Introduction

Pages: 1-36

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-75635-6_1

Abstract:

Over decades, we have witnessed rising educational levels and the growing economic as well as political participation rates of females in many countries. However, gender remains a central marker of social division, and women’s lives in both West and East continue to be moulded by their gender status, in intersection with their race/ethnicity and class.

Source: Scopus