Social Work and Gender

Latest research

1. Decomposing the gender gap in entrepreneurial intention: are gender stereotypes essential?

   • Juan M. Aristizábal
   • Edwin I. Tarapuez
   • Daniela Giraldo

   in Quality & Quantity

   Article 31 July 2026

2. Exposure to Sexist Content, Masculine Norms, and Misogynistic Behavior Online: The Moderating Role of Relational Empathy Among Young Men in Pakistan

   • Bilal Mazhar
   • Bolin Cao
   • Inam Ul Haq

   in Sex Roles

   Article 31 July 2026

   

3. Sexual-Orientation Discrimination, Workplace Rights, and Masculinist Police Culture: The Experiences of Gay Inquiry Officers in Thailand

   • Authana Suradanai

   in Sexuality Research and Social Policy

   Article 30 July 2026

4. A mixed method study of menstrual hygiene management practices and menstrual waste disposal challenges at a medical college in Gujarat, India

   • Nidhi Patel
   • Chikitsa Amin
   • Vibha Gosalia

   in Discover Public Health

   Article Open access 30 July 2026

   

5. Women in informal economy work in Urban India: understanding and characterizing women’s digital use, digital confidence and help-seeking

   • Antara Rai Chowdhury
   • Neha Maria Verghese
   • Aditi Surie

   in CSI Transactions on ICT

   Article 30 July 2026

   

6. How I use statistics and my law degree to fight human-rights abuses

   • Rachel Crowell

   in Nature

   Article 30 July 2026

   

7. The liability of gender: the effect of gender stereotypes on financing gaps for social startups

   • Romi Kher
   • Scott L. Newbert
   • Shu Yang

   in Small Business Economics

   Article Open access 29 July 2026

   

8. Pervasive Ambiguity About Gender: Quantifying the Cognitive and Affect Experience of Disorientation Related to Changing Understandings of Gender in Society

   • Thomas J Billard
   • Walker West Brewer
   • Nash Jenkins

   in Sex Roles

   Article Open access 28 July 2026

9. Challenges and Facilitators in Scaling Up HIV Testing Among Female Sex Workers: Exploring Multiple Stakeholder Perspectives in Tehran, Iran

   • Zahra Jorjoran Shushtari
   • Toktam Paykani
   • Razieh Lak

   in Sexuality Research and Social Policy

   Article 28 July 2026

10. Outbreak preparedness for women and girls in low- and middle-income countries: a qualitative study

    • Danielle Sarraf
    • Melissa Meinhart
    • Lindsay Stark

    in BMC Global and Public Health

    Article Open access 28 July 2026

11. Mapping sexual and gender minority inclusion in national adaptation plans globally

    • Sean Goodwin
    • Leo Goldsmith

    in npj Climate Action

    Article Open access 27 July 2026

    

12. The “Perfect” Target: Investigating How Target Expectations Shape Perceptions of Gender Harassment

    • Charlotte Keenan
    • Barbara Masser
    • Fiona Kate Barlow

    in Sex Roles

    Article Open access 27 July 2026

13. Impact of gender on residential energy preferences

    • Ted Peterson

    in SN Social Sciences

    Article 25 July 2026

    

14. “Together We Lift, The Stronger We Become”: The Role of Women’s Self-Help Groups in Building Trust and Community Solidarity in Wa Metropolis

    • Mohammed Awal Abubakari
    • Moses Naiim Fuseini
    • Nuhu Ismail

    in International Journal of Community Well-Being

    Article 24 July 2026

    

15. Early exposure to a career in surgery through a hands-on robotics seminar for teenage girls

    • Junko Mukohyama
    • Hiroko Miyauchi
    • Sachiyo Nomura

    in Surgery Today

    Article 24 July 2026

    

16. Understanding Twitter/X Advocacy Framing for Sex Work Decriminalization: A Sequential Multi-Method Qualitative Study

    • Ran Hu

    in Sexuality & Culture

    Article Open access 23 July 2026

17. “Girls with girls”: gender composition and team performance in survey data collection

    • Qing Huang
    • Yingyue Quan

    in Journal of Population Economics

    Article 23 July 2026

    

18. Structural transformation, income-substitution effects, and gendered labour outcomes in India

    • Bikash Padhan
    • Kuldeep Singh Nagi

    in SN Social Sciences

    Article 22 July 2026

19. Work, Sex, and Substances: Differences in Self-Reported Chemsex Behaviors Between MSM Sex Workers and Digital Content Creators

    • Kristopher Jackson
    • Martha Whitfield
    • Glenn-Milo Santos

    in Sexuality Research and Social Policy

    Article Open access 22 July 2026

    

20. Commercial Sex Work Among Women in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Narrative Review of Motivations, Challenges, Countermeasures, and Success Stories

    • Ellen Abakah
    • Sylvester Kyei-Gyamfi
    • Joha Issaka Braimah

    in Sexuality & Culture

    Article 21 July 2026

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