This paper shows the development of women studies in computer science carried out in Austria. The studies include mainly three topics: education of women in computer science, questions of genderrelated approaches to information technologies and work styles of female computer scientists, and women as users of information technology in several work environments. Furthermore the relation between n...

Cardiovascular disease claims more than 500,000 women per year, making this disease the number one killer of women. Coronary heart disease in developed countries can be used as a representative classification when discussing cardiovascular disease management. Within the last 10 years research has illuminated the contributing risk factors and disease progression as they uniquely relate to women....

Recent clinical trials demonstrating that hormone replacement therapy (HRT) does not prevent coronary heart disease in women have again raised doubts concerning observational studies. Although much of the explanation probably lies in what might be called the "healthy HRT user" effect, another contributing factor may be that most observational studies included many prevalent users: women taking ...

Rapidly increasing numbers of women incarcerated in the United States have created an overwhelming need for appropriate health services for these inmates despite limited resources. This article outlines the key health care issues associated with women inmates. We begin by examining the challenges posed by this population of inmates. Additionally, we investigate the provision of health care to t...

Executive Summary This report analyzes the implications of privatization for women workers, especially those employed in low-end occupations. Data analyzed show that women disproportionately depend on the public sector for jobs that pay decent wages and offer benefits. This is especially true for African American and Hispanic women, and for women who do not have a college education. In part, hi...

Information and Communication Technology is a compendium of interrelated applications, products and services that can either deepen or alter gender equality. It has successfully transformed education, businesses, healthcare, entertainment, politics and good governance within the Global North; providing equitable access to developmental framework driven by ICTs. However, in drafting the core dev...

The Enfranchisement of Women and the Welfare State We offer a rationale for the decision to extend the franchise to women within a politicoeconomic model where men are richer than women, women display a higher preference for public goods, and women’s disenfranchisement carries a societal cost. We first derive the tax rate chosen by the male median voter when women are disenfranchised. Next we s...

Women are generally under-represented in tertiary computer science education in most countries around the world, especially in the West. The most recent report of the National Science Foundation in 2014 shows that only 14% of woman study CS in USA, and that the country the holds lowest proportion of women receiving Bachelor degrees of all the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math...

ABSTARCT Entrepreneurship is considered as one of the most important factors contributing to the economic development of the society. Entrepreneurs have been considered instrumental in initiating and sustaining socio-economic development. In India, concept of women entrepreneurship is of recent origin. Women have become aware about their rights and situations and entered in different fields of ...

there is no doubt that bahār and rasāfi are the pioneers of innovation in iran and iraq. these two poets have similarities among which is having religious ideologies in youth which was reflected in their poetry. their ideology has become subtilized as time has passed. they have both paid attention to new subjects such as women and their related issues. the traditional look on women never loses ...