Results 331 to 340 of about 12,017,313 (384)
Some of the next articles are maybe not open access.

In a Different Voice: Psychological Theory and Women’s Development

, 2009
Introduction 1. Woman's Place in Man's Life Cycle 2. Images of Relationship 3. Concepts of Self and Morality 4. Crisis and Transition 5. Women's Rights and Women's Judgment 6.
C. Gilligan
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Women's ways of knowing : the development of self, voice, and mind

, 1988
The authors of this provocative book pursue the disturbing question "Why are so many women reluctant to speak up for what they think?" in candid interviews with 135 women, rich and poor, young and old, well-educated and unschooled.
M. Belenky   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

By women, for women: The women's funding movement

New Directions for Philanthropic Fundraising, 1993
AbstractEfforts to focus philanthropic resources on women's special needs and to empower women of all socioeconomic and multicultural groups as philanthropists have created a rapidly growing complex of women's foundations and federations committed to funding, educating, training, and advocating to meet the needs of women donors, philanthropists, and ...
Carol Mollner, Susan Church
openaire   +2 more sources

Resources, Agency, Achievements: Reflections on the Measurement of Women's Empowerment

, 1999
This paper evaluates the measurement of womens empowerment in the context of three interrelated dimensions: resources agency and achievements. Several studies are analyzed to stress important methodological points.
N. Kabeer
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Focus on Women [PDF]

open access: possibleScience, 1996
Letters from: [ David L. Brautigan ][1] [ Patricia J. Brown ][1] M. R. C. Greenwood, in her Editorial “Dancing with wolves” ([29 Mar., p. 1787][2]), lists a large number of “notabl[e]” scientific societies that “are or have recently been headed by women or minorities.” Without disparaging Greenwood's choice of the societies worthy of note in this
openaire   +3 more sources

Women for Women

The Drama Review, 1974
Women's theatre groups are seeking new forms—forms that have not been derived from the male-oriented and male-dominated theatre that now exists. A search for new content also characterizes these groups, but their most important aspect is their relationship with their audiences.
openaire   +1 more source

Women's Studies: Women Studying or Studying Women?

Feminist Review, 1983
Mary Evans' article on women's studies (Evans, 1982) makes a spirited attempt to defend the practitioners of women's studies within academic institutions, principally those of the tertiary sector, from the accusations that they and their teaching is not feminist, since it is an altemative to political feminist practice, and therefore diminishes the ...
Ruth Pearson, Liz Kelly
openaire   +2 more sources

Violence against women.

World watch, 1996
This essay opens its discussion of violence against women by referring to the 1994 television broadcast of a 10-year-old Egyptian girl undergoing female genital mutilation (FGM) without benefit of infection control measures or anesthesia at the hands ...
T. Nelson
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Stereotype Threat and Women's Math Performance

, 1999
When women perform math, unlike men, they risk being judged by the negative stereotype that women have weaker math ability. We call this predicament stereotype threat and hypothesize that the apprehension it causes may disrupt women's math performance ...
S. Spencer, C. Steele, Diane M. Quinn
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Physical fitness and all-cause mortality. A prospective study of healthy men and women.

Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 1989
We studied physical fitness and risk of all-cause and cause-specific mortality in 10,224 men and 3120 women who were given a preventive medical examination. Physical fitness was measured by a maximal treadmill exercise test.
S. Blair   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Home - About - Disclaimer - Privacy