"Women are the world's most powerful consumers, yet they are largely marketed to erroneously through misconceptions and … patriarchal views that distort the reality of women's lives, bodies and work. This book examines the contradictions and mismatches … between women's everyday experiences and market representations. It considers how women themselves exhibit paradoxical …

other hand, my results indicate that women's empowerment can be a driving force for the success of female soccer. -- female … and male soccer ; women's empowerment ; panel analysis …

The transformation of women's lives in the past century is among the most significant and far-reaching social and … economic phenomena, affecting not only women, but also their partners and children. This Handbook provides the first … special attention is given to developed and developing economies, because the constraints women face and the key policy issues …