glass ceiling

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17:58 Jun 2, 2010
English to Urdu translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Government / Politics
Additional field(s): Human Resources, Management
English term or phrase: glass ceiling
Definition from inmotionmagazine.com:
Glass ceilings are the artificial barriers that deny women and minorities the opportunity to advance within their careers

Example sentence(s):
  • 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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5غیر مرئی رکاوٹ
Basit Ijaz


  

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غیر مرئی رکاوٹ


Definition from own experience or research:
Invisible hurdles

Example sentence(s):
  • بہت سے مغربی ملکوں میں مسلمانوں کو آگے بڑھنے سے روکنے کے لیے غیر مرئی رکاوٹیں موجود ہیں۔ - Own 
Basit Ijaz
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