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  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,779 Views
15 Pages

25 August 2021

Integrated policy strategies represent an increasingly popular approach in urban development and gender policies. This article analyses the integration between integral urban policies and gender mainstreaming in the European Union. A specific analyti...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
6,957 Views
25 Pages

2 February 2021

The study takes an equality justice perspective to compare resilience against the controlled management of wildfires, for an effective preparedness, which is a prerequisite for equitable mitigation. The objectives were (a) conceptualizing wildfire mi...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,889 Views
23 Pages

Sexual Dysfunction in Traumatic Brain Injury: A Narrative Review and Call for Multidisciplinary Framework

  • Ioannis Mavroudis,
  • Foivos Petridis,
  • Dimitrios Kazis,
  • Gabriel Dăscălescu,
  • Alin Ciobica,
  • Ciprian Ilea,
  • Sorana Caterina Anton and
  • Emil Anton

23 October 2025

Background: Sexual dysfunction (SD) is a common yet under-recognized consequence of traumatic brain injury (TBI), with significant implications for physical health, psychological well-being, interpersonal relationships and social reintegration. Altho...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,884 Views
16 Pages

7 August 2022

In the context of climate change’s detrimental effects on agricultural production and food security, climate-smart agriculture (CSA) strategies constitute a promising approach to reduce vulnerability and boost adaptation capacity and resilience...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,352 Views
21 Pages

Exploring Pre-Service STEM Teachers’ Capacity to Teach Using a Gender-Responsive Approach

  • Cristina Miralles-Cardona,
  • Ioanna Kitta and
  • María-Cristina Cardona-Moltó

17 July 2023

Teachers’ perceived efficacy of their ability to teach using a gender approach is key for future generations to become more gender-sensitive and respectful towards gender inequities. However, little is known about graduate training for gender-r...

  • Article
  • Open Access
976 Views
20 Pages

10 July 2025

This article examines the impact of everyday life infrastructure on well-being through the lens of feminist economics, with a specific focus on gender disparities within the European context. Combining the capability approach (CA) and subjective well...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,028 Views
16 Pages

Sustainability and Gender Dynamics of Coffee Value-Chain Development Intervention: Lessons from Ethiopia

  • Negussie Efa Gurmessa,
  • Charles Agwanda,
  • George Oduor,
  • Richard O. Musebe,
  • Morris Akiri and
  • Dannie Romney

21 September 2022

This study examines sustainability and gender dynamics of coffee value-chain development intervention in Ethiopia. The data were collected from male and female farmers and other stakeholders using key informant interviews, focus group discussions, an...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,569 Views
16 Pages

15 August 2025

Business financing involves supplying funds or capital to initiate, expand, or maintain a business. This study investigates entrepreneurial funding in South Africa, emphasizing microloans, venture capital, and gender-sensitive grants as tools to faci...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
17,821 Views
17 Pages

Are Women in Turkey Both Risks and Resources in Disaster Management?

  • Özden Işık,
  • Naşide Özer,
  • Nurdan Sayın,
  • Afet Mishal,
  • Oğuz Gündoğdu and
  • Ferhat Özçep

From a global perspective, the universality of gender-related societal issues is particularly significant. Although gender inequality is considered a sociological problem, the large number of female victims in disasters warrants an assessment of disa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
8,942 Views
12 Pages

Gender Mainstreaming in Waste Education Programs: A Conceptual Framework

  • Letícia Sarmento dos Muchangos and
  • Philip Vaughter

Gender issues are present in waste management, from daily handling activities through to decision-making processes. In waste education programs, the disregard for views of and contribution by women has resulted in strategies that do not comprehensive...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,634 Views
10 Pages

26 July 2025

Background and Objectives: Gender disparities in pain management persist, with women frequently receiving inadequate analgesia despite reporting similar or higher pain levels compared with men. This issue is particularly evident across various medica...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,756 Views
10 Pages

20 November 2024

This study explores and compares the motivations behind badminton participation among older adult players from Taiwan and the United States (U.S.), with a specific focus on cultural and gender differences. A total of 139 participants aged 60 and abov...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
6,301 Views
13 Pages

Adoption of Gender-Responsive Budgeting (GRB) by an Italian Municipality

  • Giovanna Galizzi,
  • Gaia Viviana Bassani and
  • Cristiana Cattaneo

3 November 2018

Over the past few decades, many governments throughout the world have promoted gender-responsive budgeting (GRB). With its focus on equality, accountability, transparency and participation in the policy-making process, GRB shares some relevant princi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,413 Views
16 Pages

8 July 2025

This study investigates regional and gender disparities in educational attainment across Italy in 2021, drawing on the Fair and Sustainable Well-being (BES) dataset from ISTAT. By applying cluster analysis and composite indicators—including the...

