First Graduated Women Architects and Urbanists in Eastern Mediterranean Europe 1900-2000. The Cases of Cyprus, Greece, and Turkey by Inés Novella Abril, Inés Sánchez de Madariaga

“…Based on a review of digital archives and secondary sources written by local researchers, the aim of this research is to contribute to the dissemination and valorisation of women’s work and contributions to the history of modern architecture. …”
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The Gig Economy and Its Impact on Women in Iraq by Hawra Milani, Zahra Shah, Rikke Bjerg Jensen

“…This paper traces the experiences of Iraqi women in the gig economy, drawing on both individual and collective insights grounded in the authors’ work in this context. …”
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Aesthetics and Ethics in Anna Jameson’s Characteristics of Women by Alison Stone

“…Here I focus on how she made that connection in her 1832 work Characteristics of Women: Moral, Poetical, and Historical. …”
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CLINICAL FEATURES OF PREGNANT WOMEN WITH EARLY GESTOSIS by Halina Hvozdetska, Natalia Henyk

“…Aim: to determine the clinical features of women with early gestosis. Materials and Methods. …”
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Experiences of Women in Tianguis and Popular Markets in Oaxaca by Nallely Guadalupe Tello Méndez

“…This article reflects on two experiences of participation in tianguis and markets of women whose lives were transformed by the Popular Oaxaca Movement of 2006. …”
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Women Entrepreneurship as a Strategy for Sustainable Livelihoods by Tanusha Raniga

“…The paper affirms women entrepreneurship as a positive social development strategy to assist unemployed women to work towards economic self-reliance. …”
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Birmingham’s Women Poets: Aestheticism and the Daughters of Industry by Marion Thain

“…British female aestheticism is seen to have a key geographical locus in London, and critics have convincingly argued over recent years for the importance of that city and its rich cultural life to the work of late-nineteenth-century women’s poetry. Yet it is seldom recognised that the aesthetic London lifestyle of these writers was in key instances only made possible by family fortunes amassed through the industrial expansion of Birmingham and its surrounding conurbation. …”
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Alienation, Adoption or Adaptation? Aestheticist Paintings by Women by Pamela Gerrish Nunn

“…The same has not occurred for the visual art of Aestheticism.To address the work of gender within Aestheticism, this paper proposes some specific works by women artists as characteristic of the style. …”
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parody and women's discourse in Tahmineh's Story novel by Abdollah Hasanzadeh Mirali, Fatemeh Zamani

“…This article is trying to answer the question that how the intertextual relations of this work with Shahnameh have led to polyphony and women's discourse in Tahmineh's story novel. …”
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Are Women More Risk Averse? A Sequel by Christos I. Giannikos, Efstathia D. Korkou

“…Specifically, the paper revisits the 1998 work “Are women more risk averse?” by Jianakoplos and Bernasek, suggests refinements in their model in relation to the database used, namely the U.S. …”
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Analyzing the Causes and Factors Affecting the Gender Wage Gap (In Light of the Principle of Equal Pay in International Labor Law) by Fatemeh Nowrouzi

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The gendering of programmers’ work: taking China’s IT industry as an example by Xiaotian Li

“…Abstract This paper discusses the gendering of programmers’ work in China at both the occupational and work organization levels: the dichotomy between social and technical aspects in programming work leads to a gendered hierarchical division of labor that undermines the legitimacy of women programmers’ professional identities. …”
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The Religious Work of Beverly Jenkins’s Black Historical Romance by Jeania Ree V. Moore

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Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome among Working Adults in Ethiopia by A. Tran, B. Gelaye, B. Girma, S. Lemma, Y. Berhane, T. Bekele, A. Khali, M. A. Williams

“…To evaluate the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) according to the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and Adult Treatment Panel (ATP) III criteria among working East African adults. Design. This cross-sectional study of 1,935 individuals (1,171 men and 764 women) was conducted among working adults in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. …”
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Fallen Women in George Eliot’s Early Novels by Alain Jumeau

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WOMEN PARTICIPATION IN POLITICS: THE NIGERIAN AND ANGOLA EXPERIENCE by EDIBA SABASTINE, UMAR SULEIMAN ZAKARI, GEOFFREY NANBAL SHIPURUT

“…The paper address issues such as the Women’s Political Participation: Africa Barometer 2021, the Working Paper on Women’s Political Participation and its Predictors in Northern and Southern Nigeria, the Call for Papers on Women’s Equal and Effective Participation in Political and Public Life, the Report on The Power to Change: Women’s Participation and Representation in Africa, and the Briefs on Women’s Political Participation by UN Women. …”
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The healing hand: the role of women in ancient medicine by Francois P. Retief, Louise Cilliers

“… In contrast with the struggle of 19th and 20th century women all over the world to be admitted to medical schools, women in ancient Greece and Rome were apparently increasingly at liberty to practise medicine from the 4th century BC onwards. …”
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Risk Factors for Hypertension in Women of Childbearing Age by Natasya Vidia, Betty Yosephin Simanjuntak, Diah Eka Nugraheni

“…It is known that 216 out of 766 (28.19%) women of childbearing age who use hormonal contraceptives in the Telaga Dewa Health Center working area suffer from hypertension. …”
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The feminisation of medical careers in Brazil and work-family conflict by Daniela Cristina Machado Tameirão, Simone Costa Nunes

“…Even though women experience more stress at work on average and receive less social support, no significant gender-related differences exist in terms of work-family conflict. …”
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Can role model women in politics help married women reduce suicides? Evidence from a quasi-experimental study in Brazil by Gabriela Gerote Arvate, Paulo Arvate, Adriano Massuda, Raffael Massuda, Rifat Atun

“…The purpose of our work is to demonstrate that women in such positions reduce suicide rates within a group affected by gender inequality: married women.MethodologyWe use regression discontinuity methodology and quasi-experimental electoral designs (elections with a margin of victory very close to zero) to ensure causal inference between the election of women and suicide rates among married women.Principal findingsMunicipalities that elected women as mayors have 1.33 fewer suicides among married women per 100,000 inhabitants compared to those that elected men as mayors.ConclusionThese results offer new insights into how empowered women can challenge social norms and improve public health outcomes.…”
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