades of Photography and Video January 24 — April 23, 2014 Carrie Mae Weems is a socially motivated artist whose works invite contemplation on issues surrounding race, gender and class.

Viola Frey's larger - than - life sculptures in turn raise issues of gender - stereotyping, something that the renowned ceramicist had to experience personally; and after having worked on it for ten years, Jay DeFreo created a painting that weighed over a ton and had to be lifted from his flat with a crane with «The Rose».

Political use of color addresses social issues, such as the exploration of gender and sexuality in bold photographs by Matt Slade (B.F.A., photography, 2016), Kyle Henderson (B.F.A. photography) and Haley Varacallo (B.F.A., photography, 2015), while colorful mixed media works by Kenzie Adair (B.F.A., painting, 2014) provide commentary on traditional ideas of femininity.

Butler, the pioneering Los Angeles science fiction writer (the first to receive a MacArthur Fellowship, the so - called genius grant) and a writer whose narratives seamlessly blended issues of race and gender with elements of the magical, is the subject of a new exhibition on her life and work.

Whether Barry is investigating issues related to architecture, cinema, or gender politics, the most important element in her work is often space itself, which takes on both a visual and a verbal dimension: How, the work asks, does the viewer navigate

Keep Your Timber Limber (Works on Paper) explores how artists since the 1940s to the present day have used drawing to address ideas critical and current to their time, ranging from the politics of gender and sexuality to feminist issues, war, censorship and race.

She is focused on gender issues, while her most notable works involves highly layered embroidered paintings of women's bodies referencing pornographic imagery.