Social role performance and self-identity among breast cancer patients in Lagos, Nigeria by Samuel Ojima Adejoh, Deborah Tolulope Esan, Adeola Adejayan

“…All the respondents were married, had children and were working before the cancer diagnosis. Our findings showed that breast cancer diagnosis and treatment may alter role performance of women in their families, workplaces and community in which they live, and may affect negatively their self-identity, due to negative self-image and self-perception, and due to fear to be socially stigmatised by neighbours. …”
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Une constellation invisibilisée by Marie-Dominique Gil

“…If she has remained famous for her literary work, her artistic practice and correlatively the transmission strategies that she organized specifically for young women sculptors, painters or even videographers have remained in the shadows. …”
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Features of a woman᾿s style company management by T. M. Gololobova

“…Gender studies of work effectiveness of male and female have being conducted for a long time. …”
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Cosmopolitan impressions from a contemporary Bengali patachitra painting museum collection in Portugal by Inês Ponte

“…Focusing particularly on the recent development of women as painters and performers of the patua folk craft in an expanded market, through a study of the acquisition of a patachitra collection by the Ethnology Museum in Lisbon, I explore the cosmopolitan impressions in the work of such women from the village of Naya. …”
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Psychological Features of Police Officers’ Conflict Behavior: Gender Aspect by O. V. Platkovska

“…Thomas) is both among women and men. Women and men according to the “rivalry” scale have a low rate. …”
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Decisions about the use of psychotropic medication during pregnancy: a qualitative study by Irene Petersen, Vanessa Pinfold, Sarah Hamilton, Fiona Stevenson, Charlotte Walker, Ceri R J Dare, Harminder Kaur, Ruth Lambley, Paulina Szymczynska, Vicky Nicolls

“…Further work is necessary to understand health professionals’ perspectives on the provision of services and care to women with severe mental illness during pregnancy.…”
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La fabrique des archives : le point de vue des archivistes des Archives départementales d’Indre-et-Loire à propos du fonds Menie Grégoire by Mathilde Sergent-Mirebault

“…In the field of social history and gender studies, these archives now constitute unprecedented traces of the daily language of women who expressed themselves at a singular period when women’s voices were being freed on subjects such as contraception, sexuality, exploitation through domestic and reproductive work, retirement, child rearing, etc. …”
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Public Spending on Childcare as an Indicator of Gender Sensitivity of Budget by Ana Marija Sikirić, Josip Čičak

“…To determine the potential solutions to this situation the paper analyses correlation between public spending on childcare services, gender equality in terms of time spent in unpaid work and differences in employment rates of women with children under the age of 6 and women without children in EU. …”
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Multicultural Pentecostal Congregations: by D.N. Andrew, W.J. Schoeman, L.J.S. Botes

“… The study investigates the extent of gender discrimination and prejudice in multicultural Pentecostal congregations and the potential for a future in which gifts and ministry contributions of women are foregrounded. Multicultural congregations were studied to explore the gifts that the ministry of women contributes to the work of the church and to the social cohesion of the congregation. …”
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A estética dos becos em Cora Coralina ou “Um modo diferente de contar velhas estórias” by Clovis Carvalho Britto

“…This article examines the interconnections between literature, memory and the city in the work of Cora Coralina (1889-1985). From a topographic memory, Coralina elected the alleys as a privileged space for her work’s aesthetics. …”
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Travail, Mémoires et Femmes dans la ceinture industrielle de Lisbonne (Portugal) by Inês Fonseca

“…Among the women from Baixa da Banheira (a parish in the industrial belt of Lisbon) one mystery persists: which plants use to employ the feminine work force?…”
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The effect of Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative compliance on the association between mode of birth and breastfeeding initiation in Sri Lanka by Laavanya Lokeesan, Elizabeth Martin, Rebecca Byrne, Yvette D. Miller

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A Brief Survey of Gender Parity in the Theatre Industry by Yeliz Biber Vangölü, Florentina Gümüş

“…Throughout centuries, women have been excluded from theatre, an otherwise significant part of Western culture. …”
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Sexualité préconjugale, souillure et reconstruction de soi. Les adolescentes au prisme d’une politique du corps féminin en Tunisie by Meryem Sellami

“…Maintaining guilt constitutes the central basis of sexual hierarchies as well as a source of eventual suffering for young women. The field work conducted with teenage girls that cut their bodies or forces themselves to throw up supports this hypothesis and reflects singular ways to address gender inequalities related to sexuality, notably through the recourse to the sacred.…”
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Faktor Risiko Terjadinya Osteoporosis pada Wanita Menopause by Renidayati Renidayati, Clara Clara, Sunardi Sunardi

“…This study aims to determine risk factors for osteoporosis in postmenopausal women in Kelurahan Langgini Work Area, Bangkinang Health Center, Kampar Regency, Year 2010. …”
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“In truth, I was really a pioneer”: Female Entrepreneurship and Selfhood Formation in Bethlehem's Diasporic Merchant Community, 1900–1940 by Eibhlin Priestley

“…By tracing the journeys and entrepreneurial endeavors of Katrina and Victoria, the study underscores the transformative impact of migration on understandings of womanhood, work, and identity within diasporic communities, and emphasizes the agency and resilience of women who redefined possibilities for Palestinian women in the diaspora.  …”
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Towards Activation or Inactivation? Migrants’ Experiences of Encounters with the Swedish Public Employment Service by Maja Lilja, Hanna Li Kusterer, Sven Trygged

“…A total of 23 refugees, mostly women, participated in semi-structured interviews that were analysed thematically. …”
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The Politics of EU Gender Equality Policies: Prospects for Changing Gender Equality Paradigm at the EU by Nazlı Kazanoğlu

“…Drawing on a comprehensive literature review and the content analysis of official EU policy texts, the article contends that the EU gender policies have shifted away from serving to change the redistribution of work between men and women, towards improving women’s employment opportunities.…”
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Visualizing the invisible: COVID-19 pandemic season in Saigon by Christophe Robert

“…This informal sector work, like the role of women in society in particular, is rendered invisible, considered routine and habitual. …”
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Osteoporosis Awareness, Self-Efficacy and Health Beliefs Among Staff in an Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital: A Cross-Sectional Study by Zhou Y, Xu Z, Zhang Z, Su J

“…Yun Zhou,1,* Zheyun Xu,2,* Zhifen Zhang,3 Jun Su4,5 1Outpatient Department, Hangzhou Women’s Hospital (Hangzhou Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital), Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310008, People’s Republic of China; 2The Fourth Clinical Medical College, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310053, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hangzhou Women’s Hospital (Hangzhou Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital), Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310008, People’s Republic of China; 4School of Public Health, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, 311121, People’s Republic of China; 5Intensive Care Medicine Department, Hangzhou Women`s Hospital (Hangzhou Maternity and Child Health Care Hospital), Hangzhou, 310008, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Jun Su, Email junjunsu@163.comBackground: We investigated the key factors that influence the awareness, health beliefs, and self-efficacy of osteoporosis among the staff of an obstetrics and gynecology hospital to identify the key target population for carrying out education and promotion in medical institutions, hoping to improve women’s awareness and prevention and treatment consciousness of osteoporosis from the source.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted from October 15 to October 24 in 2023, and 200 staff members were randomly sampled from an obstetrics and gynecology hospital in Hangzhou city for a questionnaire survey. …”
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