The feminization of poverty is a change in the levels of poverty biased against women or female headed households. More specifically, it is an increase in the difference in the levels of poverty among women and men or among female versus male and couple headed households. It can also mean an increase of the role […]

Overview A dowry (also known as trosseau or tocher) is a custom, strectching back to the Code of Hammurabi, of a woman bringing money, goods, or estate to her husband in marriage. The opposite – property given to the bride by the groom – is called dower or mahr. Normally the bride would be entitled to her […]

Table of Contents 1 The concept of E -learning 2 Types of e-learning in Thailand 3 Positive and Negative Sides of e-Learning 3.1 The following are some of the positive sides of E-learning 3.2 The following are some of the negative sides of E-learning 4 Examples of e-learning sites in Thailand 4.1 Thailand’s Gender Information […]

Table of Contents 1 Desnudo como entretenimiento sexual: el striptease 2 El striptease 3 Orígenes del Striptease 4 Acuerdos y desacuerdos 5 El caso mexicano 6 Críticas 7 References Desnudo como entretenimiento sexual: el striptease En el siglo XIX, en diversos contextos regionales, ha cambiado la percepción de los gobiernos y de la misma sociedad […]

Eleanor Roosevelt was First Lady of the from 1933 to 1945. She supported the New Deal policies of her husband, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and was a vocal advocate for the African-American civil rights movement. Prominent in promoting human rights, Roosevelt was the delegate to the United Nations from 1945-1953, and 1961-62 where she played […]

With the progression of , the education sector has emerged as an important arena for preventing new infections and maintaining the HIV-free status of young people.Beasley, M, Valerio, A and Bundy, D (2008, p.ix) Education and HIV AIDS: A Sourcebook of HIV/AIDS Prevention Program Vol 2 Education-Sector-Wide Approaches. Washington DC: The World Bank. http://siteresources.worldbank.org/EDUCATION/Resources/278200-1099079877269/547664-1099080042112/SourcebookofHIVAIDSvolume2.pdf (Accessed […]

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (born 29 October 1938) is the current of . She served as Minister of Finance under President William R. Tolbert, Jr. from 1979 until the 1980 coup d’état, after which she left Liberia and held senior positions at various financial institutions. She placed a distant second in the Liberian presidential election, 1997. […]

EMILY’s List members are dedicated to building a progressive America by electing pro-choice Democratic women to office. The organisation invests in women as candidates, as contributors, as campaign professionals, and as voters in order to bring about great change in the EMILY is an acronym that stands for “Early Money Is Like Yeast” Table of […]

The potential implications of gender differences in financial literacy are far-reaching. On 1 March 2012, the OECD published a Working Paper on “Empowering Women Through Financial Awareness and Education“. Overview This working paper describes the findings of a review of the literature on gender differences in financial literacy with the aim to better understand their […]