This book focuses on special characteristics of women and minorities in businesses. Particular attention is placed on women-owned businesses and wo...

Stress has increasingly become associated with greater susceptibility to various illnesses. The condition is also costly from an economic and finan...

Stress has increasingly become associated with greater susceptibility to various illnesses. The condition is also costly from an economic and finan...

Leading feminist ethicist Janice Raymond’s scathing analysis of high-tech biomedical reproductive techniques contributes groundbreaking insights in...

Investment in human capital has been emphasised by economists from Adam Smith to Amartya Sen. It is now agreed that improvements in education, nutr...

Empowerment of women through gainful employment is a constituent -- as well as instrument -- of development in any country. No country can be deeme...

Any development strategy will be lop-sided without involving women who constitute half of the world population. Women entrepreneurship has gained m...

Work participation of women especially in the rural context is being perceived as a policy prescription for removal of rural poverty and the much t...

Women entrepreneurship has emerged as an effective strategy for empowering them in terms of employment and income generation. It harnesses their la...

In this dynamic world, women entrepreneurs are an important part of the global quest for sustained economic development and social progress. In Ind...

According to Census 2011, population of India increased from 103 crore in 2001 to 121 crore in 2011, an increase of 18 crore or 17.6 percent. Out o...

The second volume of the Women for Victory series records the history and uniforms of the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC), the first American s...

The demographic landscape of the United States has changed considerably in recent decades. Changing roles of women have reshaped patterns in marria...

Women, obviously, constitute a significant portion of the population. Historically, though, they have been underrepresented in the halls of governm...

Women, obviously, constitute a significant portion of the population. Historically, though, they have been underrepresented in the halls of governm...

This informative book is an update of The Report of the LEAA [Law Enforcement Assistance Administration] Task Force on Women, published in October ...

Gender equality is a constituent as well as an instrument of development. Gender equality is an instrument of development because without it nation...

Advancement and empowerment of women has been a leading objective of state policy in India ever since the attainment of Independence in 1947. The p...

Half a billion Muslim women inhabit some 45 Muslim-majority countries, and another 30 or more countries have significant Muslim minorities, includi...

This book provides insights into what gender inclusive citizenship means as a practice, what can be achieved when it is promoted and what role part...

The path of women to achieve equal rights has been and remains a deeply uphill climb. The recent Martha Stewart case is a prime example of unfair t...

Southeast Asia is a sub-region of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India, west of New Guinea and n...

Although women and young girls have come a long way since the passage of Title IX some thirty four years ago, there is still a lot to do. The frame...

In the early fourth century B.C., Plato founded his famous Athenian school, the Academy. Among the students who came to study there were two women,...