Using a newly compiled database of women's property rights and legal capacity covering 100 countries over 50 years … international conventions, such as the Committee to Eliminate All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), women's political … representation at the national level, mobilization of women's networks, and increasing labor force participation in sectors that …

This study uses a newly compiled database of women's property rights and legal capacity covering 100 countries over 50 … years to test for the impact of legal reforms on employment, health, and education outcomes for women and girls. The … women's economic rights, including 28 countries that had eliminated all of the constraints monitored here. In the cross …

Foundation's advance programme: issues for senior compared to junior academic women scientists / Sue Rosser -- 5. Using the … the medical profession / Rita Biancheri -- 7. Resistance to women in academic medicine / Laurel D. Edmunds -- Part II …, race and entrepreneurship in the United States / Cheryl B. Leggon -- 17. Trends and determinants of women in patenting in …

Bridging the entrepreneurial gender gap through social protection among women small-scale traders in Kenya; 11 Challenges to … scholars herein explore ways to overcome constrained performance and encourage women's entrepreneurial activities through a …13 Gender and business performance: the role of entrepreneurial segregation14 Still bringing up the rear: why women …

importance for researchers, academics and policy makers as well as those involved in supporting women's entrepreneurship through …