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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
![](https://cfcdn.proz.com/images/wikiwords/small_grey_arr.gif) - "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
![](https://cfcdn.proz.com/images/wikiwords/small_grey_arr.gif) - 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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- 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
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- Le plafond de verre signifie qu'il y a une inégalité de chances dans l'accès des femmes aux postes les plus élevés. scienceshumaines.com - by Stéphanie Soudais
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- L’université protège-t-elle les femmes du « plafond de verre » ou des mécanismes qui les excluent des postes à responsabilité des entreprises ? La réponse est actuellement sans appel : le plafond de verre sévit bien à l’université, prenant sa source tant dans la vie privée que dans le fonctionnement des organisations universitaires. - lemensuel.net
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- Conjunto de normas no escritas o cultura corporativa que dificultan el acceso de las mujeres a puestos directivos en las empresas. Own research - by Gonzalo Tutusaus
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- Ese famoso techo de cristal que impide a las mujeres alcanzar las metas profesionales para las que están preparadas parece invisible, pero las estadísticas demuestran que existe. - www.stecyl.es
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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
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