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Forgetting Ourselves: Alzheimer's In Women, Jasmine Mortero Dec 2022

Forgetting Ourselves: Alzheimer's In Women, Jasmine Mortero

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Women are 3x more likely to develop Alzheimer's disease than their male counterparts. Two thirds of Americans with Alzheimer's are women. Women in their 60s are twice as likely to develop Alzheimer's during the rest of their life than they are to develop breast cancer.


Roe V. Wade: What Has Changed In Nevada Since The Federal Decision Was Reversed?, Tsion Mekonnen Dec 2022

Roe V. Wade: What Has Changed In Nevada Since The Federal Decision Was Reversed?, Tsion Mekonnen

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30% of abortions were reported to have been performed on married women. 58% of the abortions performed on Nevada residents were chemical abortions. In 2019, Clark County had the highest volume of abortions performed resident women, accounting for 87% of the abortions performed on Nevada residents. 95% of the abortions reported in Nevada in 2019 were performed on state residents. 91% percent of women in Nevada live in counties with at least one abortion provider. Nevada had a total of 8,578 abortions reported by women who had previous births (2020). Nevada had a total of 8,557 abortions reported by women …


Women's Safety In Nevada, Tsion Mekonnen, Aika Dietz Feb 2022

Women's Safety In Nevada, Tsion Mekonnen, Aika Dietz

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43.8% of Nevadan women experience domestic violence in their lifetime (2020).


Covid-19: Tougher On Women?, Aika Dietz Oct 2021

Covid-19: Tougher On Women?, Aika Dietz

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Women are receiving the worst effects of the COVID-19 recession.


Status Of Women In Nevada: Higher Education Snapshot, Aika Dietz, Ana Rosas, Caryll Batt Dziedziak, Jean Munson Jun 2020

Status Of Women In Nevada: Higher Education Snapshot, Aika Dietz, Ana Rosas, Caryll Batt Dziedziak, Jean Munson

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Students may leave school due to a different educational environment, work and school adjustments without support from family and friends, a lack of financial planning and academic struggles.


Status Of Women In Nevada: Health Snapshot (Part 1), Ana Rosas, Aika Dietz, Caryll Batt Dziedziak, Jean Munson Jun 2020

Status Of Women In Nevada: Health Snapshot (Part 1), Ana Rosas, Aika Dietz, Caryll Batt Dziedziak, Jean Munson

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A breakthrough for women's health and racial health inequity is the passing of Public Health Service Act section 492B and National Institute of Health (NIH) Revitalization Act of 1993 (P.L. 103-43) and the implementation by NIH to support full or partially funded clinical research by establishing guidelines to include sex and race of the participant in these studies.


Status Of Women In Nevada: K-12 Education Snapshot, Aika Dietz, Ana Rosas, Brenda Cruz Gomez, Caryll Batt Dziedziak, Jean Munson Jun 2020

Status Of Women In Nevada: K-12 Education Snapshot, Aika Dietz, Ana Rosas, Brenda Cruz Gomez, Caryll Batt Dziedziak, Jean Munson

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There has been a sudden increase in Nevada K-12 student population since 2003 ballooning student-teaching ratio and straining the educational system.


Where Are The Women? Legal Traditions And Descriptive Representation On The European Court Of Justice, Rebecca D. Gill, Christian B. Jensen Jan 2019

Where Are The Women? Legal Traditions And Descriptive Representation On The European Court Of Justice, Rebecca D. Gill, Christian B. Jensen

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Why are there so few women on the European Union’s highest court, the European Court of Justice (ECJ)? Answering this question is fundamental to understanding how justices to the ECJ are appointed, how they represent Europeans in general and women in particular. In our article, recently published in the journal Politics, Groups and Identities, we find that pre-nomination career experience is associate with gender imbalances in the ECJ. In particular, we find that ECJ judges from member states where there is a tradition of judicial engagement with policy making judicial nominees with past experiences working in government ministries are less …


Are Social Media Comparisons Thieves Of Joy?, Jessica F. Saunders, Asia A. Eaton Sep 2018

Are Social Media Comparisons Thieves Of Joy?, Jessica F. Saunders, Asia A. Eaton

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Women's eating behavior is impacted by socio-cultural factors, regardless of the main social networking site they use.


Females On Djia Corporate Boards Compared Globally, Anne H. Declouette Aug 2018

Females On Djia Corporate Boards Compared Globally, Anne H. Declouette

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It is well-established that corporate boards around the world have been overwhelmingly male. Since the 21st century in the U.S. was ushered in by numerous corporate scandals - with women taking important roles in dismantling unethical behavior - women's inclusion on boards of directors has become an increasing focal point of research and discourse. Despite the increased research and attention, women continue to be under-represented on corporate boards in most countries around the world - including the U.S. But one country has taken dramatic action to change this trend. Other first-world countries have approached the subject less forcefully and, therefore, …


Ptsd Among Working Women In A Developing Country, Lung-Chang Chien, Taylor J. Fitch, Xiao Yu, Mohammad Monjural Karim, Hasanat Alamgir Jun 2018

Ptsd Among Working Women In A Developing Country, Lung-Chang Chien, Taylor J. Fitch, Xiao Yu, Mohammad Monjural Karim, Hasanat Alamgir

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What Does It Mean For The Husband When His Wife Keeps Her Own Surname?, Rachael D. Robnett, Marielle Wertheimer, Harriet R. Tenebaum Feb 2018

What Does It Mean For The Husband When His Wife Keeps Her Own Surname?, Rachael D. Robnett, Marielle Wertheimer, Harriet R. Tenebaum

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