Effective status meetings lead to successful projects. Like a pump at a water station, you--the consultant leading a project--are the one who has to keep everything moving. Follow these guidelines to ensure that your team's project flows smoothly. One of the most valuable tools you have as a project manager is a weekly project status meeting. I approach any significant project by holding weekly project updates. These status meetings help: The new project members develop as a team. Me, as the project manager, identify weaknesses early enough to make corrections.
Why many retired women live in poverty. On average, senior women live on far less annual income than men. Gender inequality doesn't end at the workplace. For many women, the gender gap haunts them well into their retirement years, when far more women find themselves living in poverty. In fact, women are almost twice as likely as men to live below the poverty line during retirement, with single and minority women struggling the most (see chart).
14 The Effect of Womenâs Economic Power in Latin America and the Caribbean W omen made a crucial contribution to both extreme and moderate poverty reduction between 2000 and 2010. The growth in female income accounted for 30 percent of extreme poverty reduction, against 39 percent for that of men (Figure 4).n Brazil, there have been small increases in the share of women employed as professionals (from 6 percent to 10 percent) and as clerks (from 10 to 13 percent), but the share of women in services has remained constant and is more than double the share of men in that sector (Figure 16).