decision-making position
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position
noun
uk/pəˈzɪʃ.ən/us/pəˈzɪʃ.ən/
the place where something or someone is, often in relation to ...
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(Definition ofpositionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofdecision-making position
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Their task is to wriggle their way up from the shop floor to decision-making positions in key industries.
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A relatively junior member of the squadron could find themselves in adecision-makingposition.
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Collectively, those who reached key decision-making positions were the least interested in putatively scientific methods and held more traditional views of diplomacy informed by an awareness of history.
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Practices that built incentives for long legislative tenure and that channeled long-serving members into key decision-making positions no doubt resulted in a variety of policy consequences.
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Sometimes we are astonished that we have wage discrimination and so few women in decision-making positions, which we were talking about only a moment ago.
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I feel that she has already made a difference and that more women are needed in decision-making positions.
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Getting more women into decision-making positions is the key to everything.
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Their task is to wriggle their way up from the shop floor to decision-making positions in key industries.
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You are right: women are, except in university studies, severely under-represented in decision-making positions at all levels, both in public and in private companies.
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We stress the importance of the role of women in decision-making positions, which are traditionally the preserve of men.
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More women are needed in decision-making positions, because it is quite simply unacceptable that so much human ability is being lost.
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With more women in decision-making positions the change will occur faster.
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Given those circumstances, what are those of us in decision-making positions to do?
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More women in decision-making positions on various environmental bodies would extend the predominantly male terms of reference beyond business alone to embrace social justice as well.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
We are at the start of a millennium and a century which we hope will be decisive for women and for their opportunity to occupy decision-making positions.
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Another aim was for women to occupy a more equal share of decision-making positions.
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It is distinguished, however, by a bigger participation of women in decision-making positions than the national average.
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Nevertheless, women remain underrepresented in decision-making positions in the area of conflict prevention and resolution, peacekeeping and peacebuilding.
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It concluded the organizational structure and processes were sufficiently flawed and that a compromise of safety was expected no matter who was in the key decision-making positions.
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