• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (cdc.gov)
  • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) cannot attest to the accuracy of a non-federal website. (cdc.gov)
  • At the event this year we will present the Inspiring Women Mentorship and Leadership Awards, along with selected Student Spring Awards at the Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts, the evening of April 27, 2023. (queensu.ca)
  • The Lyda Hill Cancer Prevention Center provides cancer risk assessment, screening and diagnostic services. (mdanderson.org)
  • No need for concern, says Therese Bevers, M.D., medical director of MD Anderson's Cancer Prevention Center. (mdanderson.org)
  • We partner with many offices/centers and student orgs on campus well as with our community partners. (uwm.edu)
  • The Tennessee Tech Women's Center leads and supports efforts for women's equity across campus and the community. (tntech.edu)
  • I am very proud to be involved with Tennessee Tech's Women's Center, and to be actively working towards achieving our mission of gender equity across campus and our community. (tntech.edu)
  • From Fifth Ave, it is located between Maryland Ave and S. Negley Ave. From Wilkins, it is located between Murray Ave and S. Negley Ave. To access the James Laughlin Music Center from the Library Lot: Facing Chatham campus, exit the parking lot on the far left hand side. (chatham.edu)
  • PRISM is managed by the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Resource Center and is located on the second floor of the Campus Center. (rit.edu)
  • The Center for Women and Gender Equity actively promotes and advocates for a campus community that values the safety, equality, and intellectual advancement of women and other historically marginalized groups. (wcupa.edu)
  • Providing referrals and support to campus and community partners on issues that disproportionately impact women. (wcupa.edu)
  • The Women's Media Center "works to ensure women are powerfully and visibly represented in the media" and "to diversify the media in its content and sources, so that the stories and perspectives of women and girls are more accurately portrayed. (wikipedia.org)
  • In 1988, the United States Small Business Administration (SBA) established the Women's Business Center Program to better help women overcome continuing barriers to success. (alcorn.edu)
  • Learn how to better navigate the barriers we know women face in the workplace. (chatham.edu)
  • New challenges in the context of COVID-19 - high rate of job loss, increased gender-based violence, and loss of social protection schemes - will exacerbate the preexisting institutional barriers women faced in the Middle East's patriarchal society. (wilsoncenter.org)
  • The panelists also highlighted the importance of seeing more women in leadership positions especially as it demonstrates what younger women can strive for and can serve as a valuable resource for educating young women on the challenges to expect, and strategies to lift existing barriers. (wilsoncenter.org)
  • Philadelphia, September 7, 2022 - Cardiac conditions in women are underdiagnosed, undertreated, and under-researched compared to men. (eurekalert.org)
  • This year, 2022-23, we are combining our Student Spring Awards event under the banner of Inspiring Women - after all, some of the most inspiring women we know are the students who pass through our doors. (queensu.ca)
  • The chart of the 31 women with stress urinary incontinence who underwent robotic-assisted AUS revision at our referral center from January 2015 to January 2022 were reviewed retrospectively. (bvsalud.org)
  • Working hours was one factor that did stand out in explaining the earning penalty,' said Dr Giacomo Vagni, a researcher at the centre for time user research at UCL's Institute of Education. (telegraph.co.uk)
  • Hispanic women," Texas congresswoman Sheila Jackson-Lee told an energized and diverse crowd of reproductive health advocates who gathered on Capitol Hill last week. (reproductiverights.org)
  • We are advocates, experts, and lawyers who fight for gender justice, taking on issues that are central to the lives of women and girls. (nwlc.org)
  • Utilize minimally invasive surgery, high-resolution ultrasound imaging, preventive women's health techniques, and management of both high risk and normal pregnancies to provide comprehensive care for women of all ages, all while maintaining a personal touch. (medhelp.org)
  • and colleagues congratulate Dr. Sedlak and coinvestigators on this important study as one of the first in Canada to showcase the improvement in outcomes for women with INOCA or MINOCA through a specialized women's health center. (eurekalert.org)
  • The Act for Women campaign made essential strides with this event in fighting back against the tide of state restrictions on women's health. (reproductiverights.org)