  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,125 Views
10 Pages

Gender medicine has increasingly underscored the necessity of addressing sex-based differences in disease prevalence and management, particularly within cardiovascular conditions and drug intolerance. Women often present cardiovascular diseases disti...

  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
6,640 Views
19 Pages

Gender Perspective of Flood Early Warning Systems: People-Centered Approach

  • Ashfaq Ahmad Shah,
  • Ayat Ullah,
  • Nasir Abbas Khan,
  • Indrajit Pal,
  • Bader Alhafi Alotaibi and
  • Abou Traore

20 July 2022

Natural hazards early warning systems (EWS) are built on a solid technical and scientific foundation. However, a significant focus must be on those at risk and a systems approach that considers all the key risk factors. A people-centered flood EWS ha...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,218 Views
19 Pages

29 July 2025

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed and intensified structural tensions surrounding work−life balance, precarity, and gender inequalities in academia. This paper examines the spatial, temporal, and emotional disruptions experienced by early-caree...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,025 Views
18 Pages

12 September 2025

The expansion of emotional labor into the human services sector has raised concerns about emotional exhaustion and gender inequality, yet the potential for emotional work to serve as a source of motivation and meaning remains underexplored. This stud...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,568 Views
58 Pages

Gender Bias Assessment in Project Implementation Framework

  • Catalin Popa,
  • Filip Nistor and
  • Sergiu Lupu

18 June 2025

This study addresses the persistent issue of gender bias in project management by developing and validating a practical survey tool for monitoring gender-related perceptions within project implementation frameworks. Using a Knowledge, Attitudes, and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
822 Views
18 Pages

22 September 2025

This study investigates the gendered effects of political violence on women (and children) from a church leader perspective. This paper critically examines the role of church leadership in protecting vulnerable groups in society (particularly women a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,052 Views
17 Pages

7 December 2021

The mobility practices of students are largely dictated by their respective educational obligations. Students of physical education are an ostensibly physically active population, whose active lifestyle may include active travel. University student m...

  • Article
  • Open Access
572 Views
15 Pages

Barriers to Healthcare Access for Homeless Women: Perspectives of Social Intervention Professionals

  • María Virginia Matulič Domandzič,
  • José Manuel Díaz González,
  • Núria Fustier García and
  • Eliana González Gómez

(1) Background: Female homelessness is one of the most invisible forms of social exclusion, aggravated by structural and gender factors and by experiences of violence. This research analyzes the multifaceted barriers hindering women experiencing home...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,916 Views
15 Pages

Understanding Behavioral Regulation Towards Physical Activity Participation: Do We Need a Paradigm Shift to Close the Gender Gap?

  • Antonio Luque-Casado,
  • Xian Mayo,
  • Ana Myriam Lavín-Pérez,
  • Alfonso Jiménez and
  • Fernando Del Villar

4 February 2021

Despite the well-established benefits of physical activity for both physical and psychological health, current inactivity prevalence continues to be particularly alarming among adolescents and youth. Equally of great concern is the existence of strik...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,843 Views
24 Pages

Identification of Gendered Trait Preferences among Rice Producers Using the G+ Breeding Tools: Implications for Rice Improvement in Ghana

  • Benedicta Nsiah Frimpong,
  • Bright Owusu Asante,
  • Maxwell Darko Asante,
  • Stephen John Ayeh,
  • Bernard Sakyiamah,
  • Eileen Nchanji,
  • Gaudiose Mujawamariya,
  • Negussie Zenna and
  • Hale Tufan

23 May 2023

Rice is the main staple for more than half of the world’s population. In Ghana, rice is the fastest growing food commodity, and it is consumed by almost every household. However, yields continue to be low, as the pace of adoption of new varieti...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,087 Views
23 Pages

Female Academics in Higher Education: Conducting Qualitative Research against All Odds

  • Pamela Zapata-Sepúlveda,
  • Carmen Araneda-Guirriman,
  • Magdalena Suárez-Ortega,
  • Mirliana Ramírez-Pereira and
  • Michelle Espinoza-Lobos

This piece brings together the experiences of four Chilean researchers and one Spanish researcher with different professional backgrounds (psychology, sociology, nursing, and education), who conduct qualitative inquiry from other approaches, moments,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,750 Views
13 Pages

Background—Intimate partner violence (IPV) has both direct and longer-term effects on children’s well-being. Much of the research thus far has relied on caregiver reports of IPV and clinical samples of children. By contrast, minimal research has exam...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,036 Views
18 Pages

19 May 2025

In light of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly Goal 5 (Gender Equality) and Goal 13 (Climate Action), integrating gender dimensions into climate adaptation strategies can foster more inclusive and equitable developm...

