Spring/Summer 2008 • volume xiv, issue 2 Contemporary India is a multicultural society that is pluralistic with regards to religious law. Different groups in India have separate religious personal laws (RPLs), which India’s secular state is reluctant to reform. However, these laws have generated debate about the meaning of gender equality in India, since all RPLs to various extents give women f...

globalization and social capital are two main concepts in modern sociology. the study of effects of women's social capital on their social participation is one of the critical areas in women's studies. in order to study women's social capital in globalization process, the writers selected 2200 women in the cities of tehran, shiraz and estahban in a random sense. the results show that cultural c...

the aim of this study was to test the model of the relationship between violence against women and aggressive behavior in children with mediation of maternal mental health. research design was correlation and path analysis. the study population included all of preschool children¢s mothers at the city of dezful. the sample was consisted of 250 pre-school children¢s mothers. that selected by mult...

In recent years, many states and localities in the USA have enacted bicycle helmet laws. We estimate the effects of these laws on injuries requiring emergency department treatment. Using hospital-level panel data and triple difference models, we find helmet laws are associated with reductions in bicycle-related head injuries among children. However, laws also are associated with decreases in no...

Malaysia has enacted the Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants 2007 (ATIPSOM) Act regulating crime human trafficking Malaysia. The to be read together with other relevant legislations, for instance, Child 2001, Immigration 1956/63, Young Person (Employment) 1966 (Amendment) 2019. Additionally, since is a signatory international instrument related trafficking, implementation...

We investigate women's likelihood of withdrawing from paid labor to care for children and help them with schoolwork as a result COVID school closures. Were women more likely shift out in states where property-division rules would better protect the financial interests stay-at-home parents? Such higher protection is offered community property regimes or homemaking provisions, alternative being e...

living in modern societies is full of advertising messages. these messages in diverse and numerous forms affect every day and working life of people. one of the most challenging subjects in advertising is representation of women in advertising and commercial promotions. a large part of representations in advertisements depicts women in their role as cultural stereotypes. the purpose of this stu...

background: hospitals have responsibility for responding to legitimate demands for release of health information while protecting the confidentiality of the patient health records. there have always been challenges concerning medical records confidentiality and their disclosure and release type in medical record departments. this study investigated and compared laws and policies of disclosure o...

in recent years despite the rise in the number of women who have graduated from universities women’s participation in the labor market has not been increased proportionally. the present study tries to examine the employment status of women graduates of higher education as well as of social and demographic factors affecting it. in this study, secondary analysis of data from 2% sample of census 1...

abstract: background and objectives :  professional ethics is part of midwifery skills that cannot be separated from it .midwives must get acquainted with this skill and ethical laws, avoiding at the same time unethical manners. materials and methods : this study was cross-sectional survey which examined knowledge and attitude of 101 midwives that had been selected by convenient sampling proced...