  • In preparation for the Women's Health Protection Act being re-introduced next session, the 60 Act for Women campaign members will continue to be active around the country this summer and fall, hosting town hall meetings and webinars, doing door-to-door canvassing, and working with state lawmakers to advance legislation to improve women's access to essential health care. (reproductiverights.org)
  • The Center for Young Women's Health (CYWH) is a collaboration between the Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine and the Division of Gynecology at Boston Children's Hospital. (youngwomenshealth.org)
  • 23 June 2013 - The first global report on the worldwide prevalence of violence against women and the serious impact of violence on women's health was released on 20 June 2013. (who.int)
  • Women face, "a problem in the entry, sustaining, and advancement of women in the public sector," which Dr. Nims stated, "is the factory of leadership. (wilsoncenter.org)
  • Women's Media Center (WMC) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit women's organization in the United States founded in 2005 by writers and activists Jane Fonda, Robin Morgan, and Gloria Steinem. (wikipedia.org)
  • With the campaign announcement, the organization declared its "first call to action is to stop the Stupak Amendment, the Hatch-Nelson Amendment, and others like them which are the most draconian restrictions on women since the 1977 Hyde Amendment that cut federal funding for abortions by Medicaid. (wikipedia.org)
  • In January 2010, Women's Media Center and a coalition of more than 30 organizations "dedicated to reproductive rights, tolerance, and social justice", including the National Organization for Women and NARAL Pro-Choice America, sent a letter to CBS, NFL and its advertisers calling on them to pull an advertisement featuring football player Tim Tebow, sponsored by conservative Christian group Focus on the Family (FOTF), from Super Bowl XLIV. (wikipedia.org)
  • World Health Organization studies suggest that, across the world, men are twice as likely as women to take their own lives . (wilsoncenter.org)
  • Emergen- lic health partner briefings, field operations intelligence, cy Operations Centers (EOCs) are increasingly viewed as reports from media and the Internet, and the International necessary components of emergency preparedness and are Health Regulations reporting system maintained by the used for multiagency coordination and response to a vari- World Health Organization (WHO) ( 11 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Two-stage model for carcinogenesis: Epidemiology of breast cancer in females. (medscape.com)
  • Lilly is a Human Ecology major with a Concentration in Human Development and Family Sciences and has worked with the Women's Center since Fall 2020. (tntech.edu)
  • Since then, and building on Ban Righ's long history of fostering community and building connections, the annual Inspiring Women event has celebrated and recognized women's contributions to the Queen's and to the broader Kingston community. (queensu.ca)
  • The Ban Righ Foundation Leadership Award recognizes an individual who self-identifies as a women and who has built capacity and fostered opportunities for others, made positive contributions within the broader Kingston community, and been inspirational. (queensu.ca)
  • She has been involved with various organizations including the Reelout Queer Film Festival, OPIRG Kingston, the Levana Gender Advocacy Centre, and the Mutual Aid Kingston Garden Network. (queensu.ca)
  • In 2008, WMC launched the Progressive Women's Voices media and leadership training program to connect qualified, authoritative women experts to editors, reporters, producers, and bookers. (wikipedia.org)
  • Girls were encouraged to go to school, and women gradually assumed important leadership roles. (wilsoncenter.org)
  • We strive to challenge gender inequities and advance the rights of women and gender non conforming people by elevating student activism and leadership through innovative and transformative programming. (uc.edu)
  • ‌As we remember the first-class education we received and lifelong friendships we developed as Mundelein students, we hope you will partner with us at the Gannon Center for Women and Leadership by participating in our new initiative, Celebrate Mundelein. (luc.edu)
  • Hala Al Ansari of Bahrain, Salma al Nims of the Jordan, and Dr. Mehrinaz el-Awady at ESCWA reflected on progress in women's leadership 25 years after the Fourth World Conference on Women and adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. (wilsoncenter.org)
  • On October 13th, the Wilson Center's Middle East Program hosted a panel discussion on women's leadership in the Middle East and North Africa region, 25 years after the Fourth World Conference on Women and adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. (wilsoncenter.org)
