About the gender gap around the boardroom tables in the Tech Industry. Ladies all across the world, listen up. We have pulled together a team of courageous women prepared to tackle the gender divide. It is in the Biggest Issue facing the Tech Industry right now, it isa facing the Tech Industry right now, it is a broader problem across the working world too. Representing all the women. Salute. Here is what they are up against. In Silicon Valley, just one in ten senior positions are held by women. A recent survey of the world s tech powerhouse found that 60 have faced unwanted sexual advances. 65 felt left out from social events because they were a woman. And 84 have been told they we re woman. And 84 have been told they were too aggressive. Ultimately, women end up quitting techjobs were too aggressive. Ultimately, women end up quitting tech jobs that more than double the rate of men. Lets meet our core team of four women, all working in the bay area. Reuter is a design strategist atjp
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A Champions League match in paris is abandoned, with teams walking off the pitch following an alleged racist slur. And on the eve of the mobo music awards, we look at the pressures faced this year by those in the industry. Hello and welcome. The us president elect, joe biden, has outlined his plans to combat a deepening Coronavirus Health emergency which has left record numbers of americans dead or in hospital. He promised that in his first 100 days, 100 million americans would be vaccinated. He said that he would push to re open schools in some states children havent sat in a classroom for ten months. At a news conference, mr biden also repeated an appeal for everyone to wear a mask during that period. Masking, vaccinations, opening schools. These are the three key goals for my first 100 days. It will start with my signed order on day one to require a mask where i can under the law like federal buildings, interstate travel on planes, trains, and buses. 100 million Covid Vaccine shots
I say. Joe biden names retired general lloyd austin as us defence secretary. If approved he would become the first African American to lead the pentagon. In yet another final attempt to unlock post brexit trade talks, borisjohnson heads to brussels later to meet the European Commission president. A Champions League match in paris is abandoned, with teams walking off the pitch following an alleged racist slur. Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. The us president elect, joe biden, has outlined his plans to combat a deepening Coronavirus Health emergency which has left record numbers of americans dead or in hospital. He promised that in his first 100 days, 100 million americans would be vaccinated. He said that he would push to re open schools. In some states children havent sat in a classroom for 10 months. At a news conference, mr biden also repeated an appeal for everyone to wear a mask during his first 100 days. Masking, vaccination, opening schools, these a
Polite and courteous and determined he did not meet the criteria for an involuntary hold. I want to bring in now pam brown. Hey, pam. I understand that you have some breaking news here regarding the family . Reporter yeah, thats right. I spoke to a family friend by the name of simon astairer and basically walked me through a betailed account of the history of Elliott Rodger and those moments right before went on that shooting rampage when his parents were on a frantic chase to find him. This family friend, simon astaire, told me that as Elliott Rodger was carrying out his deadly rampage, his parents were frantically trying to get to Santa Barbara, trying to find him, because they had just received that chilling manifesto from their 22yearold son. We learned that rodger had sent this manifesto, 140 pages, to a couple of dozen people, including his family members, including his therapist, and others. And he had sent it right before he went on the shooting rampage, where he killed six peo