  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
5,993 Views
22 Pages

Gender Differences in Fat-Rich Meat Choice: Influence of Personality and Attitudes

  • Sara Spinelli,
  • Caterina Dinnella,
  • Federica Tesini,
  • Alessandra Bendini,
  • Ada Braghieri,
  • Cristina Proserpio,
  • Luisa Torri,
  • Nicoletta A. Miele,
  • Eugenio Aprea and
  • Erminio Monteleone
  • + 2 authors

11 May 2020

The innate liking of fats may be due to one or more orosensory, post-ingestive, and metabolic signals; however, individuals differ in their preference for fat in meat. One of the variables that mainly impacts eating behaviors and thus should be caref...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,478 Views
21 Pages

12 August 2025

Background: Problematic digital gaming has emerged as a significant behavioral concern among adolescents, with potential implications for well-being. Understanding the mechanisms through which problematic digital gaming affects life satisfaction and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
451 Views
23 Pages

22 December 2025

This article outlines the development of an inter-scale analytical tool designed to evaluate urban, intermediate, and domestic spaces from a gender perspective. Framed within feminist urbanism and ecofeminist theory, the study addresses the need to f...

  • Review
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,928 Views
13 Pages

Virtual Reality-Based Alcohol Prevention in Adolescents: A Systematic Review

  • Christina Prediger,
  • Stefanie Maria Helmer,
  • Robert Hrynyschyn and
  • Christiane Stock

28 April 2021

Virtual Reality-simulations offer new opportunities for alcohol prevention in adolescents. As an innovative medium, Virtual Reality can be attractive for the target group, and avatar-based pathways allow tailoring prevention in a gender-specific mann...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,941 Views
17 Pages

When a Woman’s Heart Fails to Contain: Takotsubo Syndrome as a Gendered Collapse of Emotional Regulation

  • Giuseppe Marano,
  • Enrico Romagnoli,
  • Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai,
  • Gianandrea Traversi,
  • Osvaldo Mazza,
  • Roberto Pola,
  • Eleonora Gaetani and
  • Marianna Mazza

12 September 2025

Background: Takotsubo Syndrome (TTS), or stress-induced cardiomyopathy, is an acute and typically reversible cardiac condition that mimics acute coronary syndrome without obstructive coronary artery disease. Predominantly affecting postmenopausal wom...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,606 Views
18 Pages

Context-Based Patterns in Machine Learning Bias and Fairness Metrics: A Sensitive Attributes-Based Approach

  • Tiago P. Pagano,
  • Rafael B. Loureiro,
  • Fernanda V. N. Lisboa,
  • Gustavo O. R. Cruz,
  • Rodrigo M. Peixoto,
  • Guilherme A. de Sousa Guimarães,
  • Ewerton L. S. Oliveira,
  • Ingrid Winkler and
  • Erick G. Sperandio Nascimento

The majority of current approaches for bias and fairness identification or mitigation in machine learning models are applications for a particular issue that fails to account for the connection between the application context and its associated sensi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,109 Views
22 Pages

Rural Depopulation in Spain from a Gender Perspective: Analysis and Strategies for Sustainability and Territorial Revitalization

  • Victoria Martínez-Vérez,
  • Paula Gil-Ruiz,
  • Antonio Montero-Seoane and
  • Fátima Cruz-Souza

28 March 2025

This study analyzes gender dynamics in rural communities affected by depopulation in Castilla y León (Spain), focusing on identity, belonging, and territorial transformation. Through a qualitative research design based on Grounded Theory and s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,986 Views
10 Pages

Gender-Related Differences in Dry Eye Symptoms Following Involutional Ectropion and Entropion Surgery

  • Dolika D. Vasović,
  • Miodrag Lj. Karamarković,
  • Milan Jovanović,
  • Milan Stojičić,
  • Tanja Kalezić,
  • Milan Colić,
  • Nikola Musić,
  • Milan Dragišić,
  • Miroslav Jeremić and
  • Ivan Marjanović
  • + 1 author

27 June 2024

This prospective case-control study investigated gender-related differences in dry eye symptoms following surgery for involutional ectropion and entropion. A total of 109 patients, aged between 65 and 89, were categorized by eyelid condition and gend...

  • Article
  • Open Access
626 Views
40 Pages

26 December 2025

In developing economies, women entrepreneurs play a vital role in advancing inclusive growth, yet their financial and digital capabilities often remain constrained by gendered barriers. This study investigates how financial literacy evolves into a ge...

