Both as producers and consumers women are more likely than men to engage with complementary and alternative medicine …, with the aim of studying why women in particular use and practice these alternatives, and whether using them presents an … search period was limited to 2000–2013. Thematic analysis of the literature indicated three major trends: women draw on …

empowerment delivered mixed results. In order to explore whether microfinance influences empowerment, the paper compares women in …. Using a survey and multivariate statistical methods, such as propensity score matching, the study found that women in higher …

One of every nine women in the United States (11.8 percent in 2013) is represented by a union at her place of work. The … annual number of hours of paid work performed by women has increased dramatically over the last four decades. In 1979, the …, women's share of unpaid care work and housework has remained high. Various time-use studies conclude that women continue to …

Interviews with Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) growers in Iowa, a majority of whom are women, shed light on the … and caring-practices. Care-practices, historically associated with women, place priority on local context and …

This paper explores conceptual and practical linkages between women and food, and argues that food security cannot be … realized until women are centrally included in policy discussions about food. Women's special relationship with food is … culturally constructed and not a natural division of labor. Women's identity and sense of self is often based on their ability to …

In the 1970s the role of women in West African trade started to raise some interest, with the nana Benz in Lome and the … Guangzhou and, recently, in Yiwu have started to attract African migrants and traders. And women have followed this wave. …

In the developing world, poor rural women and their children spend considerable time collecting water. Do women living … women, but is associated with less unpaid work. In countries where substantial gender gaps in schooling exist, enrollment …

with those of older White British men and women, and with those of older Black British men and women. The study … White British men and women, as well as older Black British men and women, experience occupational access constraints and … Black British men and women. In addition, Black British women experience the highest level of age discrimination. These …