gender imbalance

collocation in English

meaningsofgenderandimbalance

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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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imbalance
noun[C]
uk
/ˌɪmˈbæl.əns/us
/ˌɪmˈbæl.əns/
a situation in which two things that should be equal or that are normally equal ...
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(Definition ofgenderandimbalancefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgender imbalance

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Reflecting the continuedgenderimbalancein the discipline, only four are female.
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As a result, thegenderimbalancein housework responsibilities was preserved in the so-called egalitarian family.
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Thegenderimbalanceof the ageing population indicates that traditional retirement income policies based on past wage earnings may now be inappropriate.
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Of the thirty-four interviewees, only seven are women, and thisgenderimbalanceis unfortunate.
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The origin of thegenderimbalancelies in a combination of factors, including the opportunities provided by churches for a social life outwith the home and the male-dominated public house.
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Women as usual formed the majority, partly from thegenderimbalancein the older population, and partly from what seems a greater willingness to get involved.
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Unless one organizes a sourcebook around the idea of "cultures of intellectual life" there does not seem to be a way around thisgenderimbalancefor the early period.
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There is no evidence of agenderimbalance.
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We are losing our next generation of scientists and adding to thegenderimbalance.
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The proposal also allows positive action to redressgenderimbalance.
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In our study we touched on thegenderimbalancein science.
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As for democracy, selection processes that attempt to address thegenderimbalancein a party's list of candidates can only be positive.
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That is not to mention, of course, the hereditary peers' rather largegenderimbalance.
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We have a great deal of work to do in breaking down thegenderimbalancein occupations that are the weaker for the fact that they are very male-dominated.
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There is also a seriousgenderimbalance.
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It has a largegenderimbalancewith women outnumbering men almost 2 to 1.
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This has led to agenderimbalance, with the male population significantly larger than the female.
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The exemption was required because agenderimbalancethat had arisen in lower year levels had to be redressed.
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Based on the same ratio of 1:4 a figure is deducted, which whengenderimbalanceis taken into account, of 100,000.
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Her main concerns weregenderimbalanceissues, children's education and distance learning.
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