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            • lasikatto
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            • Lasikatto on termi, joka kuvaa asenteista ja perinteistä muodostuvasta estettä, joka vaikeuttaa naisen t. jkn vähemmistöön kuuluvan uralla etenemistä. Kielitoimiston sanakirja - by Owen Witesman
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            • Lasikatto-termiä käytetään usein, kun halutaan ilmaista, että tasa-arvoisessa yhteiskunnassa naisen yleneminen tiettyihin tehtäviin on sittenkin vielä mahdotonta. Lasikaton sanotaan sijaitsevan jossain keskijohdon ja ylimmän johdon välimaastossa. Siellä se kiusaa olemassaolollaan pätevien naisten ylenemistä. - Talouselämä by Owen Witesman
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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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            • 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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            • תקרת זכוכית
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            • "תקרת הזכוכית" הוא כינוי לאפליה סמויה של קבוצה דמוגרפית מסוימת, המתבטאת במחסום בלתי נראה ("תקרת זכוכית") לקידומם המקצועי של בני הקבוצה המופלית לרעה Wikipedia - by Ron Armon
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            • בשנות ה-90 נולד המושג "תקרת זכוכית" אשר בא להסביר מדוע נשים אינן מתקדמות לתפקידים בכירים, על-אף שלכאורה יש שוויון מלא בין נשים וגברים - Kedma by Ron Armon
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            • glasstak
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            • Det lave antallet kvinnelige vitenskapelige ansatte kan forklares på tre måter. For det første møter kvinner som ønsker å gjøre karriere en rekke usynlige og synlige, ubevisste og bevisste barrierer som hindrer kvinnene å nå til topps på arbeidsplassen, også kalt glasstaket. Norsk studentunion - by Tatiana Krause
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            • En tverrpolitisk kommisjon i USA , «The Glass Ceiling Commission», som ble nedsatt av tidligere president Bush, mener det er et «glasstak» med en grense på 30 pst. for kvinnerepresentasjon i maktposisjoner i hele den vestlige verden. Glasstaket refererer til usynlige, men ugjennomtrengelige barrierer som hindrer kvinner i å komme opp i ledende stillinger generelt. - Stortinget by Tatiana Krause
            • Kvinner stanger i glasstaket - Ledernett by Tatiana Krause
            • "Glasstaket" har blitt brukt som et begrep på å komme seg oppover i lederhierarkiet. I så fall ser det faktisk ut som "glasstaket" er erstattet med et "glassgulv". For på bunnen av lederhierarkiet så er det et gulv, det er her det er et problem å komme igjennom for kvinner, sier Colbjørnsen videre. - BI Handelshøyskolen by Tatiana Krause
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