Lithuania, as a part of the former Soviet Union, has long-standing history perceived equality for women in workplace. Women played an equal role economic production it was constitutional expectation that all citizens had both right and obligation to work. Consequently, at time independence 1990 levels participation workplace including managerial professional were much higher than other western ...

Measuring gender inequality and women's empowerment is essential to understand the determinants of gender gaps, evaluate policies and monitor countries' progress. With this aim, over the past two decades, research has mainly been directed towards the development of composite indices. The purpose of this paper is to introduce a new and interdisciplinary perspective to the current debate on measu...

The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore perceptions and expectations of young males and females, in Karachi, Pakistan, regarding their life prospects and gender roles, with resulting implications for health behaviour. The main theme emerging was "Young adults' prospects in life are hampered by psychosocial and gender equality constraints". Gender inequality and the low status of wo...