  • The WRC efforts are not meant to be exclusionary, as our defining of "women" includes multiple identities (including but not limited to those who identify as women, transgender, femme, and non-binary and/or gender-nonconforming). (uwm.edu)
  • We also understand that women experience gender-based marginalization, and that this marginalization is compounded by other intersecting identities. (uwm.edu)
  • Various Training Sessions: Preparing the RIT community to become more culturally competent about the Queer community, gender, sexuality, intersectional identities, and women. (rit.edu)
  • Organized by the Center for Reproductive Rights and our partners in the Act for Women campaign, the advocacy day deployed delegations from 28 states into no less than 115 meetings with lawmakers and their staff to discuss the need for a federal law that genuinely prioritizes the health and rights of women and invalidates these state measures. (reproductiverights.org)
  • This past session the state of Louisiana alone has introduced more than a dozen restrictions, including a 72-hour waiting period, a bill defunding reproductive health providers, a ban that would force a woman to defend her reasons for getting an abortion, and a bill mandating that fetal tissue must be cremated or buried. (reproductiverights.org)
  • The Center for Women's Reproductive Health (CWRH) is honored to coordinate the multicenter Health Equity Research Network (HERN) on Disparities in Maternal-Infant Health Outcomes grant sponsored by the American Heart Association. (uab.edu)
  • No, the Center for Women & Gender Equity is not equipped to provide any reproductive healthcare services. (wcupa.edu)
  • Research on the health effects of non-partner sexual violence is more limited, however this form of violence also has profound implications for the physical, sexual, reproductive, emotional, mental and social well-being of women. (who.int)
  • Ovarian insufficiency is a failure of the ovary to function adequately in a woman younger than 40 years, in its role either as an endocrine organ or as a reproductive organ. (medscape.com)
  • The Center for Women Veterans' (CWV) mission is to monitor and coordinate VA 's administration of health care, benefits, services, and programs for women Veterans. (va.gov)
  • We serve as an advocate for cultural transformation and to raise awareness of the responsibility to treat women Veterans with dignity and respect to #BringWomenVeteransHome2VA. (va.gov)
  • Today's VA is focused on the needs of women Veterans and cultural transformation. (va.gov)
  • We are women Veterans proud to serve our sister Veterans and those who serve them. (va.gov)
  • Contact us at [email protected] , call or text the Women Veterans Call Center at 1-855-829-6636 or contact a local Veteran Service Officer . (va.gov)
  • Women Veterans NOT using VA Benefits and Services? (va.gov)
  • Women Veterans NOT using your earned VA Benefits & Services, we would love to hear from you. (va.gov)
  • For instance, Rodi Alvarado, a Guatemalan woman who fled ten years of brutal domestic violence in a situation where neither the police nor the courts would take any action to protect her, has been trying to get asylum in the United States for over a decade. (americanprogress.org)
  • The question of whether women who suffer gendered forms of violence such as domestic violence, female genital cutting, trafficking for sexual exploitation, and "honor" killings should qualify for protection as refugees is still a matter of debate in this country. (americanprogress.org)
  • Domestic violence against women goes through more than one stage of the interviewees' lives. (bvsalud.org)
  • Until 8 weeks' gestation, the human fetus is undifferentiated sexually and contains both male (wolffian) and female (müllerian) genital structures. (medscape.com)
  • The U.N. General Assembly adopted the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women in 1993, which recognizes gender-based violence as a human rights violation-whether it's committed by the government or by private actors-and asserts that it cannot be justified by "custom, tradition, or religious consideration. (americanprogress.org)
  • Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center want to change these questionnaires to make sense for everyone, including the LGBTQ community. (mskcc.org)
  • We drive change in the courts, in public policy, and in our society, especially for women of color, LGBTQ people, and low-income women and families. (nwlc.org)
  • Abortion rights, women of color, and LGBTQ people are under attack. (nwlc.org)
  • The Center is an educational entity that exists to provide adolescents of all genders with carefully researched health information, health education programs, and community spaces. (youngwomenshealth.org)
  • The Women, Gender, and Sexuality Resource Center houses the programs, services, and resources previously offered through the Q Center and Women and Gender programs. (rit.edu)
