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            • glass ceiling
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            • Glass ceilings are the artificial barriers that deny women and minorities the opportunity to advance within their careers inmotionmagazine.com
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            • Even before The Wall Street Journal coined the term "glass ceiling" 20 years ago, researchers debated why women seldom reach the highest ranks in business. - Forbes.com
            • "Although we weren't able to shatter that highest, hardest glass ceiling this time, it's got about 18 million cracks in it," Hillary Clinton told a huge rally of supporters at the National Building Museum in Washington. - smh.com.au
            • The potential is there for women to achieve an equal footing with men, but the social mores and male attitudes make an effective barrier to women rising above a certain point; this tendency brings to mind a glass ceiling. - Feminism and Women's Studies
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            • cam tavan
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            • İşyerlerinde, eğitimlerine ve uzmanlıklarına bakmaksızın ya da ayrımcılığı önlemeye yönelik yasa ve yönetmeliklere aldırmaksızın, hatta istihdam kalıplarında kadın sayısını artırmaya yönelik olumlu eylem uygulamalarına rağmen kadınları meslekte üstün mevkilere yükselmekten fiilen alıkoyan ve çoğu kez bir “kıdemli erkekler” şebekesinin işbirliğiyle yürüyen ayrımcı davranışların toplam etkisi. bianet - by Ali Yildirim MCIL CL MITI
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            • Kadınlar, iş hayatına girip yükselmeyi hedeflediklerinde ilk bakışta görünmeyen engeller karşılarına çıkmakta ve yükselmeye kararlı kadınlar, İngilizce literatürdeki deyimi ile, kafalarını “cam tavan”a (glass ceiling) çarpmaktadırlar. - uludag.edu by Ali Yildirim MCIL CL MITI
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            • soffitto di cristallo
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            • Con soffitto di cristallo si intende la barriera invisibile derivante da una complessa interazione di strutture nell'ambito delle organizzazioni a dominanza maschile che impediscono alle donne di accedere a posizioni di responsabilità. (ref http://ottomarzo.blog.dada.net/post/224257/Soffitto+di+cristallo) Own research - by irenef
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            • Il ‘soffitto di cristallo' è una realtà ben nota in tutti i contesti della vita pubblica, sia nelle professioni che in politica e nell'ambito della formazione superiore, dove alla formale parità delle possibilità d'accesso e delle condizioni di lavoro per donne e uomini -in genere conquista piuttosto recente- si accompagna la tensione fra la presenza numerica delle donne e la possibilità del loro accesso ai livelli dirigenziali - magistratura democratica by irenef
            • Il soffitto di cristallo è una realtà oggettiva, ne è una dimostrazione in Italia la scarsa presenza delle donne nei posti di comando.. - Pari Opportunità - Friuli Venezia Giuli by irenef
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            • γυάλινη οροφή
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            • Όρος που χρησιμοποιείται για να προσδιορίσει την "ψεύτικη οροφή" που παρουσιάζεται στην σταδιοδρομία των γυναικών και των μειονοτήτων όσον αφορά την αναρρίχησή τους στην ιεραρχία Own research - by Efi Maryeli (X)
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            • Οι κοινωνικοί επιστήμονες χρησιμοποιούν τον όρο «γυάλινη οροφή» (glass ceiling) για να περιγράψουν την κατάσταση αυτή, δηλαδή τα αόρατα εμπόδια που μπλοκάρουν την πρόσληψη, την προαγωγή και την επαγγελματική κατάρτιση ατόμων που κατά τα άλλα διαθέτουν τα τυπικά προσόντα, αλλά δεν προωθούνται εξαιτίας του γένους τους, της φυλής τους ή της εθνικής τους προέλευσης. - Εθνικό Καποδιστριακό by Efi Maryeli (X)
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