gender balance

collocation in English

meaningsofgenderandbalance

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gender
noun
uk
/ˈdʒen.dər/us
/ˈdʒen.dɚ/
a group of people in a society who share particular qualities or ways of behaving which that society associates with being male, female, or ...
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balance
noun
uk
/ˈbæl.əns/us
/ˈbæl.əns/
a state where things are of equal weight ...
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(Definition ofgenderandbalancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgender balance

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A bettergenderbalancewas achieved in the second survey, although the particularly high number of single-male households continued to skew this figure substantially.
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It seeks to redress thegenderbalanceof commentary within the profession.
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It appears, though, that there was little improvement in the party'sgenderbalancefor most of the remainder of the decade.
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Thegenderbalanceof the music participants was 32 males and 39 females.
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In the group of schools with 20 per cent and above uptake there is no difference in thegenderbalance.
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Patients were randomly sampled from general practice lists, followed by quota sampling from the general public to achieve an age/genderbalancebetween groups.
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Care was taken to ensure as close agenderbalanceas possible.
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When that still did not alter thegenderbalance, the award was extended to the third-place student, a man.
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The data show that in mixed schools nationally, thegenderbalancetaking music is quite even.
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Interestingly she is the only author to make comment on the way in which thegenderbalancehas changed from male-only to equal opportunity.
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The overallgenderbalancewas also similar (female: 41.0% versus 39.5% for survey and total workforce, respectively).
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However, we also need to look at membership composition, particularlygenderbalanceand age structure.
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Merit systems should not preclude the application of representativeness for ethnic, racial orgenderbalancereasons.
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Genderbalancewas also ensured in the training and awareness programs, and for the visits to the southern floating gardens (40-50% women).
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Community dynamics in terms ofgenderbalancewas also noteworthy.
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From 1960 to 2000, there has been a large increase in the overall number of physicians, and also a substantial change in thegenderbalance, with more women entering medicine.
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Everyone wantsgenderbalancein theory, but finds a pretext to fail to deliver it in practice.
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The debate also touched on questions ofgenderbalance, in my view justifiably.
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The point about thegenderbalanceis to engender a new politics of consensus, but we all know how bogus that is.
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Hansard archive
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However, we have to combinegenderbalancewith the element of proportionality.
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