  • The report highlights the need for the health sector to take more serious steps to respond to violence against women, particularly at key entry points such as antenatal care, and for the training of health care providers to understand the relationship between violence and women's ill-health. (who.int)
  • In fact, the inclusion of grassroots and local communities, "localizes the concept of women, peace, and security… and shows women are leaders in our community, and we need to build on that. (wilsoncenter.org)
  • She works as an Educational Developer in anti-racist pedagogies and inclusion at the Centre for Teaching and Learning at Queen's. (queensu.ca)
  • Resources at the center include study space, kitchen, library, TV , and meeting space in which members of the college community may sponsor an event. (swarthmore.edu)
  • To celebrate the unique and historical contributions of women in society, provide resources for students to learn about timely and important gender issues, and advocate participation in global justice efforts in a wide variety of issues and professions. (pointloma.edu)
  • The UC Women's Center believes that women and gender non-conforming students at the University of Cincinnati deserve space, resources, strategies, and tools to overcome inequalities and sexism, and to realize full confidence in their abilities both at UC and in the world. (uc.edu)
  • Through education, counseling, and networking resources, the Women's Business Center strives to position your business for growth and success. (alcorn.edu)
  • The Dickinson College Women's and Gender Resource Center promotes and fosters gender education and equity by providing resources, sponsoring events and educational opportunities, and encouraging conversation and dialogue. (dickinson.edu)
  • The UWM Food Center & Pantry is open to students with a UWM ID or an active email address. (uwm.edu)
  • UWM Student Health and Wellness Center provides medical care for students, including Covid testing as well as limited counseling and psychiatric care. (uwm.edu)
  • The Black Student Cultural Center provides outreach, advocacy, programming, and a safe space for students of African descent. (uwm.edu)
  • The Accessibility Resource Center is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible u niversity experience for all students. (uwm.edu)
  • We use an intersectional lens to advocate for the education, empowerment and agency of women -identified students. (uwm.edu)
  • We partner with the UWM Food Center and Pantry and can help students access the Food Pantry when the Food Pantry is open. (uwm.edu)
  • The Game Center is a welcoming and supportive environment for all students, and I was especially impressed both by how internationally and demographically diverse our student body was, and yet still by how comparatively few female students we had in my class. (nyu.edu)
  • In terms of education, the Taliban has banned girls from entering or continuing secondary school, and prohibited public and private universities from taking female students . (wilsoncenter.org)
  • The Taliban is also making it illegal for female students to leave the country in order to pursue education elsewhere. (wilsoncenter.org)
  • The Women's Resource Center (WRC) exists as a safe space for all students at Swarthmore. (swarthmore.edu)
  • If so, the Margaret Stevenson Center for Women's Studies was created particularly for faculty and students like you, who want to enrich our community's understanding of gender issues locally and around the globe. (pointloma.edu)
  • We welcome all students who seek to learn more about the complexity of gender issues, the impact women make on society, and the challenges they face. (pointloma.edu)
  • The UC Women's Center is committed to the personal and professional growth of women and gender non-conforming students by facilitating action toward intersectional gender equity, promoting social justice, and fostering connections for all students. (uc.edu)
  • Yes, the Center for Women & Gender Equity does offer positions for undergraduate and graduate students. (wcupa.edu)
  • Established in 2003, the Women's Center endowed scholarship fund provides $500 scholarships to at least two qualified Kent State University undergraduate students each year. (kent.edu)
  • the Ban Righ Foundation Mentorship Award recognizes a Queen's University faculty member (current or retired) who self-identifies as a women and who has supported women in achieving their goals, inspired students, and demonstrated mentorship and knowledge sharing. (queensu.ca)
  • Drawing on the talents and experiences of women students, alumni, supporters and friends, the event has featured music, poetry, panel discussions and impassioned keynote addresses. (queensu.ca)
