Women quotas in politics have unintended consequences
Aside from Indira Gandhi, Margaret Thatcher, and more recently Angela Merkel and Jacinda Ardern, women continue to be scarce in the halls of power.
Aside from Indira Gandhi, Margaret Thatcher, and more recently Angela Merkel and Jacinda Ardern, women continue to be scarce in the halls of power.
Social Sciences
May 22, 2020
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Affirmative action policies (AAP) such as quota systems based on racial or socio-economic criteria are often recommended as a way to increase enrollment of underrepresented students in higher education. But those policies ...
Education
Jan 9, 2020
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The world's major fishing nations have agreed "modest" quota cuts for the under-pressure Atlantic Bigeye tuna but critics say more should be done to protect an important food resource.
Ecology
Nov 26, 2019
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The fate of big-eye tuna, over-fished and in decline, could be decided this week when fishing nations meet to set quotas after failing last year to agree on safeguard measures for the valuable food resource.
Ecology
Nov 18, 2019
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European Union ministers agreed on Monday to sharply boost catch quotas for western Baltic Sea cod next year but put lower limits on fishing of western herring.
Ecology
Oct 15, 2018
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Recently, the University of Adelaide used a special exemption under the Equal Opportunity Act to advertise eight academic positions in the faculty of engineering, computer and mathematical sciences for women only. This raises ...
Social Sciences
Aug 30, 2018
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For decades, mitochondrial DNA analysis has been the dominant method used to make decisions about fishing quotas, culling, hunting quotas, or translocating animals from one population of a threatened species to another.
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 15, 2018
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If you think your boss is in her position only because of a gender quota and not because of merit, it could affect the work you do for her.
Social Sciences
Aug 8, 2017
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Japan plans to slash by half the amount of juvenile bluefin tuna taken from the Northern Pacific starting in 2015, compared to the 2002-2004 average, reports said Sunday.
Ecology
Mar 9, 2014
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China on Friday trimmed its export quota for rare earth resources for the first half of next year.
Business
Dec 13, 2013
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