Women
A woman is an adult female human. The term woman may also refer to a girl (a female child or adolescent). The plural women is sometimes used for female humans regardless of age, as in phrases such as "women's rights." Typically, a woman has two X chromosomes and is capable of pregnancy and giving birth from puberty until menopause. Female anatomy, as distinguished from male anatomy, includes the fallopian tubes, ovaries, uterus, vulva, breasts, Skene's glands, and Bartholin's glands. The adult female pelvis is wider than the male's, the hips are generally broader, and women have significantly less facial and …
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UN: The United Nations · 6 December 2024 English
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for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women) execute their governance and oversight functions …
UCB: University of California, Berkeley · 30 October 2024 English
Collection" features nearly 70 women artists, illuminating intergenerational connections between past and present. The post One of the world’s largest collections of work by women artists is now on view at …
from the Shah Garg Collection" features nearly 70 women artists, illuminating intergenerational connections … the world’s largest collections of work by women artists is now on view at BAMPFA</a> appeared first …
Internet Archive · 30 October 2024 English
Vanishing Culture: A Report on Our Fragile Cultural Record explores the vulnerabilities in preserving our digital and cultural heritage. This comprehensive report, edited by Luca Messarra, Chris Freeland, and Juliya …
From women’s labor histories in the form of cookbooks (Katie Livingston), knitting punch cards (Nichole Misako Nomura), … The historical erasure and devaluation of Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color, LGBTQ+, and women’s history and …
Labour Research Service · 30 October 2024 English
Why essential domestic labour remains largely uncompensated and gendered. The post Care work and the family in capitalism first appeared on Labour Research Service.
LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 29 October 2024 English
Women are underrepresented in senior academic positions in economics. Ria Ivandić and Anne Sophie Lassen assess the impact of having children on men and women’s career trajectories and suggest how the …
Women are underrepresented in senior academic positions in economics. Ria Ivandić and Anne Sophie Lassen …
Gatestone Institute · 29 October 2024 English
to acknowledge that many of these so-called children were also combatants. They do the same with women, conveying the impression …
children were also combatants. They do the same with women, conveying the impression …
SWP: Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik · 29 October 2024 English
32 TURKEY’S DIASPORA IN A Transnational Community Divided between Transnational Integration and Distant-Nationalism Aydm Introduction The history of Turkey’s diaspora in Germany dates back to the 1960s when large cmigraüon …
roots’ (transnational onentatwn) of all German women in bi-national marnages being marned to Turkish … in bi-national marnages being marned to Turkish women (Focus 2015) strongly idenüfying with Turkey and …
CSEP: Centre for Social and Economic Progress · 28 October 2024 English
The Centre for Social and Economic Progress (CSEP) conducts in-depth, policy-relevant research and provides evi- dence-based recommendations to the challenges facing India and the world. [...] CSEP is based in …
org/working-paper/health-insurance-access-and-disease-profile-for-women-in-india/ https://csep.org/working-paper/decons …
ADB: Asian Development Bank · 28 October 2024 English
This paper looks at how pension systems across Asia and the Pacific can overcome common challenges of low contributory coverage, inadequate social pensions, and failure to include the informal sector.
ongoing innovations for the informal sector and women, and enhanced reliance on technology. Keywords: … employment) Fiscal (Tax to GDP) Participation (women 55–64) Participation (men 55–64) Coverage (% … employment) Fiscal (Tax to GDP) Participation (women 55–64) Participation (men 55–64) Coverage (% … power parity; PRC = People’s Republic of China; w = women. Notes: Data is latest year available. Shading … incomplete contribution density, particularly for women (section V.F); generous early withdrawals rules …
28 October 2024 English
Each year, Future Earth, The Earth League and the World Climate Research Programme gather leading scholars from around the world to review the most pressing findings in climate research. This …
Climate change is increasing risks for pregnant women, unborn children and infants, threatening decades … change, especially of heat extremes, on pregnant women and newborn infants (Insight 4). Early warning … groups (outdoor workers, older people, pregnant women, children, among others) will require specific … are required for older people, children, pregnant women, those with pre-existing conditions, and more generally … increasing risks of illness and harm for pregnant women, foetuses, and newborns, driven by climate change …
