These findings are of key importance for ensuring gender equity.
The high feminine homophily observed in this context suggests a crucial importance of gender for women in the starting phase of their experience in a new virtual environment.
The importance of gender for adolescents' sexuality is also recognized by international organizations such as the United Nations Population Fund and the World Health Organization (WHO) who recognize the need to address gender as an 'upstream' antecedent of adolescents' sexual health behavior (33, 34).
Misconceptions of women in the Gulf, the importance of gender equality for development, and the necessity for both tradition and modernity to coexist.
It was meant to be an advert for the importance of gender equality and women in the workplace.
In March, at the Commission on the Status of Women, governments at the UN recognised the importance of gender equality for achieving sustainable development.
Why this is, in spite of the universal consensus on the importance of gender equality for development, warrants special attention, particularly in a year dominated by questions about the sustainable development goals (SDGs) that will be decided at the UN general assembly in September.
The present findings indicate the gender differences in the effect of Val66Met genotype on the cortisol responses to stress protocol, and extend the evidence for the importance of gender and the role of Val66Met in the modulation of stress reactivity and subsequent depression prevalence.
Despite the formal recognition of the importance of gender 'lenses' for understanding the Arctic human development (2), some researchers argue that gender perspectives in the Arctic research on climate change impacts on peoples' health are very seldom represented (3– 7).
These differences provide a foundation for exploring the importance of gender to osteoporosis outcomes, a context for making sense of men's bone health behavior, and a clear case for an increase in advocacy and educational efforts for men who have or are at risk for osteoporosis.