  • In Dr. Nabil's vibrant studio-like laboratory, her research group celebrates cultural and gender diversity, which empowers more women and visible minority students to advance in STEM fields. (queensu.ca)
  • She helps women students find their voice in a complex technical field - opening new doors to the world of computing. (queensu.ca)
  • She dedicates time for 1-on-1 coaching for students, particularly women, apart from supervisory meetings. (queensu.ca)
  • She views the new scholarship as part of the Foundation's larger mission to encourage young girls and women to learn about game-making and coding. (nyu.edu)
  • Our mission is to empower and inspire women by providing business training, individual counseling sessions, and access to capital to foster the achievement of your goals. (alcorn.edu)
  • While the initiative will support the whole mission of the Gannon Center, we are focusing on the Gannon Scholars (pictured above)-an outstanding cohort of young women who carry many of the same hopes and dreams we brought with us when we first walked into the Skyscraper. (luc.edu)
  • The mission of the Centre is to improve the lives of women across their lifecourse through excellence in research. (abdn.ac.uk)
  • Most women with POI retain intermittent ovarian function for many years, and, unlike women who are menopausal, pregnancies may occur. (medscape.com)
  • A woman who has had rapid deliveries in previous pregnancies should notify her doctor as soon as she thinks she is going into labor. (msdmanuals.com)
  • In October 2016, in conjunction with Queen's 175th Anniversary, the Ban Righ Foundation hosted the first Inspiring Women: An Evening at the Isabel awards event. (queensu.ca)
  • Female health care workers, including doctors, are not permitted to treat male patients or even work directly with male colleagues. (wilsoncenter.org)
  • Women Fitness health experts work to spread the message. (womenfitness.net)
  • Most studies of heart health consist primarily of male participants, and numerous clinical outcomes such as patient symptoms and treatments do not therefore necessarily apply to women with certain types of heart disease," explained lead investigator Tara L. Sedlak, MD, Vancouver General Hospital Department of Cardiology, University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine, and British Columbia Women's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada. (eurekalert.org)
  • We conducted this research to gain a better understanding of the etiologies and treatment of women with ongoing signs and symptoms of INOCA, which is one of these understudied areas in heart health. (eurekalert.org)
  • How dare someone say to these women, whose rights should be equal to everyone, 'You cannot have access to health services. (reproductiverights.org)
  • This year, the WHO Centre for Health Development (WHO Kobe Centre -WKC) is researching policies about long-term care (LTC) and the impact on women across their lifespans. (who.int)
  • Sustainable investments in LTC are essential for building equitable communities that support and recognize the health, safety, and welfare of older women and those that care for them. (who.int)
  • WHO also released clinical and policy guidelines on the health sector's response to violence against women, which highlight the need to integrate issues related to violence into clinical training and undergraduate curriculum for health care providers. (who.int)
  • With more than one in three women globally reporting having experienced physical and/or sexual partner violence, or sexual violence by a non-partner, violence against women is a global public health problem. (who.int)
  • It is also a violation of women's basic human rights requiring a stronger response from the health sector as the evidence is unequivocal that exposure to violence is an important determinant of poor health for women. (who.int)
  • Quali-quantitative study that included the sociodemographic inventory and the history of violence of 33 women, and the analysis of the narratives of six health professionals. (bvsalud.org)
  • Strengthening women : health research priorities for women in developing countries. (who.int)
  • Participation of women in primary health care in Swaziland / by Jean Rutabanzibwa-Ngaiza. (who.int)
  • Public health Emergency Operations Centers (PHEOCs) fully activated according to situational needs ( 9 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Two factors that contribute to this challenge is the burden women face of managing household responsibilities alongside their professional obligations and a new form of political violence that has emerged through social media. (wilsoncenter.org)
  • The study highlights the need for all sectors to engage in eliminating tolerance for violence against women and better support for women who experience it. (who.int)
