Journeys of Embodiment at the Intersection of Body and Culture - Chapter 6: Re-capturing Qualified Freedom: Possibilities in Adult Women’s Journeys

Elsevier,

Journeys of Embodiment at the Intersection of Body and Culture, The Developmental Theory of Embodiment, 2017, Pages 201-256
This chapter advances goals 3 and 5 by examining how the adult women can recapture physical and mental freedom, empowering relationships and membership in equitable communities.
Read more

Category:

Book chapters

Tags:

Gender equality and women's empowerment; Health and population; Health and wellbeing, Global

Journeys of Embodiment at the Intersection of Body and Culture - Chapter 1: The Developmental Theory of Embodiment: Discovering Paths in the Body Journeys of Girls and Women

Elsevier,

Journeys of Embodiment at the Intersection of Body and Culture, The Developmental Theory of Embodiment, 2017, Pages 1-42
This chapter advances goals 3 and 5 by examining the description of the Developmental Theory of Embodiment, including two personal examples.
Read more

Category:

Book chapters

Tags:

Gender equality and women's empowerment; Health and population; Health and wellbeing, Global

Principles of Gender-Specific Medicine, 3e - Chapter 50 - Gender-Specific Medicine in Pharmaceutical Drug Discovery and Development

Elsevier,

Principles of Gender-Specific Medicine (Third Edition), Gender in the Genomic Era, 2017, Pages 733-741
The chapter explores gender-specific medicine. It advances SDG Goal, Gender Equality, by ensuring gender is considered in treatments of illness and disease.
Read more

Category:

Book chapters

Tags:

Health and wellbeing; Gender equality and women's empowerment, Global

Comprehensive Biomaterials II - 6.25: Breast Tissue Engineering

Elsevier,

Comprehensive Biomaterials II, Volume 6, 2017, Pages 435-454
This chapter advances goals 3 and 5 by reviewing advancements and challenges in breast tissue engineering, potentially used for the purposes of reconstructive surgery in women who have had breast cancer surgery.
Read more

Category:

Book chapters

Tags:

Health and wellbeing; Gender equality and women's empowerment; Science, Global

Principles of Gender-Specific Medicine, Third Edition - Chapter 30 - Gender-Based Differences in Mortality in Indian Children Aged 5 to 14 years

Elsevier,

Principles of Gender-Specific Medicine (Third Edition), Academic Press, 2017, Pages 435-441.
This chapter advances SDG 3 and 5 by exploring some of the factors associated with high mortality rates in Indian girls including in the 5 to 14 age group.
Read more

Category:

Book chapters

Tags:

Gender equality and women's empowerment; Health and wellbeing; Poverty eradication, Asia

Principles of Gender-Specific Medicine, Third Edition, Chapter 14 - Emotion and Gender-Specific Neural Processing in Men and Women

Elsevier,

Principles of Gender-Specific Medicine (Third Edition), Academic Press, 2017, Pages 183-201.
This book chapter advances SDG 5 and 10 by showing that gender differences in emotion experience and expression represent some of the most robust gender stereotypes worldwide.
Read more

Category:

Book chapters

Tags:

Gender equality and women's empowerment; Employment decent work for all and social protection, Global

Principles of Gender-Specific Medicine, Third Edition, Chapter 15 - Behind the Mask: The Experience of Assessment, Diagnosis, and Living with Autism for Girls and Young Women

Elsevier,

Principles of Gender-Specific Medicine (Third Edition), Academic Press, 2017, Pages 203-217.
This book chapter advances SDG 3 and 5 by describing how autism research and diagnostic practices have been challenged in terms of androcentric assumptions and biased assessment practices, suggesting that methods are insensitive to gender differences on the spectrum. It is now recognized that girls on the autism spectrum may present differently from boys and hence their identification and subsequent needs may go unrecognized.
Read more

Category:

Book chapters

Tags:

Gender equality and women's empowerment; Health and wellbeing, Global

The Psychology of Gender and Health, Chapter 12 - Mainstreaming Gender Equality to Improve Women’s Mental Health in England

Elsevier,

The Psychology of Gender and Health, Conceptual and Applied Global Concerns, 2017, Pages 343-361
This book chapter explains how we must transform understandings of, and responses to, mental health for women, helping to advance goal 5.
Read more

Category:

Book chapters

Tags:

Health and wellbeing; Diversity and inclusion, Global

The Psychology of Gender and Health - Chapter 7: Intimate Partner Violence Against Women: Prevention and Intervention Strategies in Spain

Elsevier,

The Psychology of Gender and Health: Conceptual and Applied Global Concerns, 2017, Pages 199-229
Violence against women is a growing area of study in development because it is directly related to the health and psychological consequences associated with victims. Contributing to SDGs 3 and 5, this chapter provides a summary of the main strategies that have been proposed to combat this problem by different international and European organizations, with particular attention to the specific application that has been carried out in Spain.
Read more

Category:

Book chapters

Tags:

Health and wellbeing; Health and population; Gender equality and women's empowerment, Europe

The Psychology of Gender and Health - Chapter 12 - Mainstreaming Gender Equality to Improve Women’s Mental Health in England

Elsevier,

The Psychology of Gender and Health: Conceptual and Applied Global Concerns, 2017, Pages 343-361
This chapter advances SDG 5 on gender equality by considering the origins of mainstreaming as a national policy initiative in England, describing the initiatives promoted and reflecting on both the progress that was made and its limitations.
Read more

Category:

Book chapters

Tags:

Gender equality and women's empowerment; Health and wellbeing, Global

Pages

Content
image/svg+xml
View global news
View useful links