News tagged with gender equity
Preschoolers challenge stereotypical gender roles
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Nov 03, 2009 |
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According to research from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, a preschooler's gender determines how he or she is treated and responded to in play and learning activities, and when the children's possibilities become expanded, ...
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The future of private equity
Nov 16, 2009 |
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Although global private equity markets have fallen on hard times, reports of their imminent demise are greatly exaggerated. So says Steve Kaplan, a widely recognized authority on entrepreneurial finance and corporate governance ...
The evolving manager stereotype: Gender a factor in measuring a team's performance
Nov 16, 2009 |
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Although women have made strides in the business world, they still occupy less than two percent of CEO leadership positions in the Fortune 500. Not surprisingly therefore leaders still tend to be thought of as men and most ...
Rescuing male turkey chicks
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A novel approach to classify the gender of six-week-old turkey poults could save millions of male chicks from being killed shortly after birth, according to Dr. Gerald Steiner from the Dresden University of Technology in ...
Rethinking sexism: Study examines how society maintains the status quo
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Nov 12, 2009 |
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There is a tendency to think that only men treat women in a sexist way, but a new study by a University of Miami researcher and his daughter shows that both men and women participate in maintaining a gender hierarchy in our ...
Gender-based pay gaps among US faculty
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Nov 10, 2009 |
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Before the Equal Pay Act of 1963 was signed into law by President Kennedy, women earned about fifty percent less than men. Nationally, women still earn an average of thirty percent less than men regardless of education, choice ...
MySpace in talks to buy imeem
Nov 17, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Online social hub MySpace is in talks to acquire struggling free music streaming site imeem, two people familiar with the matter said Tuesday.
Professor: Fear, Shame Keep Homeowners From Defaulting
Nov 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Brent T. White, a University of Arizona associate professor of law, said policymakers must consider ways that emotions drive financial decisions.
Coed college housing connected to frequent binge drinking
Nov 17, 2009 |
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A new study in the Journal of American College Health finds that students placed by their universities in coed housing are 2.5 times more likely to binge drink each week than students placed in all-male or all-female housin ...
Quality improvement program increases hospitals' adherence to evidenced-based care
Oct 27, 2009 |
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Participation in the American Heart Association's Get With The Guidelines quality improvement program significantly improves hospitals' adherence to evidence-based therapies and reduces gender- and age-related disparities ...
What's eating the breadwinners?
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Nov 18, 2009 |
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Control, independence, ambition, pressure, worry, guilt and resentment are all experienced by female breadwinners, according to Dr. Rebecca Meisenbach from the University of Missouri in Columbia, USA. Dr. Meisenbach explored ...
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