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Women's Research Institute Of Nevada Season Greetings!, Women's Research Institute Of Nevada
Women's Research Institute Of Nevada Season Greetings!, Women's Research Institute Of Nevada
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Women's Research Institute Of Nevada Newsletter, Women's Research Institute Of Nevada
Women's Research Institute Of Nevada Newsletter, Women's Research Institute Of Nevada
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Women's Research Institute Of Nevada Newsletter, Women's Research Institute Of Nevada
Women's Research Institute Of Nevada Newsletter, Women's Research Institute Of Nevada
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Women's Research Institute Of Nevada Newsletter, Women's Research Institute Of Nevada
Women's Research Institute Of Nevada Newsletter, Women's Research Institute Of Nevada
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Women's Research Institute Of Nevada Newsletter, Caryll Batt Dziedziak, Women's Research Institute Of Nevada
Women's Research Institute Of Nevada Newsletter, Caryll Batt Dziedziak, Women's Research Institute Of Nevada
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Females On Djia Corporate Boards Compared Globally, Anne H. Declouette
Females On Djia Corporate Boards Compared Globally, Anne H. Declouette
Research Briefs
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, …
Women's Research Institute Of Nevada Newsletter, Women's Research Institute Of Nevada
Women's Research Institute Of Nevada Newsletter, Women's Research Institute Of Nevada
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Intersections Between Gender, Race, And Justice-Involvement: A Mixed Methods Analysis Of Women's Experiences In The Oregon Criminal Justice System, Breanna Lynne Boppre
Intersections Between Gender, Race, And Justice-Involvement: A Mixed Methods Analysis Of Women's Experiences In The Oregon Criminal Justice System, Breanna Lynne Boppre
UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
Since the 1970s, the rate of female incarceration in the United States skyrocketed, with highest imprisonment rates among Black and Latina women. Nonetheless, few studies examined disparities in female imprisonment and the distinct experiences of women of Color within the justice system. To fill this gap in the literature, this dissertation utilized conflict and intersectional perspectives to assess the differential treatment of women in the Oregon justice system. Using a convergent mixed methods design, this dissertation examined disparities in female imprisonment using state-level prison admissions and population data from 1983-2014 in conjunction with qualitative interview and focus group responses among …
Power And Authority Of Royal Queen Mothers: Juxtaposing The French Queen Regent And The Ottoman Validé Sultan During The Early Modern Period, Reneé N. Langlois
Power And Authority Of Royal Queen Mothers: Juxtaposing The French Queen Regent And The Ottoman Validé Sultan During The Early Modern Period, Reneé N. Langlois
UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
Women and their relationship to sovereignty, during the early modern era has become a rapidly growing topic, given that during this period an unprecedented number of women rose to high positions of power. This paper aims to compare the lives of the queen regents in France with their counterparts, the validé sultans in the Ottoman Empire, over the course of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, when both groups of royal women acquired substantial power. Although these women were prohibited from ruling in their own right, the paper explores the ways in which queen regents and validé sultans used both official …