Women's under-representation in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) is known to result from … exclusionary practices based on professional socialization of masculine STEM culture. Despite the recent trend of women …'s advancement and success in STEM, field-specific subcultures facilitate the differential inclusion of women across STEM subfields …

We analyze the representation of women on the faculties of US business schools over the period 2002 to 2009. While … women are a distinct minority on the faculties of US business schools, their ranks are increasing. At the end of our sample … period, 25.3% of faculty members are women, up from 20.0% in 2002. The percentage of women is higher among untenured than …

In this paper, an international comparison of women's participation in the military service in the U.S. and Korea is … relevant and interesting question may be how and where women can best serve in the new wars that require technical competency …-war reconstruction rather than whether women should be fully integrated into the armed services. Women's participation in the Korean …

The Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) is an international treaty that … provides universal standards for protecting and promoting women's rights; it was adopted by the United Nations in 1979 and … ratification are far outweighed by the benefits it will bring to women worldwide; and the time is ripe for such action. Caution on …

Abortion is a politicized and contested topic in many countries. In the USA, it is subject to particularly polarized … debate and increasingly stringent policies. Women who terminate a desired preganancy due to diagnosis of foetal anomaly (TFA … experience of women who TFA. These women report a sense of responsibility and love toward the foetus that they refer to as their …

habits among women across the globe. This study examines the shopping behaviour of women across India and in USA using … into the shopping behaviour of women across India and USA. The findings confirm that differences do exist in the shopping …The growth in women's education and disposable income, has led to a consequent rise in their affluence and spending …

"American Working Women in World War II introduces students to American women's experiences in defense work during … accounts of women from diverse backgrounds, cartoons, photographs, and magazine articles--arranged in thematic chapters … provides a lens through which to examine the history of women, gender, sexuality, labor, race, and ethnicity during this period …

From the 1960s through the 1990s, the most common job for women in the United States was clerical work. Even as college …-educated women obtained greater opportunities for career advancement, occupational segregation by gender remained entrenched. How did … to move qualified women into their upper ranks. By the 1990s, corporate support for professional women resulted in an …