This article discusses the plight of poor women around the world and the feminization of poverty. The evidence is … imperfect, but current trends suggest that women account for a growing proportion of those people who are considered poor on the …

programs and policies to prevent and deal with violence. This note focuses on domestic violence against women. The author …

This technical paper reviews existing empirical evidence to track the effects of women's paid work on their own and … labor markets and women's labor force participation. It then explores women's occupational health risks and mentions some … effects of paid work on women's health and child health. The paper ends with policy recommendations. …

Argentina has taken steps to increase women's participation in politics. In 1991, it established that 30% of the … candidate list for the Chamber of Deputies had to be women. As a consequence of the measure, the percentage of women deputies … quota system enhance women's participation in weak democracies? The main argument is given that the numeric increase of …

encourage women's education to reduce both female mortality disadvantages. …

few researches deal with women vertical, but also orizontal, segregation in public research institutions. The main purpose …

whether it reduces a wage differential that reflects productivity differences between men and women. This study addresses the … establishments, the empirical analysis suggests that there is a positive association between the share of women and profitability in …