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The Interactive Puppet Helps Girls and Boys Get to Grip with Core Curriculum Subjects
Dec 9, 2014The interactive puppet is inspired by the advances in wearable tech to help girls and boys get to grip with core curriculum subjects. A new collection of puppet/tech toy hybrids has taken to Kickstarter with the aim of solving the gender ...
Tags: wearable tech, navigate tablets, Toys
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Trend of Women's Participation in The Industry Has Declined While Logistics Industry Grows
Dec 5, 2014Women are an integral part of the transport and logistics industry (T&L) and have a great deal to offer organisations big and small, in multiple industry sectors and across all levels of management. A new paper prepared by Women In Supply ...
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Spending on Health Care for Children Covered by ESI Increased
Feb 27, 2014Health care spending higher for boys than girls; rise in teen use of prescriptions and mental health services; spending on babies highest of any children's age group Spending on health care for children covered by employer-sponsored ...
Tags: Health, Medicine, Health Care, Service
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The Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) Annual Conference in Austin
Jan 8, 2014Annual conference media advisory 3 The Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) annual conference in Austin, TX, from Feb. 13-15, will feature 80 symposia and more than 2,000 posters on new research in a range of topics - the ...
Tags: Society for Personality and Social Psychology, annual conference, health
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Increased Health Spending in Developed Countries Tends to Benefit Men More Than Women
Jan 6, 2014Increased health spending in developed countries tends to benefit men more than women, a new study finds. Researchers analyzed data from 27 developed nations to determine the efficiency of health care spending, and found that men had ...
Tags: health spending, health care spending, spending efficiency, gender gap
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US Has One of The Most Inefficient Healthcare Systems
Dec 19, 2013The United States has one of the most advanced economies yet has one of the most inefficient healthcare systems, a study by U.S. and Canadian researchers found. Dr. Jody Heymann, the study's senior author and dean of the University of ...
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The Field of IT Is Notorious for Being Persistently Male-Dominated
Mar 22, 2013The field of IT is notorious for being persistently male-dominated, but that doesn’t mean women still suffer from a gender gap when it comes to pay. In fact, the compensation gender gap has disappeared for tech workers, according to ...
Tags: IT salaries, IT field, technology
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New Zealand Took The Top Spot,Followed by Norway and Sweden
Mar 12, 2013New Zealand took the top spot, followed by Norway and Sweden Canada is the fourth-best country in the world to be a working woman, according to The Economist’s glass-ceiling index release. Using data from the Organization for ...
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Expanding From a Single Panel Discussion to a Full Day of Programming
Mar 6, 2013Expanding from a single panel discussion to a full day of programming in its second year, the National Women’s Cycling Forum on Monday brought out some 375 attendees to hear more than 30 speakers share ideas about how to increase ...
Tags: Cycling, Cycling Forum, Women Bike
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Below Are Some The Biggest and Most Interesting Women in IT Stories to Come out of 2012
Jan 5, 2013The challenge of attracting more women in to the technology sector has been an issue for some time now, but 2012 saw some interesting steps forward in the gender equality debate. Below are some the biggest and most interesting women in IT ...
Tags: women, IT stories, technology sector, 2012, Top 10
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Japan Creates a Unique"Concept Bra"Which Are Designed with Great Creativity
Nov 22, 2012Each year,Triumph International Japan Ltd.creates a unique"concept bra"which are designed with great creativity and originality,with the intention of reflecting current affairs and social trends in mind. The latest concept bra has been ...