Research also found a large number of women died of heart diseases.

BBC: How India treats its women

This situation was reversed by the general election of May 1997, when a particularly large number of women MPs were elected to the Labour benches (101).

BBC: Women in parliament

Also, banks insist on collateral against loans and since a large number of Indian women don't have the rights or title to property, they are unable to provide any collateral.

BBC: Does India need a bank for women?

The police said a large number of men and women took part in the disturbance.

BBC: Steven Brown

Facebook's response comes off the back of a large-scale online campaign from a number of prominent women's rights groups.

BBC: Facebook bows to campaign groups over 'hate speech'

What is surprising is that this continues to be the case despite evidence that a large number of our young women are very interested in careers that fall under this umbrella.

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More important than electoral considerations, it means a large number of men and women in the military will continue to be in harm's way, which is why the president had a tough sales job Thursday night.

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"UNSMIS has also received reports of a large number of civilians, including women and children trapped inside the town and are trying to mediate their evacuation, " she said.

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But several legal rulings and other delays have led to a large number of workers, many of them low-paid women employees, taking equal pay cases to employment tribunals.

BBC: Equal pay delays 'unacceptable'

Important side note to this discussion: Neither startups nor large tech companies had a sufficient number of underrepresented men or women of color to explore how their leadership might change the work environment and practices of their respective companies.

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