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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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- 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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- "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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