  • Article
  • Open Access
405 Views
14 Pages

19 November 2025

Introduction: Building a life in an asylum country poses specific challenges for women, who often face compounded barriers in healthcare, language acquisition, economic independence, childcare, education, cultural adaptation, and legal processes. Thi...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
669 Views
10 Pages

Homogeneity Criteria in Occupational Medicine: A Focus on Women’s Health in Musculoskeletal Disorders

  • Pietro Ferraro,
  • Carlotta Amantea,
  • Marco Rissone,
  • Gianluca Ceccarelli and
  • Giuseppe Saffioti

12 November 2025

Musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are a major occupational health concern, especially for women in physically demanding jobs. Despite efforts to standardize risk assessment in occupational medicine, the lack of homogeneous criteria limits the comparab...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,694 Views
13 Pages

Gender Perspectives on Self-Employment Among Israeli Family Physicians: A Qualitative Study

  • Irit Chudner,
  • Avi Shnider,
  • Omer Gluzman,
  • Hadas Keidar and
  • Motti Haimi

8 February 2025

Background: While previous studies have shown that occupational choices are influenced by traditional gender perceptions, little is known about gender’s role in choosing self-employment among family physicians. Family medicine, with its emphasi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,311 Views
28 Pages

Central Asia: Exploring Insights on Gender Considerations in Climate Change

  • Marina Kovaleva,
  • Walter Leal Filho,
  • Christian Borgemeister and
  • Julia Komagaeva

21 August 2023

More than three decades of independence of Central Asia (CA) countries have been marked by socio-economic, political, and legal reforms. Growing climate change impacts threaten the wellbeing and livelihood of the already vulnerable local population,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
5,651 Views
12 Pages

Gender-Related Determinants of Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet in Adults with Ischemic Heart Disease

  • Valeria Raparelli,
  • Giulio Francesco Romiti,
  • Valeria Spugnardi,
  • Marco Borgi,
  • Roberto Cangemi,
  • Stefania Basili,
  • Marco Proietti and
  • the EVA Collaborative Group

13 March 2020

Background: The reasons behind low adherence to the Mediterranean diet (Med-diet) are still not entirely known. We aimed to evaluate the effect of biological (i.e., sex-related) and psycho-socio-cultural (i.e., gender-related) factors on Med-diet adh...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,818 Views
20 Pages

1 August 2025

Agrarian women are at the forefront of rural livelihoods increasingly affected by the frequency and severity of climate change impacts. However, their household livelihood resilience (HLR) remains limited due to gender-blind policies, scarce sex-disa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
586 Views
13 Pages

17 November 2025

Financial literacy is not just an individual skill but a crucial enabler for sustainable development and gender equality, particularly in historically male-dominated sectors like mining. Despite progress in financial inclusion, women in Mpumalanga&rs...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,790 Views
24 Pages

Causal Factors of Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG): Perspectives from the Brazilian Higher Education Students

  • Muhammad Qasim Rana,
  • Angela Lee,
  • José Fernando Rodrigues Bezerra,
  • Lekan Damilola Ojo and
  • Guilherme Hissa Villas Boas

18 September 2025

Violence against women and girls (VAWG) remains a critical problem within Brazilian higher education institutions, where deep-rooted cultural norms and institutional shortcomings continue to foster unsafe environments for female students. Although na...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,617 Views
18 Pages

30 August 2025

In the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, rural women agripreneurs encounter ongoing structural challenges in accessing formal finance, securing land rights, and gaining leadership roles, despite their vital contribution to agriculture and food s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
616 Views
19 Pages

Socioeconomics of Artisanal Fishery and Shellfish Collection in Mozambique: A Gender Perspective from Inhaca Island

  • Josefa Ramoni-Perazzi,
  • Giampaolo Orlandoni-Merli,
  • Alejandra Soto-Werschitz,
  • Davide Crescenzi,
  • Delcio Munissa,
  • Gerson Gonca,
  • Geusia Mazuze,
  • Márcia Alberto,
  • Noemi Bernardini and
  • Paolo Ramoni-Perazzi
  • + 5 authors

6 January 2026

Mangrove ecosystems underpin coastal livelihoods and biodiversity in Mozambique, yet gendered patterns of resource use and their implications for management remain underexplored. This study explores how artisanal fishing and shellfish collection diff...

  • Article
  • Open Access
522 Views
18 Pages

Parental overprotection before adulthood can have enduring consequences for offspring, yet the mechanisms underlying its association with adult physical health are not fully understood. This study proposes trait emotional intelligence (trait-EI) as a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
469 Views
17 Pages

Participants’ Perspectives on Health Impact, Barriers and Facilitators to Adherence in a Mediterranean Diet Lifestyle Trial

  • Paloma Massó Guijarro,
  • María Durán-Luque,
  • Claudia Rojas-Medina and
  • Naomi Cano-Ibáñez

24 December 2025

Background/Objectives: Interventions promoting the Mediterranean Diet (MedDiet) and healthy lifestyle behaviours are effective and cost-efficient in preventing non-communicable diseases (NCDs), yet sustaining adherence remains challenging. This study...

  • Article
  • Open Access
689 Views
18 Pages

14 January 2026

Background: Adult females with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) are frequently underdiagnosed due to gender bias, overlapping symptoms, and limited awareness among healthcare professionals. The scarci...

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