Purpose Women establish about half of the world's population and constitute a significant
part of the workforce. Women's empowerment is considered as an entry point for women's …

Global investment in biomedical research has grown significantly over the last decades,
reaching approximately a quarter of a trillion US dollars in 2010. However, not all of this …

Purpose This paper aims to form an empirical study, stemming from a Middle-Eastern
context, on eliminating gender discrimination and achieving women's empowerment. It aims …

The literature on gender equality has investigated several factors that can raise the level of
women empowerment and their role in the intra-household decision-making (Inglehart et al.; …

Panchayat Raj Institutions (PRIs) are viewed as solution to all the problems of rural
development and is linked to empowerment of the marginalized section of society …

Gender inequality remains one of the most pressing socio-economic challenge in South
Africa despite the presence of policy initiatives that target women for empowerment. The lack …

This chapter contributes to our understanding of gender and media concerns by focusing on
an under-researched aspect: the policy dimension. It addresses the nexus between the …

Gender equality and happiness are both of concern to academics, governments, and
policymakers. Using data from a sample of eighty-four developing and emerging countries …

School psychology exists in many countries around the world; however, it is far from
ubiquitous. The extant literature offers limited empirical information addressing why school …

Sub-Saharan Africa is the world's second fastest growing region after Asia with a GDP of
5.8% for 2012. However, it is still the world's poorest region and it has the largest proportion …