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A dated workshop account examined barriers beyond hiring

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In this lesson: Interpret retention and distinguish examples from universal achievement.

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Use the language · 1/2What does “retention” mean here?

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Helping women remain in employment. The third paragraph places retention between recruitment and leadership.

Clue: The emphasis extended from recruitment to retention and leadership. Individual workplace examples should not be converted into national statutory entitlements or proof that all participating businesses had already achieved equality.

Read and understand · 2/2What does the account not establish about participating businesses?

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That all had already achieved equality. The final paragraph explicitly limits the equality claim.

Clue: The emphasis extended from recruitment to retention and leadership. Individual workplace examples should not be converted into national statutory entitlements or proof that all participating businesses had already achieved equality.

Grammar in this story: An expanded participle clause

a 30 August workshop with 24 participants, convened by UN Women Bangladesh and AYAT Care

“Convened by” means “which was brought together or organised by”, adding the organisers without a new main clause.

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Explain the three employment stages and the limits of the workshop examples.

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Recruitment concerns entering work, retention concerns remaining, and leadership concerns progression. The workplace examples illustrate practices rather than national statutory entitlements or proof of equality at every participating business.

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