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How Do Women “Shine?” Exploring Professional Women’s Perceptions of “Women’s Advancement” in Japan
The Abe administration has introduced policies and legislation to increase women’s participation in the workforce, known as Abenomics, under the...
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Affective Matrivocality and Women’s Voices: A History of Muslim Women Writers in China
China has a unique heritage of matriliny and matrifocality among ethnic minorities. Focusing on what I call matrivocality, this chapter highlights...
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Lifetime alcohol consumption patterns and young-onset breast cancer by subtype among Non-Hispanic Black and White women in the Young Women’s Health History Study
PurposeThe role of alcohol in young-onset breast cancer (YOBC) is unclear. We examined associations between lifetime alcohol consumption and YOBC in...
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Women’s health at work: a qualitative study on women’s health issues in relation to work participation. Experiences and perspectives from female teachers and managers in Norwegian high schools
BackgroundPublic health and working life are closely related. Even though Norway is one of the world’s most equality-oriented countries, working life...
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Women’s Libraries and “Women’s Books”, 1729–1830
During the eighteenth century, as the practice of selling books at auction spread throughout Europe, moving beyond its original Dutch origins to the...
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Women’s Orgasm and Its Relationship with Sexual Satisfaction and Well-being
Purpose of reviewWomen’s orgasms have been subject to controversial discussions among scholars throughout history. Even today, narratives of women’s...
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Women’s Health: Coming of Age on 2024
The focus of the life and work of an obstetrics and gynaecological specialist is improving women’s health, hence it is imperative that this issue be...
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Designing a model of Iranian international women’s sport diplomacy
This study was conducted to design a model of Iranian international women’s sport diplomacy. This research was performed qualitatively using the...
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Black/African American Women’s Woes: Women’s Perspectives of Black/African American Maternal Mortality in the USA
BackgroundDespite advances in perinatal care in the USA, maternal mortality is on the rise, and maternal death is higher than in any other...
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“Carving Their Place in History”: Reconstructing Public Memories of Anti-Colonial Struggle Through Malawian Women’s Writing
Many female African scholars have observed that in most national narratives about the liberation struggle against colonialism, the contributions made...
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Women’s Development in China’s Legal Profession Under Gender Stereotypes
In recent years, more and more Chinese women have joined the legal profession and have made remarkable achievements in this field. Gender...
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Intersectionality, Identity and Women’s Suffrage
This chapter looks at the interplay of women’s intersectional identities in the process leading to women’s suffrage. Women do not comprise a uniform...
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Women’s experiences of dealing with fertility and side effects in contraceptive decision making: a qualitative study based on women’s blog posts
BackgroundWorldwide, there is limited knowledge regarding women’s views of future fertility in relation to contraceptive use. Few studies include...
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Early Modern Women’s Diaries
This entry first considers the question of what may be defined as a diary in the early modern period, along with issues of the preservation,...
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Women’s Historical Fiction Across the Globe
This book explores contemporary women’s historical fiction from global perspectives and expands substantially on existing studies by drawing on...
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Women’s Health and Writing About It
The introduction to this volume situates the historical material within the context of recent news, legislation, and debates about women’s bodies....
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Intergenerational Co-residence and Women’s Employment in Urban India
Re-emerging joint families and declining female labour force participation rates (FLFPR) are the two paradoxical consequences of India’s steady...
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Can gender transformative agroecological interventions improve women’s autonomy?
Although improving both the ecological and social conditions of agriculture are central pillars of agroecology, emerging empirical research has...
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Associations between exposure to cadmium, lead, mercury and mixtures and women’s infertility and long-term amenorrhea
BackgroundCadmium (Cd), lead (Pb), and mercury (Hg) have been shown to exhibit endocrine disrupting properties. Their effects on women’s reproductive...
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