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Given that the year 1999 has been designated by the United Nations as the International Year for Older Persons with the theme Towards a Society for all Ages,' the File for this issue of Al-Raida is devoted to elderly women. Since the problem of aging in Lebanon is not as drastic as it is in Western and developed countries, we are fortunate to have the time to prepare ourselves, plan ahead and determine whether the measures taken by these countries to alleviate the problems of their aged citizens are also relevant to our culture and society.

A first step towards personalized medicine is to consider whether, for some disorders, the safest and most effective treatment of women needs to differ from standard guideline recommendations developed on the basis of clinical trials conducted, for the most part, in men. A second step is to consider how women's reproductive stages—pre-pubertal years, menstrual phases, pregnancy trimesters, lactation and postpartum periods, menopausal and postmenopausal/aging status—affect the optimal choice of treatment. This review focuses on these two steps in the treatment of psychosis, specifically schizophrenia. It discusses genetics, precursors and symptoms of schizophrenia, reproductive and associated ethical issues, antipsychotic drug response and adverse effects, substance abuse, victimization and perpetration of violence, and issues of immigration and of co-morbidity. The conclusions, while often based on clinical experience and theoretical considerations rather than strictly on the evidence of randomized controlled trials, are that clinical recommendations need to consider clinical and role differences that exist between men and women and make appropriate correction for age and reproductive status.

This research is examining the model of Kelompok Swadaya Masyarakat (Community Self Reliance Groups) in empowering and increasing the socio-economic situation of women, based on some case study in Acehnese community. Microfinance program has been frequently associated with women as usually the program targets women as their beneficiaries, particularly the microfinance group model. There have been some optimistic and pessimistic perspectives on how microfinance could improve the economic situation of women. Some argued that microfinance would increase the income generating of women, while others doubted as it is very little and micro, this would not help much in improving the economic situation of women. This research is not focusing on examining the economic impact of the program, but instead the non-economic impact of the program in empowering women's personal and social capital by looking at group based microfinance program. The research tried to answer the questions of how the microfinance program could affect the non-economic situation of women, and what kind of personal and social capabilities affected by the program. Through several interviews, questionnaires and FGDs (focused group discussion) in some selected regions through purposive sampling, the study showed that this model has relatively affected the women's personal and social capabilities. Most of the group members mentioned the increase of their self confidence and strong social networking that they benefited after joining the program. In some cases, the program has affected the 'political' skill in conveying their voice through their leadership experiences in the group. Moreover, putting the context of post conflict and tsunami disaster of Aceh, the program has been a 'place' for them to get relief from the psychological/traumatic and social impacts of the disasters, and also contribute to conflict resolution in a sophisticated way. Keywords:

This book provides intriguing insights into the development of highly qualified women leaders in diverse Indian contexts and their role at national and organizational levels. While India has made enormous economic strides in the past few decades, gender inequality and underutilization of female talent remain deeply rooted and widely spread in many parts of Indian society. This book addresses an urgent need to stop treating Indian women as under-developed human capital and begin realizing their potential as leaders of quality work. This book will fill the gap of research on international leadership for students, academics, and multinational organizations.--

AbstractPrison systems are rarely gender sensitive, and are even less so in conflict situations. When women are detained, it is crucial that international standards, applied with sensitivity to women's particular needs, are brought to bear. This article gives an overview of the relevant international law, as well as the gender-specific considerations that need to be taken into account when implementing it.

There are now more women in management in Australia than a decade
ago. A number of factors have contributed to their increasing numbers,
including changes in legislation supporting women working, more child
care places, changes in the structure of work, and attitudes to women
bosses. While their representation in management has increased, their
numbers in senior positions is still very low. It will take time to
change people′s perceptions of women in management, to overcome
discrimination, and to develop structures at work and in the community
that will aid women′s move into management. There will need to be more
training and development opportunities. Time is also on their side.

It remains one of life's great mysteries, that moment of political readiness when the elements of experience and circumstance are sufficiently fused to galvanize an idea whose time has come. For me, and a few thousand others like me, discovering feminism in the early 1970s provided such a moment. I was born into an immigrant working class family that was also Jewish and left-wing so I don't remember a moment when I was not aware of and moved by the political-ness of life; but it was only now, in the 70s, that I felt it viscerally. I was in my thirties and already twice married, twice divorced, when that first feminist trumpet was sounded and I awakened, as though from a dream, to the single most important realization of my life: the conviction that men by nature take their brains seriously and women by nature do not was an acquired belief, not an inborn reality.

Latina women represent a growing demographic in the United States, and their views and political issues will only become more influential to the country. As a group, Latina women remain disadvantaged politically, socially, and economically, but their status in these areas has been gradually increasing and should continue to do so in the years to come.

AbstractPolitical violence amplifies contemporary trends occurring worldwide in the twenty-first century: globalization, an increasing reliance on the informal economy, a shift from twentieth-century manufacturing to resource and labour wildcatting, and the growth of complex international extra-legal trade networks. Women are central to all of these, though their roles both as leaders of development and victims of violence are often overlooked in mainstream analyses. To explain these invisibilities, this article introduces the concept of vanishing points – places where formal analyses and policy effectively cease, such as the dividing lines between formal and informal economies, and the violence associated with controlling extra-legal profits that is effectively invisible to the public at large. The realities of women's work amid political violence and postwar development, and across the spectrum of in/formality are explored. The conclusions serve to challenge established notions of power, profit, and economy, and the role of gender within these.