Women in society
Subtitle: achievements, risks, and challenges
By: Magdalena E. Thorne, editor
Contributors: Thorne, Magdalena E
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 220
Subjects: Women -- Social conditions -- 21st century; Women's rights; Women in politics; Women in the professions; Women in higher education; Women -- Health and hygiene
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Women in the United States Congress : 1917-2001 / Mildered L. Amer; title: Working from within : a comparison of feminist intervention in the bureaucracy in Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom / Louise Chappell; title: Post-communism, pro-natalism, or pro-choice? : the political context of women's reproductive lives in Central and Eastern Europe / Rachel Alsop and Jenny Hockey; title: A place at the table? : the representation of feminist thought in contemporary masculinity theory / Victoria Robinson; title: Women's achievement in social work academia : the changing landscape for deans and directors / Sunday L. Di Palma; title: Penetrating the 'culture' : reflections from a woman academic in engineering / Sandra Ingram; title: Nongovernmental organisations and the struggle for a new status for rural women in the north western Cameroon / Lotsmart N. Fonjong; title: Cardiovascular risk profile of menopausal women : analysis from the Canadian national population health survey / Julia Wong and Shirley Wong