  • The report, developed by WHO, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the South African Medical Research Council, presents data on the prevalence of two forms of violence against women: violence by an intimate partner (intimate partner violence) and sexual violence by someone other than a partner (non-partner sexual violence). (who.int)
  • Evidence clearly shows that women who have experienced intimate partner violence have higher rates of depression, HIV, injury and death, and are more likely to have low birth weight babies, than those who haven't. (who.int)
  • Describe the socioeconomic characteristics and the exposure to violence of women monitored in a Psychosocial Care Center II (CAPS), and analyze the professionals' understanding of this reality. (bvsalud.org)
  • There is no consensus on some actions, such as intersectorality with the legal and women's protection areas, the issue of notification of violence and the flow of care for women. (bvsalud.org)
  • In 2000, Jordan established a quota for female representation at different levels of elected bodies. (wilsoncenter.org)
  • Gender Mainstreaming, and with it, gender equality implies that the interests, needs and priorities of both women and men are taken into consideration recognizing the diversity of different groups of women and men [and individuals in particular] ( OSAGI 2001 ). (hawaii.edu)
  • Momentum in Medicine's third cohort includes an impressive list of 15 women leaders from a variety of roles, departments, and backgrounds within UAB Medicine. (uab.edu)
  • The Center coordinates with other university and community organizations to build an environment characterized by equity, freedom, and dignity for all people. (tntech.edu)
  • The NYU Game Center , the game Design program of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, today announced the creation of a new scholarship designed to support women who wish to pursue a graduate degree in game design. (nyu.edu)
  • It's a major priority for us to encourage and support young women who are considering game development as a potential career," said Frank Lantz , chair of the Game Center. (nyu.edu)
  • They're all part of the Act for Women campaign, which provides unified support for this federal legislation that would prohibit states from imposing restrictions that limit women's access to safe and legal abortion services. (reproductiverights.org)
  • iGive.com is the easy way to support Women's Center of Montgomery County. (igive.com)
  • Advocating for systemic changes that support women and other historically marginalized groups. (wcupa.edu)
  • The Center for Women & Gender Equity is able to provide non-confidential, non-clinical support for survivors. (wcupa.edu)
  • Whether you are an aspiring entrepreneur, in business or own an established business the Women's Business Center has free workshops and webinars to help you on your journey. (alcorn.edu)
  • GG has hosted workshops for a diverse variety of organizations including The Writer's Center, The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, The Recording Academy, BAE Systems, Inc., Maryland Citizens for the Arts, REWRITE London, and Scottish BAME Writers' Network. (writer.org)
  • Indeed a United Nations study of 2006 reported that Japan ranked behind all other industrialized nations in terms of the empowerment of women ( Faiola 2007 ). (hawaii.edu)
  • New scholarship funded by the Barlovento Foundation provides full tuition for women who wish to pursue a graduate degree in game design. (nyu.edu)
  • Our goal with the scholarship is to encourage women to pursue game design as a career and to see the industry as expanding and inviting. (nyu.edu)
  • All female-identifying applicants to the MFA program will be automatically considered for the scholarship, which will be awarded based on a combination of merit and need. (nyu.edu)
  • Since its inception, the Women's Center Scholarship program has awarded over $28,000 to student scholarship recipients. (kent.edu)
  • The Women's Center scholarship application deadline is May 31st. (kent.edu)
  • Directions to the Women's Center: Located in Steger Student Life Center 571. (uc.edu)
  • Enter Steger Student Life Center on the southeast side of the building directly across from Center Court Dining Center. (uc.edu)
  • In terms of employment, women have been banned from serving in the country's "grand assembly" and earlier this year thousands of women were fired from government jobs and instructed to return to their homes. (wilsoncenter.org)
  • It's best for women with implants to get a mammogram before and within one year of your cosmetic surgery, says Mark Clemens, M.D., an MD Anderson plastic surgeon. (mdanderson.org)
  • Every year the United States denies protection to women who are the victims of serious human rights violations. (americanprogress.org)
  • The following year the BIA issued the landmark decision Matter of Kasinga (PDF), which granted protection to Fauziya Kassindja, a young woman from Togo who escaped FGC and a polygamous marriage. (americanprogress.org)
