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Women in Neurosurgery (WINS) Paper Details Workforce Challenges and Realities

Neuro58 — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 09:34:29 -0500

A compelling paper, published in the September 2008 issue of Journal of Neurosurgery, offers insight into the predominately male world of neurosurgery. In 2007, the AANS recognized the need to take bold steps to recruit and retain more women in neurosurgery and requested that Women in Neurosurgery (WINS) author a white paper. AANS President James R. Bean, MD, is author of an accompanying editorial.

Women end up less happy than men

harminka — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:17:23 -0500

Less able to achieve their life goals, women end up unhappier than men later in life – even though they start out happier, reveals new research by Anke Plagnol of the University of Cambridge, and University of Southern California economist Richard Easterlin.

Women's Access to Credit Affects Efficiency in Rural Households

harminka — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 08:47:05 -0500

Rural strategies designed to induce economic growth often emphasize the need to improve access to capital for poor households. However, this approach implicitly assumes that family members pool all their resources and allocate them to their most efficient use.

No men allowed in women's secret world

harminka — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:24:57 -0500

From the Petri dish in the controlled environment of a sterile laboratory to the faraway fields of another country, virtually anything can be the topic of scientific study. However, a University of Missouri religion professor found that if the researcher is a male fieldworker studying women, the situation can be challenging.

Improving university recruitment process may increase female surgical faculty

harminka — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:14:46 -0500

New research published in the June issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons shows that improving the university recruitment strategy and process could raise the number of women faculty in medicine. The study also suggests that specific procedural steps could assist in identifying and actively recruiting qualified women for faculty positions in surgery departments.

Negotiating through glass ceiling

harminka — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 06:55:17 -0500

There are fewer women than men involved in high-profile international business deals. But that may change with the results of a new Tel Aviv University study on the role of gender in management, which found that women may be more skilled at business negotiations than their masculine counterparts.

Men share their creative work online more than women

harminka — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:12:48 -0500

A Northwestern University study finds that men are more likely to share their creative work online than women despite the fact that women and men engage in creative activities at essentially equal rates.

Steep employment gains for women, mothers

harminka — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 03:29:43 -0500

Contrary to the popular perception of a so-called "opting out revolution," new sociological research from the June issue of the American Sociological Review reveals that professional women's employment rates have continually pushed higher over time, and that the employment gap between mothers and childless women is shrinking.

Men fighting over women?

harminka — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 02:07:26 -0500

Men may usually settle it over a drunken brawl in the pub or perhaps a verbal spat – but new evidence has shown for the first time that fighting over women in prehistoric times could have been worse than that.

Stag Party Krakow Goes Overboard

newswire — Sun, 11 May 2008 00:30:23 -0500

At 23:30 Saturday 10th May Krakow (Poland) local police received a call from the crew of a charter boat, the 'Krakow 69,' reporting that they had two missing members and that they suspected they may have fallen overboard.

Women whistleblowers suffer more discrimination

harminka — Fri, 02 May 2008 02:07:49 -0500

Women who alert authorities to their organizations’ wrongdoing perceive that they suffer more retaliation than do men, reports an initial study published in the current issue of Organization Science, a journal of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS).

Megan Fox FHM Pick For 2008 Sexiest Woman

admin_huliq — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:50:56 -0500

Some may argue the point, but FHM magazine has declared Megan Fox to be the sexiest woman in the world. The actress tops their 2008 Sexiest Woman list. The 21 year old Transformer’s star received the most votes in the world poll of FHM readers.