Gender equality and modernity in Portugal. An analysis on the obstacles to gender equality in highly qualified professions

L Amâncio, MH Santos - Social Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
In this review article, we argue that the transformations related to the modernisation of
Portuguese society triggered by the implementation of democracy did not fully accommodate …

A systematic review of the mental health of women in construction: Future research directions

FE Rotimi, M Burfoot, N Naismith… - Building Research & …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Globally, the construction industry presents a cause of concern for the wellbeing of its
workforce. Mental health issues in the industry are on the rise, and literature trends are …

[PDF][PDF] Dificuldades na adaptação académica dos estudantes do 1º ano do Ensino Superior

JR Casanova, AM Araújo, LS Almeida - 2020 - researchgate.net
O Ensino Superior coloca diversos desafios aos estudantes que nele ingressam. A
ocorrência e intensidade de tais dificuldades dependem dos níveis de maturidade e dos …

Women in the construction trades: Career types and associated barriers

M Ibáñez - Women's studies international forum, 2017 - Elsevier
The construction industry is the most segregated sector in Spain, as in other Western
countries, particularly with regard to its trades, in which the percentage of women is …

Challenges to Female Engineers' Employment in the Conservative and Unstable Society of Taiz State, Yemen: A Survey Study

H Abdalnour, L Abdulkhaliq, AM Ghaleb, MA Amrani… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Typically, the underrepresentation of female engineers in education, employment, and
leadership is a worldwide social issue. The present study investigates the critical …

Learning from antiracist theories to reframe engineering education research on race

GA Dietz, EP Douglas, ED McCray… - Journal of Women …, 2022 - dl.begellhouse.com
In this paper, we describe multiple theories that focus on the production and reproduction of
demographic marginalization and that reject deficit paradigms. These theories have …

Retaining women in technology

K Holtzblatt, N Marsden - 2018 IEEE international conference …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In spite of many initiatives to attract and retain women in technology, the numbers are
sobering. One contributing factor is a mismatch between the expectations and needs of …

Change in industrial designers' jobs: The case of Turkey, 1984-2018

P Kaygan, AO Ilhan, I Oygür - The Design Journal, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
This paper examines the change in the forms of employment of industrial designers between
1984 and 2018 in Turkey. The empirical data come from the graduates of the four oldest …

[PDF][PDF] Queering engineering: A critical analysis of the gendered technical/social dualism in engineering and engineering education research

L Leyva, J Massa, D Battey - 2016 ASEE Annual Conference & …, 2016 - researchgate.net
Wendy Faulkner first introduced the technical/social dualism in her 2000 article to detail
engineering as a gendered space where technical skills are valued over social competence …

Attraction and retention of women in engineering

LN Bannikova, AA Baliasov… - 2018 IEEE International …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the advance of digital society it is imperative to attract and retain women specialists in
engineering. To identify gender patterns of career choice in Russia and the problems …