For example, in March 2012, the Secretary of State issued Policy Guidance on Promoting Gender Equality to Achieve our National Security and Foreign Policy Objectives, and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator released Gender Equality and Female Empowerment Policy.
The problem women face in attempting to achieve gender equity has nothing to do with how the job fits the gender (female astronaut) and everything to do with how well prepared the individual is to do the job.
In the U.S., more than half of female directors approve of gender quotas and other mandatory codes, according to a recent survey.
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Facebook has already come a long way by appealing to the female demographic (as evidenced by the gender makeup of their user base) but to secure and continue to exponentially grow their stronghold, Facebook requires more female input at the highest level.
Hamm was a pioneer for gender equality in sports and this year ESPN named her the greatest female athlete of the last 40 years, which covers the Title IX era.
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And while 20 out of 110 is no where near 50 percent (it is in fact just over 18 percent), it is a figure that represents a focused effort by Etsy to better represent their user base (which is 80 percent female) and bring diversity to a previously gender-homogenous group.
Both the United States and Japan have a long way to go to reach gender parity, and both can work together to change the mindset toward female leadership.
Islam also acknowledges the importance of the female gender in providing the guarantee for humanity's sustenance and development, without which the edifice of society would crumble.
The FAO found that if resources were equalized, if male and female farmers could have equal access to resources, if that gender gap were closed, the productivity of farmers would be 20-30 percent higher and the output would feed 150 million more people.
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And Panchayat legislation guaranteeing at least 33% of all local governance comprising the female gender.
Venture capital firm CMEA Capital has been sued for sexual harassment, retaliation and failure to prevent harassment by three former female employees, raising the issue of gender in the venture capital industry once again.
Sources say he'll most likely hire two female talents to join himself and music producer L.A. Reid for a gender-balanced panel.
The Facebook executive received overwhelming reactions from female columnists at USA Today and the New York Times as well as authors specializing in gender workplace issues.
Gender equality in education is a major global concern, but despite commitments to international gender goals, the majority of out-of-school children, and two-thirds of illiterate adults are female.
The assessment focused on the gender perspective of community media in Namibia and spotlighted the status of governance structures, women media practitioners and content related to female audiences.
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