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Tech Companies Help Women Get Back to Work
2016-04-10 23:54:06| Semiconductors - Topix.net
In an escalating battle for talent, some firms are using internships and other programs to assist them in learning new technologies PALO ALTO, Calif.-As tech firms compete in an escalating battle for talent, some are targeting what they consider an undervalued source: women returning to the workforce.
Tech Companies Help Women Get Back to Work
2016-04-10 23:17:47| Electronics - Topix.net
In an escalating battle for talent, some firms are using internships and other programs to assist them in learning new technologies PALO ALTO, Calif.-As tech firms compete in an escalating battle for talent, some are targeting what they consider an undervalued source: women returning to the workforce.
Gender Quotas Have Failed To Pad Out Boardrooms With Women In Germany
2016-04-10 15:02:32| Biotech - Topix.net
Germany at the start of the year introduced a corporate "women's quota" obliging its 100 biggest companies to fill at least 30 percent of their supervisory board seats with females. But for many, including several of the women executives themselves, the new legislation has so far proved something of a "paper tiger".
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Women workers exploited in India's high end shoe industry, say campaigners
2016-04-04 19:11:10| Footwear - Topix.net
I ndia's growing shoe industry relies on women who work from home, earn less than the minimum wage and lack any legal rights, activists said, urging companies importing from India to check their supply chains for signs of labour exploitation. Ambur town in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu is one of the centres of India's export footwear industry, and has one of the highest concentrations of homeworkers in the country.
Women Farmers Band Together To Vent, Seek Support And Exchange Ideas
2016-03-31 13:10:51| Agriculture - Topix.net
Farmer Aubrey Fletcher of Purdy, Mo., is one of thousands of women who have taken on leadership roles in the traditionally male-dominated agriculture industry. Despite her busy workload, Fletcher has been making the time to meet regularly with a new group of women dairy farmers in her area.
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