  • This is a five-year fundraising initiative to increase the Gannon Center endowment by $10 million. (luc.edu)
  • Women's earnings were on average 28 per cent, or £306 a month, in the first year after the birth of their first child of what they would have earned if they had remained childless, according to the UCL research. (telegraph.co.uk)
  • Each year awards are presented to two inspiring women. (queensu.ca)
  • The Inspiring Women event looks a little different every year. (queensu.ca)
  • Ovarian cancer is known as the "silent killer" due to the difficulty in early detection because most women do not have any early symptoms. (uab.edu)
  • Join us for a celebration of women in mountain biking! (noc.com)
  • In order to replicate the achievements that the men's program has yielded over the years, and to be able to consistently compete against the world's top teams and nations, the women we have in the development pipeline need this type of stimuli on a regular basis. (cyclingnews.com)
  • Spend time in the company of women from all walks of the outdoor industry as we enjoy food, drinks, conversation and more. (noc.com)
  • Matter of Kasinga was the very first time a U.S. court clearly ruled that women who suffer fundamental violations of their human rights could be recognized as refugees. (americanprogress.org)
  • By the time of the Meiji period (1868 - 1912), however, things had significantly changed so that even with industrialization and urbanization lessening the authority of fathers and husbands, the Meiji Civil Code denied women legal rights and subjugated them to the will of household heads ( Faiola 2007 ). (hawaii.edu)
  • At the same time, women make up the majority of the formal LTC workforce, and female household and community members provide the overwhelming share of informal LTC in homes and communities. (who.int)
  • Ischemia with no obstructive coronary artery disease (INOCA) may affect up to 62% of women undergoing coronary angiography for suspected angina, with a higher prevalence in mid-life women aged 45-65 years. (eurekalert.org)
  • Women are prohibited from entering the country's parks , sports centers, gyms, and even what were formerly women-only public baths. (wilsoncenter.org)
  • When the US and its allies forced Taliban leaders from power in 2001, the new government which emerged in Kabul began to open the country up and bring girls and women out of the shadows of public life. (wilsoncenter.org)
  • A "backlash" group of conservatives have, according to the New Japan Women's Association (NJWA), "manipulated the national and local parliaments and the mass media to mislead the public into believing that 'gender-free' is an extreme idea aiming to break up the family, encourage promiscuity, and deny the differences between men and women. (hawaii.edu)
  • For example, the Jordanian Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security (JONAP ) was the product of a cooperation between Jordan's security sector, public sector, and civil society organizations. (wilsoncenter.org)
  • About Pew Research Center Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. (pewresearch.org)
  • Primary ovarian insufficiency (POI) (premature ovarian failure, premature menopause, or early menopause) is a condition characterized by amenorrhea, hypoestrogenism, and elevated serum gonadotropin levels in women younger than 40 years. (medscape.com)
  • The endeavor for gender equality needs men and women alike who promote the innate, God-given worth and dignity of each person, despite social, economic, and political norms and structures that might restrict or devalue them. (pointloma.edu)
  • One proposed measure in Kentucky would force a woman who has decided to have an abortion to first watch a video of approved adoptive parents. (reproductiverights.org)
  • image: The objective of this study was to investigate whether attending a women's heart center improves diagnosis and outcomes in women with INOCA and MINOCA. (eurekalert.org)
  • In an important prospective study in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology , published by Elsevier, investigators report that attending a multidisciplinary dedicated women's heart center can increase the likelihood of an accurate diagnosis and significantly improve clinical and psychological outcomes of women reporting chest pain due to insufficient heart-muscle blood flow (myocardial ischemia) but not diagnosed with obstructive coronary artery disease. (eurekalert.org)
  • To our knowledge, this is the first prospective report of the outcomes in Canadian women with chest pain who have attended a women's heart center," noted Dr. Sedlak. (eurekalert.org)
  • She has worked with the WMC since Fall 2021, and her favorite part about working here is getting to advocate for women and be a safe space for all. (tntech.edu)